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.
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
- 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 |
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, never named. All aircraft registered in Virginia.
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.
Nearby within 30 nautical miles
The FAA's remarks as written in the airport file
- 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.
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.