United States · elevation 477 ft AMSL
· 32.8684, -117.1430
Miramar Marine Corps Air Station - Mitscher Field (San Diego) is an airport with the ICAO code KNKX and the IATA code NKX. Country: United States. Nearest settlement listed in the database: San Diego. OurAirports classifies it as a medium-sized airport. Its ICAO code starts with the KN prefix, which marks airports in United States. The four-letter code KNKX is used in flight operations and weather reports, while the three-letter IATA code NKX is used for ticketing and baggage handling. The airport reference point sits at 32°52'06"N, 117°08'35"W, at an elevation of 477 ft (145 m) above sea level. The applicable time zone is America/Los_Angeles.
Aerial imagery showing the runway and apron layout - the zoom is matched to the longest runway.
| Threshold | Course | Length | Width | Surface |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 06H | 60° | 305 m (1,000 ft) | 30 m (100 ft) | asphalt |
| 24H | 240° | |||
| 06L | 60° | 3,658 m (12,000 ft) | 61 m (200 ft) | asphalt |
| 24R | 240° | |||
| 06R | 60° | 2,439 m (8,001 ft) | 61 m (200 ft) | asphalt |
| 24L | 240° |
The course is derived from the runway designator (number × 10), not from a survey - the actual magnetic bearing can differ by a few degrees.
Declared distances (TORA, TODA, ASDA, LDA) are published in the national AIP - they are not part of this table.
According to OurAirports data (compiled from AIP and FAA sources), Miramar Marine Corps Air Station - Mitscher Field (San Diego) has 3 runways: 06H/24H - 305 m long (1,000 ft), 30 m wide, asphalt surface; 06L/24R - 3,658 m long (12,000 ft), 61 m wide, asphalt surface; 06R/24L - 2,439 m long (8,001 ft), 61 m wide, asphalt surface.
The longest of them is 06L/24R, at 3,658 m.
The thresholds are oriented as follows: 06H/24H on 60° and 240° magnetic, 06L/24R on 60° and 240° magnetic, 06R/24L on 60° and 240° magnetic. A threshold designator is its magnetic heading divided by ten (ICAO Annex 14), so the runway axis can be read straight off the numbers.
For the 06H/24H axis, wind from the south-east (around 150°) or from the north-west (around 330°) blows perpendicular to the runway and produces the largest crosswind component. Wind from around 60° or 240° acts along the runway, as a headwind or a tailwind. The decoder on this page computes those components automatically from the current METAR.
Weather reports for Miramar Marine Corps Air Station - Mitscher Field (San Diego) are published under the ICAO code KNKX. A METAR is an observation of current conditions, usually issued every 30 or 60 minutes; a TAF is a forecast for the airport area, typically covering 9 to 30 hours.
The decoder breaks the KNKX report down into its parts: wind direction and speed including gusts and variability, visibility (including CAVOK and directional minimum visibility), weather phenomena by WMO code, cloud layers with their bases, temperature and dew point, QNH pressure, and the resulting flight category - VFR, MVFR, IFR or LIFR - using FAA thresholds.
Not every airport issues its own reports; many smaller airfields have no weather station. If no current data is available for KNKX, check the nearby airports listed below.
Reports always use UTC (the Z suffix). The America/Los_Angeles zone is GMT-08:00 in winter and GMT-07:00 in summer - that is the shift to apply to the time in the report to get local time at the airport.
The closest airports in the database, measured in a straight line from the reference point, are Montgomery-Gibbs Executive Airport (San Diego) (KMYF, 6 km), San Diego International Airport (KSAN, 16 km), Gillespie Field (San Diego/El Cajon) (KSEE, 17 km). When no report is available for KNKX, they usually give the best approximation of conditions in the area.
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