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Norfolk NS (Chambers Field)

NGU · KNGU · Norfolk, Virginia · Norfolk County · map

Norfolk NS (Chambers Field) is a private airport owned by the U.S. Navy in Norfolk, Virginia, 15 feet above sea level. Its one runway, 10/28, is 8,370 feet of asphalt. It has a control tower.

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

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The airport facts, runways, radio, fuel and services, the FAA's remarks

The airport

Codes
FAA NGU · ICAO KNGU
Kind
Airport · private use, permission required · owned by the Navy
Owner
U.S. Navy
Elevation
15 feet above sea level
Control tower
A control tower · around the clock
Attended
around the clock
Lights
runway lights see the remarks below; beacon sunset to sunrise
Fuel and services
no fuel reported; the services card below
On the chart
Washington sectional
Magnetic variation
10W
In the FAA's files since
April 1943

This airport's record at the FAA

Runway

1028N1,000 ft
Runways drawn to scale from the FAA's positions, north up.
FAA airport diagram for Norfolk NS (Chambers Field)
The FAA's official airport diagram (taxiways, ramps, hot spots); tap to enlarge, or open the FAA's PDF.

For understanding the field, not for navigation.

RunwayLength × widthSurfaceLights
10/288,370 × 200 ftAsphaltHigh-intensity lights
  • Runway 10: ILS with DME, PAPI, four lights on the right, approach lights with sequenced flashers (ALSF-2), threshold displaced 299 ft, 8,071 ft available for landing
  • Runway 28: PAPI, four lights on the right, short approach lights with flashers (SSALF), right-hand traffic pattern, threshold displaced 995 ft, 7,375 ft available for landing

Radio frequencies

ATIS (recorded airport information)118.425Chambers
Clearance delivery120.7Chambers
Ground121.8Chambers
Tower124.3Chambers
Tower Navy Norfolk helin126.375Chambers
Approach · Kohls and star · Outla and star arriving from headings 010 to 310118.9Chambers
Approach and departure arriving from headings 311 to 009125.7Chambers
Emergency121.5Chambers
Base and operations126.2Chambers
Amc and atoc130.65Chambers

Fuel and services as reported to the FAA

Fuel
none reported
Oxygen
bulk oxygen (high- and low-pressure)

Nearest fields reporting jet fuel: Norfolk International (5 nm southeast), Hampton Roads Executive (12 nm southwest), Newport News/Williamsburg International (15 nm northwest), Chesapeake Regional (16 nm south).

Nearest fields reporting avgas: Norfolk International (5 nm southeast), Hampton Roads Executive (12 nm southwest), Newport News/Williamsburg International (15 nm northwest), Chesapeake Regional (16 nm south).

The FAA's file records what is sold and done at the field, as the airport manager reports it, not who sells it or the price; fuel sellers (FBOs) are not named in any public file. Airports selling jet fuel in Virginia · avgas.

The FAA's remarks as written in the airport file, spelled out

  • Aoe.
  • Available only during hours of operation.
  • Closed 0400Z fourth Thursday nov - 1200Z fourth Friday nov, closed 1900Z 24 dec - 1200Z 26 dec, closed 1900Z 31 dec - 1200Z 2 jan.
  • Hook E28(B) (1799 feet).
  • Hook E28 (B) (2056 feet).
  • Ols runway 10.
  • Ols runway 28.
  • A-GEAR: avoid centerline light runway 10/28 dur cable engagement to prevent tailhook skip. Dist runway 28 measured FR displ threshold. E-28(B) in raised posn at departure end of runway nmlly. Shortfld gear available with 20 minimum PN.
  • Fuel: no tran copter hot pit WO prior coord with host squadron. J5.
  • Fluid: adi SP presair lhox lox.
  • Oil: unavailable.
  • Tran alert: ltd tran maintenance available wkend only 1200-2000Z++. tran maintenance unavailable OT. 2 hour PN rqr for lox. Lavatory service unavailable for C-130 aircraft. Potable water unavailable. No tran work/msn planning/briefing spaces or comsec stor for dets.

Who flies and works here aircraft registered in town, the companies, the examiners nearby

Aircraft registered in Norfolk from the FAA register

76 aircraft are registered to owners in Norfolk, Virginia: 55 piston singles, 5 turboprops, 5 piston twins, 4 business jets, 2 helicopters. Not every one of them is based at this airport; the based-aircraft count above is the FAA's figure for this airport alone.

Companies and organisations in town with two or more aircraft:

Iaba LLC 5Skydance Aviation LLC 3Turner Strategic Technologies LLC 2Stevens Aviation and Parts LLC 2Baron Associates LLC 2Angels Ten LLC 2

Individuals are counted, not named (the site's policy at this time). All aircraft registered in Virginia.

Who works here from the FAA's certificate lists and the register

Charter operators and airlines based in Norfolk:

  • Skydance Aviation LLC 1 aircraft on the certificate SkyDance Air is a Part 135 on-demand charter operator founded in 2002, operating Cirrus Vision Jets and IAI Westwind 2 aircraft from bases in Orlando and Houston.

Companies in the same town as this airport, and schools within about 15 miles of it (each placed at the main public airport of its town, or at the town's centre); not every one of them works from this field. All operators · all repair stations · all flight schools · all FBOs.

Safety record the NTSB's cases at or near this airport

Accidents and incidents at or near this airport NTSB records · 2 since 1982, 0 fatal

1997-10-11IAD98LA007 · Cessna 172M N64507 · accident · no injuries
1983-10-25DCA84AA005 · Douglas Dc-8-63F N797FT · accident · no injuries

Cases the NTSB recorded with this as the nearest airport, newest first. Each opens the full report in plain English. The country as a whole: Where accidents happen.

Connections how this airport links to the rest of the register

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The whole map of how records connect · these connections as data: /graph/airport/NGU.json.

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 27, 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.