Satellite and aerial maps of NAS Whiting Field with nearby locations

Whiting Field Naval Air Station South Airport, Barnhill Road, Roeville, Santa Rosa County, Florida, United States

Nearby locations	Km	Bearing
NAS Whiting Field North , Florida	3.1	350	KNSE
Peter Prince Field , Florida	6.9	161	2R4
Santa Rosa MC , Florida	8.5	214	94FD
NOLF Santa Rosa , Florida	12.0	142	KNGS
NOLF Harold helipad , Florida	12.5	098	KNZX
Spencer Field , Florida	14.2	236	KNRQ

NAS Whiting Field

1943 to present
30° 41' 48.32'' N 87° 0' 59.68'' W
2.7nm N of Milton, Milton, Florida
ICAO: KNDZ	IATA: NDZ	FAA: NDZ
Elevation: 177 feet

Naval Air Station Whiting Field, actually two airfields sharing a common support base, is one of the US Navy's two primary pilot training bases (the other being NAS Corpus Christi in Texas). Home to Training Air Wing FIVE provides training for US Navy, US Marine Corps, US Coast Guard, USAF and those of several allied nations.

List of units at NAS Whiting Field

Years	Unit
2007-	HT-28	AW119T, 206,
1973-	HT-8	AW119T, 206,
1972-	HT-18	AW119T, 206, TH-1L Iroquois,
1972-	TW-5

NAS Whiting Field News

Winds Damage 41 New US Navy TH-73 Helicopters

04-Jun-24 - Damage has been reported to 41 US Navy TH-73 trainer helicopters parked at the flight line of Naval Air Station Whiting Field in Florida. While the extent of the damage is still being assessed, repairs are not expected to exceed one month #weather

Leonardo New Customer Support Center in Florida

31-Jul-23 - Leonardo breaks ground on a new 113,000 sq/ft customer support center in Milton, Northwest Florida, for aftermarket services for the US Navy's new helicopter fleet of TH-73 Thrasher trainers, as well as other aircraft. The center is scheduled to be completed in 2024 #CustomerSupport

Frasca Trainers for US Navy TH-73A

18-May-23 - Frasca started deliveries of Part Task Trainers (PTT) and Desktop Avionics Trainers (DAT) at Naval Air Station Whiting Field for the Leonardo TH-73A helicopter which replaced the Bell TH-57 #trainer

50 Years of Women in US Naval Aviation

17-Apr-23 - Since 1973 the US Navy aviation includes women into its ranks. One such woman is Cmdr. (Retired) Stephanie Oram, 96th female aviator to earn her wings of gold and a CH-53E Super Stallion pilot #NavalAviation

TH-73A Thrasher First Naval Aviation Students

24-Sep-22 - First US Navy students naval aviators began advanced helicopter training in the new Leonardo TH-73A Thrasher with Helicopter Training Squadron HT-8 at Naval Air Station (NAS) Whiting Field in Milton, Florida #Thrasher

First TH-73A Thrasher Delivered to US Navy

09-Aug-21 - US Navy received first operational TH-73 new trainer helicopter at NAS Whiting Field. Named “Thrasher” for a brown bird common to the southeastern United States #Thrasher

First TH-73A Delivered to US Navy

11-Jun-21 - Delivery of first of 130 Leonardo Philadelphia TH-73A trainer helicopters to the US Navy. The AW119Kx was chosen to replace the TH-57 as the Undergraduate Advanced Helicopter Training System (AHTS) for the US Navy, Marines, Coast Guard and NATO allies #TH73

Leonardo to Open Support Center if Wins TH-73 Tender

25-Sep-19 - If selected as the US Navy’ future trainer helicopter TH-73, Leonardo plans to build a TH-119 support center in Northwest Florida near NAS Whiting Field which is where all helicopter pilots for the Navy, Marine Corps and Coast Guard are trained #TH73

Safety Award for Training Squadron HT-18

23-May-19 - US Navy’ Helicopter Training Squadron HT-18, one of six units under Training Air Wing 5, received the Admiral John H. Towers Flight Safety Award #Safety

US Navy’s Newest Outlying Landing Field

01-Feb-19 - Following a land exchange with Escambia and Santa Rosa counties, outlying landing field Site X at NAS Whiting Field opened for helicopter training operations. NAS Whiting Field trains all Navy, Coast Guard and Marine helicopter pilots, as well as a number of international students each year #Escambia