EL Centro Naf (Vraciu Field)
NJK · KNJK · El Centro, California · Imperial County · map
EL Centro Naf (Vraciu Field) is a private airport owned by the US Navy, 6 miles northwest of El Centro, California, -42 feet above sea level. It has 2 runways; the longest, 08/26, is 9,503 feet of partially concrete. 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
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The airport facts, runways, radio, fuel and services, the FAA's remarks
The airport
- Codes
- FAA NJK · ICAO KNJK
- Kind
- Airport · private use, permission required · owned by the Navy
- Owner
- US Navy
- Elevation
- -42 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- A control tower · 1500-0700z++ mon-thu; 1500-0200z++ friday; 1500-2300z++ saturday; closed sunday and holidays.
- Attended
- Monday to Thursday, 3:00 pm to 0700z++; Friday, 3:00 pm to 0200z++; Saturday, 3:00 pm to 2300z++
- Lights
- runway lights see the remarks below; beacon sunset to sunrise
- Fuel and services
- no fuel reported; the services card below
- On the chart
- Phoenix sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 11E
- In the FAA's files since
- February 1973
Runways 2
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 08/26 | 9,503 × 200 ft | Partially concrete | High-intensity lights |
| 12/30 | 6,825 × 200 ft | Partially concrete | High-intensity lights |
Radio frequencies
| Ground | 121.9 | El Centro |
| Tower | 119.1 | El Centro |
| Emergency | 121.5 | El Centro |
| Yuma and center (remote transmitter) High | 118.0 | El Centro · Use: clearance delivery/P. |
| El Centro Center (remote transmitter) Low/high | 132.275 | El Centro |
Fuel and services as reported to the FAA
- Fuel
- none reported
- Oxygen
- bottled oxygen (high- and low-pressure), bulk oxygen (high- and low-pressure)
Nearest fields reporting jet fuel: Imperial County (5 nm east), Calexico International (12 nm southeast), Brawley Municipal (13 nm northeast).
Nearest fields reporting avgas: Imperial County (5 nm east), Calexico International (12 nm southeast), Brawley Municipal (13 nm northeast), Borrego Valley Airport (42 nm northwest).
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 California · avgas.
The FAA's remarks as written in the airport file, spelled out
- Available only during hours of operation.
- Closed Sunday and holidays.
- Hook E28(B) (1485')
- Hook E28(B) (1570')
- Hook E28(B) (1500')
- Hook E28(B) (1246')
- Ols
- Ols
- Service - light - carrier deck light available runway 08-26 and 30.
- Jasu - 1(RCPT-105) 1(NC8) (wells air start sys).
- Fuel - tran pilots exp up to 2 hour delay WO prior arng dsn 658-2425, C760-339-2425. - hot refuel available most aircraft 1630-0430Z++ MON-THU; 1600-0200Z++ Friday; 1630-2300Z++ Saturday; closed Sunday and holidays. Hot reful hour subj to short ntc chg, refer to NOTAM. J8
- Fluid - hpox lox
Who flies and works here aircraft registered in town, the companies, the examiners nearby
Aircraft registered in El Centro from the FAA register
23 aircraft are registered to owners in El Centro, California: 21 piston singles, 1 turboprop, 1 helicopter. 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 California.
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:
- Desert Flyers LLC 1 aircraft · Calexico, 14 miles away
- Imperial Valley Flight Training LLC 1 aircraft · Calexico, 14 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
No NTSB accident or incident records name this airport.
Nearby within 30 nautical miles
Connections how this airport links to the rest of the register
- Aircraft registered in El Centro 23 aircraft · 21 piston singles, 1 turboprops, 1 helicopters
- R Douthitt Enterprises INC 4 aircraft in town
- Desert Flyers LLC 1 aircraft · flight school
- Imperial Valley Flight Training LLC 1 aircraft · flight school
- Accidents and incidents in California 9,080 since 1982 · 1,098 in the last ten years
- Nearby landing places within 30 nautical miles 8 airports, heliports and seaplane bases
- Public-use airports in California 244 landing places
- California 27,708 aircraft registered
The whole map of how records connect · these connections as data: /graph/airport/NJK.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 November 2, 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.