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Miramar Marine Corps Air Station - Mitscher Field

32.86840°N
-117.14300°W
ARR / DAY
7
▲ 23.8%
DEP / DAY
3
▲ 9.1%

Miramar Marine Corps Air Station - Mitscher Field (KNKX/NKX) is a medium general aviation airport located in San Diego, CA. It features 7 runways with the longest being 12,000 feet. SkyMeter has observed roughly 7 arrivals and 3 departures per day on average over the last 7 days.

Safety incidents

Last 7 days · 0 total

NORMAL
↻
Go-arounds
0
✕
Rejected takeoffs
0
△
Unstable approaches
0
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Return to field
0

Current weather

Latest METAR observation

1h ago
Temp
89°F
Wind
10 kts
280°
Visib
10+ km
Ceil
—
KNKX 282055Z 28010KT 10SM FEW080 32/19 A2988 RMK AO2 SLP110 T03170189 56008

Runways

7 installed

12,000 FT MAX
06H/24H
1,000 ft × 100
concrete● LIT
06L/24R
12,000 ft × 200
CON● LITHIGH
06R/24L
8,001 ft × 200
PEM● LITHIGH
10/28
2,800 ft × 200
CON● LITCLOSED
H1
100 ft × 100
concrete○ unlit
H2
100 ft × 100
concrete○ unlit
H3
100 ft × 100
concrete○ unlit

Top carriers

Share of flights

8 total
TOP 9 35
RAI 43% BBQ 11% GRZ 11% Harco Aviation (Houston 11% Department of the Army 9% Logic PAQ BTD 6% ATP Flight School 6% OTI 3%

Top destinations

By flight count

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NTD 2
CLD 2
KNBC 1
COE 1
PMD 1
07CA 1

Carriers

See all + destinations → 8
RAI
15
BBQ
4
GRZ
4
Harco Aviation (Houston
4
Department of the Army
3
Logic PAQ BTD
2
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ATP Flight School
2
OTI
1

Communications Frequencies

2026-06-11
Type Freq (MHz) Hours
TWR 135.200 1530-0800Z MON-THU; 1630-0200Z++ FRI; CLSD SAT; 2200-0200Z++SUN. FLD CLSD NATL HOLS.
TWR 298.925 1530-0800Z MON-THU; 1630-0200Z++ FRI; CLSD SAT; 2200-0200Z++SUN. FLD CLSD NATL HOLS.
TWR 340.200 1530-0800Z MON-THU; 1630-0200Z++ FRI; CLSD SAT; 2200-0200Z++SUN. FLD CLSD NATL HOLS.
GND 128.625 1530-0800Z MON-THU; 1630-0200Z++ FRI; CLSD SAT; 2200-0200Z++SUN. FLD CLSD NATL HOLS.
GND 307.325 1530-0800Z MON-THU; 1630-0200Z++ FRI; CLSD SAT; 2200-0200Z++SUN. FLD CLSD NATL HOLS.
ATIS 133.475 1530-0800Z MON-THU; 1630-0200Z++ FRI; CLSD SAT; 2200-0200Z++SUN. FLD CLSD NATL HOLS.
ATIS 352.000 1530-0800Z MON-THU; 1630-0200Z++ FRI; CLSD SAT; 2200-0200Z++SUN. FLD CLSD NATL HOLS.
APCH 132.200 —
APCH 269.100 —
APCH 288.325 —
DEP 119.600 —
DEP 132.200 —
DEP 269.100 —
DEP 363.100 —
CD/P 125.975 1530-0800Z MON-THU; 1630-0200Z++ FRI; CLSD SAT; 2200-0200Z++SUN. FLD CLSD NATL HOLS.
OTHER 125.975 1530-0800Z MON-THU; 1630-0200Z++ FRI; CLSD SAT; 2200-0200Z++SUN. FLD CLSD NATL HOLS.
CLASS B 132.200 —
LCL/P 135.200 1530-0800Z MON-THU; 1630-0200Z++ FRI; CLSD SAT; 2200-0200Z++SUN. FLD CLSD NATL HOLS.
CD/P 254.325 1530-0800Z MON-THU; 1630-0200Z++ FRI; CLSD SAT; 2200-0200Z++SUN. FLD CLSD NATL HOLS.
OTHER 254.325 1530-0800Z MON-THU; 1630-0200Z++ FRI; CLSD SAT; 2200-0200Z++SUN. FLD CLSD NATL HOLS.
CLASS B 269.100 —
LCL/P 298.925 1530-0800Z MON-THU; 1630-0200Z++ FRI; CLSD SAT; 2200-0200Z++SUN. FLD CLSD NATL HOLS.
PTD 335.625 1530-0800Z MON-THU; 1630-0200Z++ FRI; CLSD SAT; 2200-0200Z++SUN. FLD CLSD NATL HOLS.
OTHER 335.625 1530-0800Z MON-THU; 1630-0200Z++ FRI; CLSD SAT; 2200-0200Z++SUN. FLD CLSD NATL HOLS.
LCL/S 340.200 1530-0800Z MON-THU; 1630-0200Z++ FRI; CLSD SAT; 2200-0200Z++SUN. FLD CLSD NATL HOLS.
PMSV MET 342.400 1530-0800Z MON-THU; 1630-0200Z++ FRI; CLSD SAT; 2200-0200Z++SUN. FLD CLSD NATL HOLS.
OTHER 342.400 1530-0800Z MON-THU; 1630-0200Z++ FRI; CLSD SAT; 2200-0200Z++SUN. FLD CLSD NATL HOLS.
Airport operations
ARTCC:
ZLA
Mag var:
12° E

Destination network

Great-circle routes from KNKX · last 7d

6 destinations
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Hourly traffic

Avg movements per hour · local time · last 30 days

12a 1a 2a 3a 4a 5a 6a 7a 8a 9a 10a 11a 12p 1p 2p 3p 4p 5p 6p 7p 8p 9p 10p 11p

Top routes

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Route Operator Flights Avg enroute
NKXNTD
Point Mugu, US
 Harco Aviation (Houston 2 0h 38m
NKXCLD
Carlsbad, US
 ATP Flight School 2 1h 3m
NKXKNBC
Beaufort, US
 OTI 1 6h 36m
NKXCOE
Coeur d'Alene, US
 GRZ 1 2h 57m
NKXPMD
Palmdale, US
 RAI 1 1h 9m
NKX07CA
Taft, US
 RAI 1 0h 59m
NKXPSP
Palm Springs, US
 RAI 1 4h 9m
NKXCLG
Coalinga, US
 RAI 1 1h 11m
NKXBNG
Banning, US
 RAI 1 1h 48m
NKXMER
Merced, US
 RAI 1 1h 34m
NKXTCM
Tacoma, US
 RAI 1 3h 35m
NKXMCE
Merced, US
 RAI 1 2h 24m
NKXKSLI
Los Alamitos, US
 Department of the Army 1 1h 4m
NKXMWH
Moses Lake, US
 GRZ 1 2h 36m
NKXAFW
Fort Worth, US
 GRZ 1 2h 56m
NKXKNSI
San Nicolas Island, US
 Department of the Army 1 0h 48m

Pilot & community notes

1 comment from OurAirports (click to expand)

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mmora01
01/16/2009
Miramar Air Show on October 2008
I was there at Miramar Air Show on October 2008 a great Show!!!!
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