Norfolk NS (Chambers Field)
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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
Runway

For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 10/28 | 8,370 × 200 ft | Asphalt | High-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) | 118.425 | Chambers |
| Clearance delivery | 120.7 | Chambers |
| Ground | 121.8 | Chambers |
| Tower | 124.3 | Chambers |
| Tower Navy Norfolk helin | 126.375 | Chambers |
| Approach · Kohls and star · Outla and star arriving from headings 010 to 310 | 118.9 | Chambers |
| Approach and departure arriving from headings 311 to 009 | 125.7 | Chambers |
| Emergency | 121.5 | Chambers |
| Base and operations | 126.2 | Chambers |
| Amc and atoc | 130.65 | Chambers |
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:
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
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.
Nearby within 30 nautical miles
Connections how this airport links to the rest of the register
- Aircraft registered in Norfolk 76 aircraft · 55 piston singles, 5 turboprops, 5 piston twins
- Iaba LLC 5 aircraft in town
- Skydance Aviation LLC 3 aircraft in town
- Turner Strategic Technologies LLC 2 aircraft in town
- Stevens Aviation and Parts LLC 2 aircraft in town
- Skydance Aviation LLC 1 aircraft on the certificate · charter operator
- NTSB accidents and incidents at or near this airport 2 since 1982 · 0 fatal
- Accidents and incidents in Virginia 1,361 since 1982 · 229 in the last ten years
- Nearby landing places within 30 nautical miles 8 airports, heliports and seaplane bases
- Public-use airports in Virginia 64 landing places
- Virginia 5,973 aircraft registered
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.
