Jacksonville Naval Air Station (Towers Field)
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Jacksonville Naval Air Station (Towers Field) is a private airport owned by the US Navy, 4 miles south of Jacksonville, Florida, 22 feet above sea level. It has 2 runways; the longest, 10/28, is 9,003 feet of asphalt. It has a control tower and fuel (JP-5).
Private use: permission from the owner is required before landing here.
Weather right now KNIP · observed 5:53 pm EDT (21:53 UTC), 59 minutes ago
IFR instrument conditions
- Wind from the north-northeast (020°) at 3 knots
- Visibility 2.5 miles
- Sky: scattered clouds at 900 feet, a broken layer at 2,300 feet, overcast at 8,000 feet
- Weather: light rain, mist
- Temperature 75°F (24°C), dew point 73°F (23°C)
- Altimeter 29.90 inHg
The forecast issued Tue 11:00 am EDT (15:00 UTC), good until Wed 11:00 am EDT (15:00 UTC)
- From Tue 11:00 am EDT (15:00 UTC): wind from the northeast at 10 knots, rain showers, mist, thunderstorms nearby, scattered clouds at 700 feet, a broken layer at 1,500 feet (thunderheads) and more above MVFR
- At times between Tue 11:00 am EDT (15:00 UTC) and 5:00 pm EDT (21:00 UTC): rain showers, a broken layer at 800 feet, a broken layer at 1,500 feet (thunderheads) and more above IFR
- From Tue 8:00 pm EDT (00:00 UTC): wind from the east-northeast at 9 knots, mist, showers nearby, a broken layer at 1,500 feet, a broken layer at 5,000 feet and more above MVFR
- At times between Tue 8:00 pm EDT (00:00 UTC) and 2:00 am EDT (06:00 UTC): light rain showers, mist, a broken layer at 800 feet, overcast at 1,500 feet IFR
- From Wed 2:00 am EDT (06:00 UTC): wind from the northeast at 6 knots, showers nearby, scattered clouds at 800 feet, a broken layer at 2,500 feet and more above MVFR
- From Wed 8:00 am EDT (12:00 UTC): wind from the north-northeast at 11 knots, light rain showers, mist, scattered clouds at 800 feet, a broken layer at 2,000 feet and more above MVFR
The codes as issued (METAR and TAF)
METAR KNIP 062153Z 02003KT 2 1/2SM -RA BR SCT009 BKN023 OVC080 24/23 A2990 RMK AO2 SLP120 T2 SET P0010 T02390228
TAF KNIP 061500Z 0615/0715 04010KT 8000 SHRA BR VCTS SCT007 BKN015CB BKN030 QNH2986INS TEMPO 0615/0621 4800 SHRA BKN008 BKN015CB OVC050 FM070000 07009KT 8000 BR VCSH BKN015 BKN050 BKN100 QNH2986INS TEMPO 0700/0706 4800 -SHRA BR BKN008 OVC015 FM070600 05006KT 9999 VCSH SCT008 BKN025 OVC070 QNH2983INS FM071200 03011KT 8000 -SHRA BR SCT008 BKN020 OVC050 QNH2984INS TX26/0618Z TN23/0711Z FN20016
From the National Weather Service's aviation weather service, refreshed every few minutes; times are local to the airport with UTC in brackets. For a flight, get your briefing from Flight Service or an approved provider.
The airport
- Codes
- FAA NIP · ICAO KNIP
- Kind
- Airport · private use, permission required · owned by the Navy
- Owner
- US Navy
- Elevation
- 22 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- A control tower · 24 hours. see flip ap/1 supplement airport information. closures published via notam.
- Attended
- every day, 12:00 pm to 0400z
- Lights
- runway lights see the remarks below; beacon sunset to sunrise
- Fuel
- JP-5
- Repairs
- airframe: none; engine: none
- On the chart
- Jacksonville sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 6W
- In the FAA's files since
- May 1941
Runways 2
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 10/28 | 9,003 × 200 ft | Asphalt, fair | High-intensity lights |
| 14/32 | 5,978 × 200 ft | Asphalt, fair | High-intensity lights |
- Runway 10: ILS with DME, PAPI, four lights on the left, approach lights with sequenced flashers (ALSF-1), threshold displaced 997 ft, 8,006 ft available for landing
- Runway 28: ILS with DME, PAPI, four lights on the right, approach lights with sequenced flashers (ALSF-1)
- Runway 14: threshold displaced 2,734 ft
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) · Tower | 125.15 | Navy Jacksonville |
| ATIS (recorded airport information) | 124.35 | Navy Jacksonville |
| Ground | 128.6 | Navy Jacksonville |
| Approach · Approach and departure | 127.775 | Navy Jacksonville |
| Emergency | 121.5 | Navy Jacksonville |
| Nip and aWOS-3 | 119.275 | |
| Alcrn and star | 127.0 | Navy Jacksonville |
Aircraft registered in Jacksonville from the FAA register
509 aircraft are registered to owners in Jacksonville, Florida: 367 piston singles, 42 piston twins, 36 business jets, 22 turboprops, 12 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 Florida.
Accidents and incidents at or near this airport NTSB records · 3 since 1982, 1 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
- ACTIVATE-ALSF-1 runway 10; salsf runway 28; PAPI runway 10 and 28; high-intensity runway lights runway 10/28 - 134.775.
- Tran jet aircraft exp right traffic runway 10.
- Operates 1200-0400Z (DT 11:00 am to 3:00 am) daily. Closed federal holidays; OT by NOTAM.
- Hook E28(B) (2190 feet)
- Hook E28(B) 1229 feet)
- Hook E28(B) (1995 feet)
- For aircraft operates iaw nasjaxinst 3710.1.
- Ols and WAVE-OFF
- Optical landing system (ols) and WAVE-OFF
- Optical landing system (ols) and WAVE-OFF
- Jasu: 1(NCPP-105) 2(NC-8)
- Transient alert: ltd tran maintenance, service and space. Aircraft stairs available 1230-0300Z++ daily with 24 hour ntc.
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.