Norfolk Navy Base

Naval Station Norfolk
Part of Navy Region Mid-Atlantic
Norfolk, Virginia in the United States
USS John F. Kennedy (CV-67) arriving at Naval Station Norfolk, 2002
Type	Naval Base
Site information
Owner	United States
Operator	United States Navy
Open to the public	No
Site history
Built	July 4, 1917 (July 4, 1917)
In use	1917 (1917) - present
Garrison information
Current commander	CAPT Douglas J. Beaver, USN
Occupants	Commander, Navy Region Mid-Atlantic Commander, Navy Warfare Development Command

Naval Station Norfolk (IATA: NGU, ICAO: KNGU, FAA LID: NGU), is a United States Navy base in Norfolk, Virginia. It supports naval forces in the United States Fleet Forces Command, those operating in the Atlantic Ocean, Mediterranean Sea, and Indian Ocean. The installation occupies about 4 miles (6.4 km) of waterfront space and 11 miles (18 km) of pier and wharf space of the Hampton Roads peninsula known as Sewell's Point. It is the world's largest naval station, with the largest concentration of U.S. Navy forces through 75 ships alongside 14 piers and with 134 aircraft and 11 aircraft hangars at the adjacently operated Chambers Field and Port Services controls more than 3,100 ships' movements annually as they arrive and depart their berths.

Air Operations conducts over 100,000 flight operations each year, an average of 275 flights per day or one every six minutes. Over 150,000 passengers and 264,000 tons of mail and cargo depart annually on Air Mobility Command (AMC) aircraft and other AMC-chartered flights from the airfield's AMC Terminal.

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