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Miramar Marine Corps Air Station - Mitscher Field

32.86840°N
-117.14300°W
ARR / DAY
7
▼ 20.3%
DEP / DAY
5
▲ 19.4%

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 5 departures per day on average over the last 7 days.

Safety incidents

Last 7 days · 1 total

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Go-arounds
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Rejected takeoffs
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Unstable approaches
1
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Return to field
0

Current weather

Latest METAR observation

20m ago
Temp
76°F
Wind
9 kts
280°
Visib
10+ km
Ceil
—
KNKX 022255Z 28009KT 10SM CLR 24/14 A2997 RMK AO2 SLPNO T02440144

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

13 total
TOP 9 51
RAI 27% GRZ 22% US Navy AIR Logistics Office (NEW Orleans 12% BBQ 12% Harco Aviation (Houston 8% Global Crossing Airlines 8% Logic PAQ BTD 6% AIR Wisconsin Airlines Corporation (Appleton 4% Aspen Helicopters 2%

Top destinations

By flight count

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RNO 2
NTD 2
BFL 2
SNS 2
PDX 2
MFR 2

Carriers

See all + destinations → 13
RAI
14
GRZ
11
US Navy AIR Logistics Office (NEW Orleans
6
BBQ
6
Harco Aviation (Houston
4
Global Crossing Airlines
4
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Logic PAQ BTD
3
AIR Wisconsin Airlines Corporation (Appleton
2
Aspen Helicopters
1
Delux Public Charter
1
SKY West Aviation
1
Rhoades Aviation
1
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

8 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
NKXRNO
Reno, US
 US Navy AIR Logistics Office (NEW Orleans 2 1h 20m
NKXNTD
Point Mugu, US
 Harco Aviation (Houston 2 0h 41m
NKXBFL
Bakersfield, US
 GRZ 2 1h 20m
NKXSNS
Salinas, US
 GRZ 2 1h 56m
NKXPDX
Portland, US
 GRZ 2 2h 29m
NKXMFR
Medford, US
 GRZ 2 2h 23m
NKXSDM
San Diego, US
 RAI 2 0h 54m
NKXNUW
Oak Harbor, US
 US Navy AIR Logistics Office (NEW Orleans 1 2h 31m
NKXCOU
Columbia, US
 GRZ 1 3h 15m
NKXNZY
San Diego, US
 Rhoades Aviation 1 1h 36m
NKXAZA
Phoenix, US
 Global Crossing Airlines 1 1h 16m
NKXICT
Wichita, US
 GRZ 1 2h 56m
NKXPMD
Palmdale, US
 RAI 1 1h 9m
NKX07CA
Taft, US
 RAI 1 0h 59m
NKXKNSI
San Nicolas Island, US
 GRZ 1 0h 52m
NKXHRL
Harlingen, US
 Global Crossing Airlines 1 2h 47m
NKXRBF
Big Bear, US
 Logic PAQ BTD 1 0h 43m
NKXSFO
San Francisco, US
 SKY West Aviation 1 1h 46m
NKXLAS
Las Vegas, US
 AIR Wisconsin Airlines Corporation (Appleton 1 1h 4m
NKXCLG
Coalinga, US
 RAI 1 1h 11m

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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