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, .
NASA, Public domain.
  • Abandoned airfield
  • …lies at an elevation of 9 metres (30 feet)
  • …has the IATA airport code NWP
  • Description: former US Navy base in Newfoundland, closed 1994
  • Also known as
    “NAS Argentia”
    “Naval Station Argentia”
    “NWP”

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Placentia and Dunville.
is a town of 3,500 people on the west side of Newfoundland's Avalon Peninsula.
Town
is a neighbourhood located in the Town…
9 km southeast of Bristol Field Airport
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Latitude
47.30688° or 47° 18′ 25″ north
Longitude
-53.99034° or 53° 59′ 25″ west
Open location code
88V88245+QV
Geo­Names ID
Wiki­data ID

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In Other Languages

From Chinese to Tajik—“Bristol Field Airport” goes by many names.
阿根廷海軍基地Chinese
阿真捨海军基地Chinese
阿真捨海軍基地Chinese
阿真舍海军基地Chinese
阿真舍海軍基地Chinese
NWPIndonesian
アルジェンシャ海軍基地Japanese
アルジェンティア海兵隊基地Japanese
アルゼンチア海軍基地Japanese
پایگاه هوایی ارجنتیاPersian
Naval Air Station ArgentiaSwedish
Пойгоҳи ҳавоӣ орҷнтиоTajik
Пойгоҳи ҳавоии АргентинаTajik

Localities in the Area

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