Rockwell Field

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Rockwell Field
North Island, San Diego
Rockwell Field, California in 1924, looking north. Rockwell Field is in the foreground. On the other side of the island is the Naval Air Station San Diego.
Rockwell Field
Coordinates	32°41′51″N 117°11′51″W / 32.69750°N 117.19750°W / 32.69750; -117.19750 (Rockwell Field)
Type	Pilot training airfield (1912–1921) Rockwell Air Depot (1922–1939)
Site information
Controlled by	Air Service, United States Army United States Army Air Service United States Army Air Corps
Condition	Incorporated into Naval Air Station, North Island (1939)
Site history
Built	1911; 113 years ago (1911)
In use	1912–1939
Battles/wars	World War I

Rockwell Field is a former United States Army Air Corps (USAAC) military airfield, located 1.1 miles (2 kilometres) northwest of the city of Coronado, California, on the northern part of the Coronado Peninsula across the bay from San Diego, California.

This airfield played a fundamental role in the development of United States military aviation in the period before and during World War I. Originally it was The Curtiss School of Aviation, founded by Glenn Curtiss. In November 1912, the Army established a permanent flying school on the island. It served as a major flying school during World War I, and remained active as an Army Air Corps facility after the war. The facility was transferred to the United States Navy on 31 January 1939.^[1]

Today, Rockwell Field forms the southeastern quadrant of what is today the Naval Air Station, North Island (NAS North Island). The facility was added to the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) in 1991.