Base Dep. Cmdr/CO, NSA Lakehurst:
CAPT William "Bill" Sherrod, USN
Garrison
87th Air Base Wing with support from Naval Support Activity Lakehurst
Occupants
Naval Air Warfare Center Aircraft Division
Center for Naval Aviation Technical Training, Lakehurst
Fleet Logistics Squadron 64
New Jersey Air National Guard
NOSC Fort Dix
Airfield information
Identifiers
IATA: NEL, ICAO: KNEL, FAA LID: NEL
Elevation
100.6 ft (30.7 m) AMSL
Runways
Direction
Length and surface
6/24
5,002 ft (1,525 m) asphalt
15/33
5,002 ft (1,525 m) asphalt
63/243
3,500 ft (1,100 m) concrete
Source: Federal Aviation Administration[1]
Lakehurst Maxfield Field, formerly known as Naval Air Engineering Station Lakehurst (NAES Lakehurst), is the naval component of Joint Base McGuire–Dix–Lakehurst (JB MDL), a United States Air Force-managed joint base. The airfield is approximately 25 mi (40 km) east-southeast of Trenton in Manchester Township and Jackson Township in Ocean County, New Jersey, United States. It is primarily the home to Naval Air Warfare Center Aircraft Division Lakehurst, although the airfield supports several other flying and non-flying units as well. Its name is an amalgamation of its location and the last name of Commander Louis H. Maxfield, who lost his life when the R-38/USN ZR-2 airship crashed during flight on 24 August 1921 near Hull, England.[2]
When it was consolidated with McGuire Air Force Base and Fort Dix in October 2009, it became the naval component of JB MDL – a United States Air Force–controlled installation – and was placed under the 87th Air Base Wing. However, as with all joint bases, the installation receives support services from the previous installation authorities. Thus, Lakehurst Field is also provided certain services from Naval Support Activity Lakehurst (NSA Lakehurst), whose commander also serves as one of two Base Deputy Commanders. Lakehurst field was the site of the Hindenburg disaster in 1937.
^FAA Airport Form 5010 for NEL PDF. Federal Aviation Administration. Effective 22 August 2013.
^webmaster@bluejacket.com. "U.S. Navy and Marine Corps Historic Air Fields Post WW I". bluejacket.com. Archived from the original on 14 February 2017. Retrieved 13 February 2017.
and 13 Related for: Lakehurst Maxfield Field information
LakehurstMaxfieldField, formerly known as Naval Air Engineering Station Lakehurst (NAES Lakehurst), is the naval component of Joint Base McGuire–Dix–Lakehurst...
Weapons Station Earle LakehurstMaxfieldField (formerly Naval Air Engineering Station Lakehurst) (part of Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst Naval Air Warfare...
Installations Command. US Navy. Retrieved 1 July 2021. "Naval Support Activity Lakehurst". Commander, Navy Installations Command. US Navy. Retrieved 1 July 2021...
catapult 1950 HMS Perseus USS Hancock 1954 added to Hancock during her 1953 SCB-27C refit. EMALS 2010 LakehurstMaxfieldField USS Gerald R. Ford 2017...
jeopardizing the nautical lines of the hull, and it will look like a landing field." Military Aviation, p35 On stowage: "Of necessity, the airplanes will be...
Southern Cross Airport Other military airports Lakehurst NEL NEL KNEL NAES Lakehurst (MaxfieldField) Wrightstown WRI WRI KWRI McGuire Air Force Base...
NAEC may refer to: LakehurstMaxfieldField, an American military base in Ocean County, New Jersey, United States, once known as NAEC Airport National...
Base Lewis-McChord, Tacoma, Washington Reserve EIGHT NCHB-8 LakehurstMaxfieldField, Lakehurst, New Jersey Reserve TEN NCHB-10 Naval Weapons Station Yorktown...
Squadron 15 (ZP-15), a subordinate unit of Fleet Airship Wing One at LakehurstMaxfieldField was subsequently based at NAS Glynco and was the principal unit...
north-northeast before heading east into Lakehurst to the south of the LakehurstMaxfieldField naval station. In Lakehurst, Route 70 comes to the Eisenhower...
Airships, and 16 Americans. MaxfieldField at NAS Lakehurst, New Jersey, named 6 January 1944 in honor of Commander Louis H. Maxfield, Naval Aviator No. 17...
Illustrators visits U.S. Air Force Expeditionary Center". Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst. Retrieved 2016-12-10. "llustrators '59: The First annual of American...
Global Information
United States Air Force