Naval Air Station Cecil Field

Naval Air Station Cecil Field
Jacksonville, Florida in the United States
F/A-18 Hornets from Carrier Air Wing Seventeen returning to NAS Cecil Field in 1994
Cecil Field Location in the United States
Coordinates	30°13′07″N 081°52′36″W / 30.21861°N 81.87667°W / 30.21861; -81.87667
Type	Naval Air Station
Site information
Owner	Department of Defense
Operator	US Navy
Condition	Closed
Site history
Built	1941 (1941)
In use	1941 – 1999 (1999)
Fate	Transferred to civilian use and became Cecil Airport (also used by Florida Army National Guard) and Cecil Commerce Center
Airfield information
Identifiers	IATA: NZC, ICAO: KNZC, FAA LID: NZC, WMO: 722067
Elevation	25 metres (82 ft) AMSL
Runways Direction Length and surface 18L/36R 3,811 metres (12,503 ft) asphalt/concrete 18R/36L 2,439 metres (8,002 ft) asphalt/concrete 9L/27R 2,439 metres (8,002 ft) asphalt/concrete 9R/27L 2,439 metres (8,002 ft) asphalt/concrete
Source: Federal Aviation Administration[1]

Naval Air Station Cecil Field or NAS Cecil Field (IATA: NZC, ICAO: KNZC, FAA LID: NZC) was a United States Navy air base, located in Duval County, Florida. Prior to October 1999, NAS Cecil Field was the largest military base in terms of acreage in the Jacksonville, Florida area.

NAS Cecil Field consisted of four separate facilities, the NAS Cecil Field Complex (Cecil Field), Outlying Field Whitehouse (OLF Whitehouse), the Yellow Water Weapons Department and the Pinecastle [Pine Castle] Electronic Warfare Target Area / Warfare Range. Including nearly 2,500 acres (10 km²) at OLF Whitehouse, the NAS Cecil Field complex consisted of 22,939 acres (92.83 km²); in addition, the base leased another 8,379 acres (33.91 km²). By late 1999, approximately 17,200 acres (70 km²) were transferred to the civilian sector in the form of the Jacksonville Aviation Authority, while the remainder was transferred to Naval Air Station Jacksonville.

As directed by the Base Realignment and Closure Commission (BRAC) and the U.S. Congress pursuant to BRAC 1993 and BRAC 1995, NAS Cecil Field was decommissioned as an active naval installation on 30 September 1999. It is now a civilian, public-use, joint civil-military airfield and industrial park known as Cecil Commerce Center and Cecil Airport.