Naval Auxiliary Landing Field Orange Grove
Encyclopedia
Naval Auxiliary Landing Field Orange Grove or NALF Orange Grove is a military airport
located southwest of Orange Grove
, a city in Jim Wells County
, Texas
, United States
. It covers an area of 1373 acres (5.6 km²). Owned by the United States Navy
, it supports pilot training for NAS Kingsville. It has two runway
s, 1/19 and 13/31, each measuring 8,000 x 200 ft (2,438 x 61 m).
Although most U.S. airports use the same three-letter location identifier
for the FAA
and IATA
, NALF Orange Grove is assigned NOG by the FAA but has no designation from the IATA (which assigned NOG to Nogales International Airport
in Nogales, Sonora
, Mexico
).
Airport
An airport is a location where aircraft such as fixed-wing aircraft, helicopters, and blimps take off and land. Aircraft may be stored or maintained at an airport...
located southwest of Orange Grove
Orange Grove, Texas
Orange Grove is a city in Jim Wells County, Texas, United States. The population was 1,288 at the 2000 census.-Geography:Orange Grove is located at ....
, a city in Jim Wells County
Jim Wells County, Texas
At the 2000 census, there were 39,326 people, 12,961 households and 10,096 families residing in the county. The population density was 46 per square mile . There were 14,819 housing units at an average density of 17 per square mile...
, Texas
Texas
Texas is the second largest U.S. state by both area and population, and the largest state by area in the contiguous United States.The name, based on the Caddo word "Tejas" meaning "friends" or "allies", was applied by the Spanish to the Caddo themselves and to the region of their settlement in...
, United States
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
. It covers an area of 1373 acres (5.6 km²). Owned by the United States Navy
United States Navy
The United States Navy is the naval warfare service branch of the United States Armed Forces and one of the seven uniformed services of the United States. The U.S. Navy is the largest in the world; its battle fleet tonnage is greater than that of the next 13 largest navies combined. The U.S...
, it supports pilot training for NAS Kingsville. It has two runway
Runway
According to ICAO a runway is a "defined rectangular area on a land aerodrome prepared for the landing and take-off of aircraft." Runways may be a man-made surface or a natural surface .- Orientation and dimensions :Runways are named by a number between 01 and 36, which is generally one tenth...
s, 1/19 and 13/31, each measuring 8,000 x 200 ft (2,438 x 61 m).
Although most U.S. airports use the same three-letter location identifier
Location identifier
A location identifier is a symbolic representation for the name and the location of an airport, navigation aid, or weather station, and is used for manned air traffic control facilities in air traffic control, telecommunications, computer programming, weather reports, and related services.-ICAO...
for the FAA
Federal Aviation Administration
The Federal Aviation Administration is the national aviation authority of the United States. An agency of the United States Department of Transportation, it has authority to regulate and oversee all aspects of civil aviation in the U.S...
and IATA
International Air Transport Association
The International Air Transport Association is an international industry trade group of airlines headquartered in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, where the International Civil Aviation Organization is also headquartered. The executive offices are at the Geneva Airport in SwitzerlandIATA's mission is to...
, NALF Orange Grove is assigned NOG by the FAA but has no designation from the IATA (which assigned NOG to Nogales International Airport
Nogales International Airport (Mexico)
Nogales International Airport is an international airport located at Nogales, Sonora, Mexico, near the U.S.-Mexico border. It handles national and international air traffic for the city of Nogales. It is operated by Aeropuertos y Servicios Auxiliares, a federal government-owned...
in Nogales, Sonora
Nogales, Sonora
Heroica Nogales , more commonly known as Nogales, is a city and its surrounding municipality on the northern border of the Mexican State of Sonora. The municipality covers an area of 1,675 km², and borders to the north the city of Nogales, Arizona, United States, across the U.S.-Mexico border...
, Mexico
Mexico
The United Mexican States , commonly known as Mexico , is a federal constitutional republic in North America. It is bordered on the north by the United States; on the south and west by the Pacific Ocean; on the southeast by Guatemala, Belize, and the Caribbean Sea; and on the east by the Gulf of...
).
External links
- Naval Auxiliary Landing Field (NALF) Orange Grove at GlobalSecurity.orgGlobalSecurity.orgGlobalSecurity.org, launched in 2000, is a public policy organization focusing on the fields of defense, space exploration, intelligence, weapons of mass destruction and homeland security...