Bristol Field Airport

Naval Station Argentia is a former base of the United States Navy that operated from 1941 to 1994. It was established in the community of in the Dominion of Newfoundland, which later became the tenth Canadian province, .
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  • Type: Abandoned airfield
  • Description: former US Navy base in Newfoundland, closed 1994
  • Also known as: “NAS Argentia”, “Naval Station Argentia”, “NWP”, “アルジェンシャ海軍基地”, “アルジェンティア海兵隊基地”, “阿根廷海軍基地”, and “阿真捨海軍基地”

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Placentia and Dunville.

Photo: Ryan Hodnett, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is a town of 3,500 people on the west side of Newfoundland's Avalon Peninsula.

Town
is a neighbourhood located in the Town… is situated 9 km southeast of Bristol Field Airport.

Bristol Field Airport

Latitude
47.30688° or 47° 18′ 25″ north
Longitude
-53.99034° or 53° 59′ 25″ west
Elevation
16 metres (52 feet)
IATA airport code
NWP
Open location code
88V88245+QV
Geo­Names ID
8299331
Wiki­data ID
Q3017610
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In Other Languages

From Chinese to Tajik—“Bristol Field Airport” goes by many names.
  • Chinese: “阿真捨海军基地”
  • Chinese: “阿真舍海军基地”
  • Chinese: “阿真舍海軍基地”
  • French: “Base navale Argentia”
  • German: “Naval Air Station Argentia”
  • Japanese: “アルゼンチア海軍基地”
  • Persian: “پایگاه هوایی ارجنتیا”
  • Swedish: “Naval Air Station Argentia”
  • Tajik: “Пойгоҳи ҳавоӣ орҷнтио”
  • Tajik: “Пойгоҳи ҳавоии Аргентина”

Localities in the Area

Places to explore: Argentia and Travers Cove Point.

Nearby Places

Places to explore: Argentia, Nfld and The Pond.

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