Naval Air Station Whidbey Island

Naval Air Station Whidbey Island
Naval Air Station Whidbey Island
Ault Field
Oak Harbor, Washington in the United States
	An aerial view of NAS Whidbey Island
	NAS Whidbey Island Location in the United States
Coordinates	48°21′07″N 122°39′21″W / 48.35194°N 122.65583°W
Type	Naval Air Station
Site information
Owner	Department of Defense
Operator	US Navy
Controlled by	Navy Region Northwest
Condition	Operational
Website	Official website
Site history
Built	1942
In use	1942 – present
Garrison information
Current; commander	Captain Eric Hanks
Airfield information
Identifiers	IATA: NUW, ICAO: KNUW, FAA LID: NUW, WMO: 690230
Elevation	14.3 metres (47 ft) AMSL
Runways
7/25	2,438.4 metres (8,000 ft) Concrete
13/31	2,438.4 metres (8,000 ft) Concrete
	Source: Federal Aviation Administration

Naval Air Station Whidbey Island (NASWI) (IATA: NUW, ICAO: KNUW, FAA LID: NUW) is a naval air station of the United States Navy located on two pieces of land near Oak Harbor, on Whidbey Island, in Island County, Washington.

The main portion of the base, Ault Field, is about three miles north of Oak Harbor. The other section, called the Seaplane base for the PBY Catalina flying boats once based there, holds most of the island's Navy housing as well as the air station's main Navy Exchange and DeCA Commissary. The NASWI commanding officer also has command of a satellite airfield, Naval Outlying Landing Field (NOLF) Coupeville, on central Whidbey Island at 48°11′24″N 122°37′48″W / 48.19000°N 122.63000°W / 48.19000; -122.63000, roughly nine miles south of Ault Field. Primarily used for Field Carrier Landing Practice (FCLP) by carrier-based jets, this field has no permanently assigned personnel.