Naval Air Station Bermuda

Naval Air Station Bermuda
Aerial view of NAS Bermuda, 1993.
Summary
Airport typeMilitary: Naval Air Station
OperatorUnited States Navy
LocationSt. David's Island
In use1970 - 1995
Elevation AMSL12 ft / 4 m
Coordinates32°21′51″N 064°40′43″W / 32.36417°N 64.67861°W / 32.36417; -64.67861
Runways
Direction Length Surface
ft m
12/30 9,898 3,017 Asphalt

Naval Air Station Bermuda was a United States Navy establishment in the then British Colony of Bermuda from 1940 to 1995. It operated from several locations and under different names during this period. At first, as the Naval Operating Base, it was located on Darrell’s Island, in Great Sound, before moving in 1941 to a new site on Tucker and Morgan Islands in the West End. In the 1960s, as the Naval Air Station, it moved to Kindley Field, the US Army Air Force base on St David's Island in Castle Harbour, while the West End site became the Bermuda Annex. After closure in 1995 the base became the site of Bermuda International Airport.

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