Imperial Beach Nolf (Ream Field)
NRS · KNRS · Imperial Beach, California · San Diego County · map
Imperial Beach Nolf (Ream Field) is a private airport owned by the US Navy, 1 mile south of Imperial Beach, California, 23 feet above sea level. It has 2 runways; the longest, 09/27, is 4,998 feet of partially concrete. 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 NRS · ICAO KNRS
- Kind
- Airport · private use, permission required · owned by the Navy
- Owner
- US Navy
- Elevation
- 23 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- A control tower · 1600-0630z mon-thu (1500-0600z dt) and 1600-0200z++ friday. closed fr 0200z++ day prior until 1600z++ day flw government holidays.
- Attended
- every day, see ref remark
- Lights
- runway lights see the remarks below; beacon sunset to sunrise
- Fuel and services
- no fuel reported; the services card below
- On the chart
- Los Angeles sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 11E
- In the FAA's files since
- February 1944
Runways 2
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 09/27 | 4,998 × 336 ft | Partially concrete | High-intensity lights |
| 08/26 | 2,241 × 151 ft | Concrete |
Radio frequencies
| Tower | 120.65 | Imperial Beach |
| Approach and departure · Class B airspace 110-224 San 17,000 FT& below | 125.15 | Imperial Beach |
Automated weather (ASOS), by phone 619-437-9890.
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: Brown Field Municipal (7 nm east), San Diego International (11 nm north), Montgomery-Gibbs Executive (15 nm north), Gillespie Field (17 nm northeast).
Nearest fields reporting avgas: Brown Field Municipal (7 nm east), San Diego International (11 nm north), Montgomery-Gibbs Executive (15 nm north), Gillespie Field (17 nm northeast).
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.
- FSS-SAN Diego SAN-NOTAM nrs
- Caution: extv copter training.
- Misc: runway 08-26 available for day and night copter use only (night and special VFR use at pilots own risk).
- Fuel: J5 (available 11:00 am to 9:00 pm MON-THU; 10:00 am to 6:00 pm Friday).
Who flies and works here aircraft registered in town, the companies, the examiners nearby
Aircraft registered in Imperial Beach from the FAA register
6 aircraft are registered to owners in Imperial Beach, California: 5 piston singles, 1 glider. Not every one of them is based at this airport; the based-aircraft count above is the FAA's figure for this airport alone.
Individuals are counted, not named (the site's policy at this time). All aircraft registered in California.
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 Imperial Beach 6 aircraft · 5 piston singles, 1 gliders
- Accidents and incidents in California 9,069 since 1982 · 1,087 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 27,655 aircraft registered
The whole map of how records connect · these connections as data: /graph/airport/NRS.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 28, 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.