Naval Air Station Alameda
| Naval Air Station Alameda | |||||||||
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Nimitz Field | |||||||||
| Alameda, California in the United States | |||||||||
An A-7 Corsair II gate guardian at the former NAS Alameda in 2006 | |||||||||
| Site information | |||||||||
| Type | Naval air station | ||||||||
| Owner | Department of Defense | ||||||||
| Operator | U.S. Navy | ||||||||
| Condition | Closed | ||||||||
| Location | |||||||||
| Coordinates | 37°47′10″N 122°19′07″W / 37.78611°N 122.31861°W | ||||||||
| Site history | |||||||||
| Built | 1927 (as Alameda Airport) | ||||||||
| In use | 1940–1997 | ||||||||
| Fate | Transferred to City of Alameda for redevelopment (Alameda Point) | ||||||||
| Airfield information | |||||||||
| Identifiers | IATA: NGZ, ICAO: KNGZ, WMO: 745060 | ||||||||
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| Designated | 23 January 2013 | ||||||||
| Reference no. | 12001191 | ||||||||
| Period | 1900– | ||||||||
| Area of significance |
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| Official name | Site of the China Clipper flight departure | ||||||||
| Designated | 5 November 1985 | ||||||||
| Reference no. | 968 | ||||||||
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Naval Air Station Alameda (NAS Alameda) was a United States Navy Naval Air Station mostly in Alameda, California, with a slight portion of it within San Francisco proper, on San Francisco Bay.
NAS Alameda had two runways: 13–31 measuring 8,000 ft × 200 ft (2,438 m × 61 m) and 07-25 measuring 7,200 ft × 200 ft (2,195 m × 61 m). Two helicopter pads and a control tower were also part of the facilities.