Patuxent River Naval Air Station (Trapnell Field)
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Patuxent River Naval Air Station (Trapnell Field) is a private airport owned by the US Navy in Patuxent River, Maryland, 39 feet above sea level. It has 3 runways; the longest, 06/24, is 11,799 feet of asphalt. It has a control tower.
Private use: permission from the owner is required before landing here.
Weather and planning now, the forecast, warnings, pilot reports, winds aloft, restrictions
Fetching the weather now, the forecast, the warnings in force, pilot reports and the winds aloft for Patuxent River Naval Air Station (Trapnell Field)…
The airport facts, runways, radio, fuel and services, the FAA's remarks
The airport
- Codes
- FAA NHK · ICAO KNHK
- Kind
- Airport · private use, permission required · owned by the Navy
- Owner
- US Navy
- Elevation
- 39 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- A control tower with radar approach control · 24 hours++ mon-sun, other times by notam.
- Attended
- every day, 12:00 pm to 0400z++.
- 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
- February 1944
Runways 3
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 06/24 | 11,799 × 200 ft | Asphalt, good | High-intensity lights |
| 14/32 | 9,732 × 200 ft | Asphalt, good | High-intensity lights |
| 02/20 | 5,021 × 75 ft | Asphalt, good |
- Runway 06: ILS with DME, approach lights with sequenced flashers (ALSF-1)
Radio frequencies
| Clearance delivery | 121.75 | |
| Clearance delivery When sby tower closed | 132.45 | Salisbury |
| Clearance delivery | 135.2 | Patuxent |
| Ground | 120.6 | Patuxent |
| Tower | 123.7 | Patuxent |
| Approach and departure 165-055 above 3000 feet | 120.05 | Patuxent |
| Approach and departure 165-055 3000 feet and below | 121.0 | Patuxent |
| Approach and departure 056-164 all altitudes | 127.95 | Patuxent |
| Approach (secondary) Departure (secondary) When nhk approach closed | 135.625 | Patuxent |
| Emergency | 121.5 | Patuxent |
Fuel and services as reported to the FAA
The FAA's record lists no fuel or services for this airport.
Nearest fields reporting jet fuel: St. Mary'S County Regional (7 nm west), Cambridge-Dorchester Regional (23 nm northeast), Tappahannock/Essex County (34 nm southwest), Easton/Newnam Field (35 nm northeast).
Nearest fields reporting avgas: St. Mary'S County Regional (7 nm west), Cambridge-Dorchester Regional (23 nm northeast), Crisfield-Somerset County (32 nm southeast), Tappahannock/Essex County (34 nm southwest).
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 Maryland · avgas.
The FAA's remarks as written in the airport file, spelled out
- Jasu: (GTC-85) (NCPP-105) (NC-8) (NC-10).
- Available only during hours of operation.
- Closed holidays.
- Hook E28(B) (2180 feet).
- Hook E28(B) (1280 feet).
- Hook E28(B) (1499 feet).
- Hook E28(B) (3050 feet).
- Ols.
- Ols.
- Ols.
- Ols.
- Fuel: 100LL, a, J5.
Who flies and works here aircraft registered in town, the companies, the examiners nearby
Aircraft registered in Patuxent River from the FAA register
133 aircraft are registered to owners in Patuxent River, Maryland: 126 helicopters, 3 turboprops, 2 piston twins, 2 piston singles. 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 Maryland.
Who works here from the FAA's certificate lists and the register
Flight schools, flying clubs and college flight programmes based within about 15 miles:
- Pax Flyers LLC 1 aircraft · Hollywood, 10 miles away
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 · 4 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 Patuxent River 133 aircraft · 126 helicopters, 3 turboprops, 2 piston twins
- Naval Air Systems Command 123 aircraft in town
- Carolina Warbirds LLC 4 aircraft in town
- United States Navy 3 aircraft in town
- Pax Flyers LLC 1 aircraft · flight school
- NTSB accidents and incidents at or near this airport 4 since 1982 · 0 fatal
- Accidents and incidents in Maryland 836 since 1982 · 110 in the last ten years
- Nearby landing places within 30 nautical miles 8 airports, heliports and seaplane bases
- Public-use airports in Maryland 34 landing places
- Maryland 2,348 aircraft registered
The whole map of how records connect · these connections as data: /graph/airport/NHK.json.
Facts from the FAA's airport file effective October 29, 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 29, 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.