Naval Air Facility Atsugi

NAF Atsugi 厚木海軍飛行場 Atsugi Kaigun-hikōjō
IATA: NJA ICAO: RJTA
Summary
Airport type	Military
Operator	United States Navy and the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force
Location	Kanagawa Prefecture Japan
Built	1938
In use	1938-1945, 1950–present
Commander	Captain John F. Bushley
Elevation AMSL	205 ft / 62 m
Coordinates	35°27′17″N 139°27′00″E / 35.45472°N 139.45000°E / 35.45472; 139.45000Coordinates: 35°27′17″N 139°27′00″E / 35.45472°N 139.45000°E / 35.45472; 139.45000
Website	Naval Air Facility Atsugi Website
Map
RJTA Location in Japan
Runways
Direction Length Surface m ft 01/19 2,438 7,999 Concrete
Sources: official site Japanese AIP at AIS Japan

Naval Air Facility Atsugi (厚木海軍飛行場, Atsugi Kaigun-hikōjō^?) (IATA: NJA, ICAO: RJTA) is a naval air base located in the cities of Yamato and Ayase in Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan. It is the largest United States Navy (USN) air base in the Pacific Ocean and houses the squadrons of Carrier Air Wing Five (CVW-5), which deploys with the aircraft carrier USS Ronald Reagan (CVN-76). Service members stationed at Atsugi also work in conjunction with the Kamiseya Naval Radio Receiving Facility.

CVW-5 shares the base with the Headquarters Fleet Air Force and Fleet Air Wing 4 of the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force (JMSDF). NAF Atsugi is also home to Helicopter Maritime Strike Squadron 51 (HSM-51), which provides detachments of MH-60R helicopters to forward deployed U.S. Navy guided missile cruisers, guided missile destroyers and frigates homeported at the nearby Yokosuka Naval Base.