KNRS Imperial Beach NOLF Airport

Satellite and aerial maps of NAS Imperial Beach / Ream Field with nearby locations

Nearby locations	Km	Bearing
Brown Field Municipal , California	12.6	087	KSDM
Naval Base San Diego , California	12.7	353	USSAN
NASSCO San Diego , California	13.7	350
Tijuana , Baja California	13.8	102	MMTJ
USS Midway Museum , California	17.3	340
NAS North Island , California	17.4	329	KNZY

NAS Imperial Beach / Ream Field

1917 to present
32° 34' 0.48'' N 117° 6' 50.39'' W
Imperial Beach CA, Imperial Beach, California
ICAO: KNRS	IATA: NRS	FAA: NRS

On October 1975 was re-designated as Naval Outlying Landing Field Imperial Beach and operates as a branch of NAS North Island.

It is known as The Helicopter Capital of the World

April 1961, I was stationed for a short time. I was right out of boot camp, went mess cooking and compartment cleaning. with HS-2 My best friend was a guy named Joe Monte, he was from Boston area, shortly after Sept. I got orders to A school Lakehurst NJ of Aerographers school. After school I got orders to Fallon, Nevada. I remember the Seals coming into eat at 3 am when I was mess cooking. I also had a friend Bleacher.

List of units at NAS Imperial Beach / Ream Field

Years	Unit
1973/75	HSL-33	Seasprite,
1972/76	HSL-31	Seasprite,
1967/73	HC-3	107M H-46 Sea Knight,
1967/72	HC-5	S-58 H-34, Seasprite,
1960/76	HS-10	S-61 H-3, S-58 H-34,
1956/68	HS-8	S-58 H-34,
1956/75	HS-6	S-61 H-3, S-58 H-34, S-55 H-19,
1952/75	HS-2	S-61 H-3, S-58 H-34, S-55 H-19,
1952/75	HS-4	S-61 H-3, S-58 H-34, S-55 H-19,
1951/76	HC-1	S-61 H-3, 107M H-46 Sea Knight, Seasprite, S-58 H-34, S-55 H-19, PV-18,