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Patuxent River Naval Air Station (Trapnell Field)

38.28600°N
-76.41180°W
ARR / DAY
17
▲ 126.4%
DEP / DAY
8
▲ 51.3%

Patuxent River Naval Air Station (Trapnell Field) (KNHK/NHK) is a medium general aviation airport located in Patuxent River, MD, 50 mi south east of Alexandria. It features 3 runways with the longest being 11,807 feet. SkyMeter has observed roughly 17 arrivals and 8 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
↺
Return to field
2

Current weather

Latest METAR observation

53m ago
Temp
70°F
Wind
10 kts
280°
Visib
10+ km
Ceil
—
KNHK 300952Z 28010KT 10SM FEW120 21/16 A2978 RMK AO2 SLP085 T02110161 $

Runways

3 installed

11,807 FT MAX
02/20
5,021 ft × 75
ASP○ unlit
06/24
11,807 ft × 200
PEM● LITHIGH
14/32
9,742 ft × 200
PEM● LITHIGH

Top carriers

Share of flights

8 total
TOP 9 74
Shata AIR Services 47% AIR Charter Scotland Europe 15% Taespejo Portugal 9% NEW York State Police (Albany 9% NON 7% NZ Warbirds Association 5% United States AIR Force Auxiliary / Civil AIR Patrol (Richmond 5% Foreflight 1%

Top destinations

By flight count

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KNUI 8
NGU 7
MD50 5
LTW 4
3MD6 2
CGE 1

Carriers

See all + destinations → 8
Shata AIR Services
35
AIR Charter Scotland Europe
11
Taespejo Portugal
7
NEW York State Police (Albany
7
NON
5
NZ Warbirds Association
4
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United States AIR Force Auxiliary / Civil AIR Patrol (Richmond
4
Foreflight
1

Communications Frequencies

2026-06-11
Type Freq (MHz) Hours
TWR 123.700 24 HRS++ MON-SUN, OTHER TIMES BY NOTAM.
TWR 340.200 24 HRS++ MON-SUN, OTHER TIMES BY NOTAM.
TWR 343.650 24 HRS++ MON-SUN, OTHER TIMES BY NOTAM.
GND 120.600 24 HRS++ MON-SUN, OTHER TIMES BY NOTAM.
GND 336.400 24 HRS++ MON-SUN, OTHER TIMES BY NOTAM.
ATIS 322.425 24 HRS++ MON-SUN, OTHER TIMES BY NOTAM.
APCH 120.050 24 HRS++ MON-SUN, OTHER TIMES BY NOTAM.
APCH 121.000 24 HRS++ MON-SUN, OTHER TIMES BY NOTAM.
APCH 127.950 24 HRS++ MON-SUN, OTHER TIMES BY NOTAM.
APCH 135.625 —
APCH 250.300 24 HRS++ MON-SUN, OTHER TIMES BY NOTAM.
APCH 269.625 —
APCH 281.800 24 HRS++ MON-SUN, OTHER TIMES BY NOTAM.
APCH 314.000 24 HRS++ MON-SUN, OTHER TIMES BY NOTAM.
EMERG 121.500 24 HRS++ MON-SUN, OTHER TIMES BY NOTAM.
LCL/P 123.700 24 HRS++ MON-SUN, OTHER TIMES BY NOTAM.
CD/P 135.200 24 HRS++ MON-SUN, OTHER TIMES BY NOTAM.
OTHER 135.200 24 HRS++ MON-SUN, OTHER TIMES BY NOTAM.
EMERG 243.000 24 HRS++ MON-SUN, OTHER TIMES BY NOTAM.
CD/P 316.125 24 HRS++ MON-SUN, OTHER TIMES BY NOTAM.
OTHER 316.125 24 HRS++ MON-SUN, OTHER TIMES BY NOTAM.
LCL/S 340.200 24 HRS++ MON-SUN, OTHER TIMES BY NOTAM.
LCL/P 343.650 24 HRS++ MON-SUN, OTHER TIMES BY NOTAM.
PMSV MET 356.200 24 HRS++ MON-SUN, OTHER TIMES BY NOTAM.
OTHER 356.200 24 HRS++ MON-SUN, OTHER TIMES BY NOTAM.
Airport operations
ARTCC:
ZDC
Mag var:
10° W

Destination network

Great-circle routes from KNHK · last 7d

2 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
NHKKNUI
St Inigoes, US
 Shata AIR Services 8 0h 42m
NHKNGU
Norfolk, US
 NEW York State Police (Albany 7 0h 49m
NHKMD50
Lusby, US
 Shata AIR Services 3 0h 28m
NHKMD50
Lusby, US
 AIR Charter Scotland Europe 2 1h 39m
NHKCGE
Cambridge, US
 Shata AIR Services 1 0h 55m
NHKRFD
Chicago/Rockford, US
 Foreflight 1 1h 49m
NHK1MD0
Lusby, US
 NON 1 0h 5m
NHK3MD6
Drayden, US
 Taespejo Portugal 1 0h 33m
NHK3MD6
Drayden, US
 Shata AIR Services 1 0h 44m
NHKKNKT
Cherry Point, US
 AIR Charter Scotland Europe 1 0h 33m
NHK3VA4
Warsaw, US
 United States AIR Force Auxiliary / Civil AIR Patrol (Richmond 1 0h 21m
NHKLTW
California, US
 Shata AIR Services 1 0h 47m
NHKLTW
California, US
 United States AIR Force Auxiliary / Civil AIR Patrol (Richmond 1 0h 14m
NHKADW
Camp Springs, US
 United States AIR Force Auxiliary / Civil AIR Patrol (Richmond 1 0h 22m
NHK2MD6
Lexington Park, US
 Shata AIR Services 1 0h 46m
NHKVA23
Coles Point, US
 NZ Warbirds Association 1 0h 34m
NHKLTW
California, US
 Taespejo Portugal 1 0h 44m
NHK4MD0
Lusby, US
 NZ Warbirds Association 1 0h 5m
NHKMD04
Cambridge, US
 United States AIR Force Auxiliary / Civil AIR Patrol (Richmond 1 0h 10m
NHKLTW
California, US
 NZ Warbirds Association 1 0h 3m
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