Harvey Point Defense Testing Activity

Harvey Point Defense Testing Activity
Perquimans County, North Carolina
Harvey Point Defense Testing Activity
Coordinates	36°06′N 76°20′W / 36.1°N 76.33°W / 36.1; -76.33
Site information
Owner	U.S. Department of Defense
Open to the public	No
Condition	Fully operational
Site history
Built	1942
In use	1942–1946 1958–present
Garrison information
Occupants	Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives Central Intelligence Agency Federal Bureau of Investigation United States Navy
Airfield information
Identifiers	FAA LID: NC01
Elevation	10 feet (3 m) AMSL
Runways Direction Length and surface 03/21 5,291 feet (1,613 m) Asphalt
Source: Federal Aviation Administration[1]

The Harvey Point Defense Testing Activity facility, owned by the Department of Defense, is located on a peninsula in Perquimans County, North Carolina, along Albemarle Sound, near the town of Hertford, NC. It was established in World War II as Naval Auxiliary Air Station Harvey Point, an operating base for sea planes conducting anti-submarine surveillance off the Atlantic coast. A close by naval facility, Naval Air Station Weeksville, served as a blimp base from 1941 to 1957, while another former naval air facility remains active as Coast Guard Air Station Elizabeth City.

To comply with various procurement regulations, the Department of the Navy holds the title to and budgetary responsibility for the facility. Agencies such as the ATF, CIA, and FBI have used the facility for complex training relating to overseas counterterrorism and asset-protection training.^[2] It has a sister facility in Virginia called Camp Peary.