Airports · Florida · heliport · FAA file effective October 1, 2026

Naval Surface Warfare Center Panama City Heliport

NBV · KNBV · Panama City, Florida · Bay County · map

Naval Surface Warfare Center Panama City Heliport is a private heliport owned by the U.S. Government (Navy), 2 miles northwest of Panama City, Florida, 10 feet above sea level. Its landing pad, H1, is 390 by 296 feet of concrete.

Private use: permission from the owner is required before landing here.

The airport

Codes: FAA NBV · ICAO KNBV
Kind: Heliport · private use, permission required · owned by the Navy
Owner: U.S. Government (Navy)
Elevation: 10 feet above sea level
Control tower: No control tower
Attended: Monday to Friday, 7:00 am to 4:00 pm
Lights: runway lights see the remarks below
On the chart: Jacksonville sectional
Magnetic variation: 0W
In the FAA's files since: July 1980

This airport's record at the FAA

Landing pad

Runways drawn to scale from the FAA's positions, north up.

For understanding the field, not for navigation.

Pad	Length × width	Surface	Lights
H1	390 × 296 ft	Concrete	Low-intensity lights

Aircraft registered in Panama City from the FAA register

119 aircraft are registered to owners in Panama City, Florida: 71 piston singles, 34 helicopters, 6 piston twins, 5 turboprops, 3 business jets. Not every one of them is based at this heliport; the based-aircraft count above is the FAA's figure for this heliport alone.

Companies and organisations in town with two or more aircraft:

Coastal Helicopters INC 20 Coastal Air Service INC 9Panama City Cycles INC 2Heli-Tech INC 2

Individuals are counted, never named. All aircraft registered in Florida.

Accidents and incidents at or near this heliport NTSB records

No NTSB accident or incident records name this heliport.

Nearby within 30 nautical miles

Northwest Florida Beaches International ECP · 11 nm north Grand Lagoon 4FD5 · 3 nm south · private Post Electric INC Heliport FA20 · 4 nm northeast · private Ascension Sacred Heart Bay Heliport 8FL4 · 5 nm east · private Panhandle Helicopter Heliport FD13 · 9 nm northwest · private Beach Mosquito Control District West Heliport 0FL6 · 9 nm northwest · private Medical Trans Base Heliport 6FA3 · 9 nm northeast · private West Bay Creek 1FL5 · 10 nm northwest · private

The FAA's remarks as written in the airport file

Communication available on frequency 354.6 mhz.
Attendant available other times on required V436-4288/4287.
48' power line 1200' northwest.
No transient maintenance available; limited parking.

Facts from the FAA's airport file effective October 1, 2026, written out in plain English; weather from the National Weather Service's aviation weather service; registered aircraft from the FAA register as of October 5, 2026; accidents from the NTSB's public database. Owners are shown only when they are an organisation; no person is named. Check the official sources before a flight: this page is for understanding an airport, not for planning one.