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Patuxent River Naval Air Station (Trapnell Field)

38.28600°N
-76.41180°W
ARR / DAY
16
▲ 44.3%
DEP / DAY
7
▲ 218.8%

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 16 arrivals and 7 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
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Return to field
0

Current weather

Latest METAR observation

1h ago
Temp
75°F
Wind
10 kts
320°
Visib
10+ km
Ceil
—
KNHK 121152Z 32010KT 10SM BKN130 24/20 A2987 RMK AO2 SLP115 T02390200 10250 20233 51014 $

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

12 total
TOP 9 70
Shata AIR Services 50% AIR Charter Scotland Europe 16% Taespejo Portugal 9% NON 6% RCS Services 6% NZ Warbirds Association 4% Stapleford Flight Centre 4% United States AIR Force Auxiliary / Civil AIR Patrol (Richmond 4% Aviatsa 1%

Top destinations

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LTW 7
3MD6 5
2MD6 3
KNUI 3
ILM 2
MD50 2

Carriers

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Shata AIR Services
35
AIR Charter Scotland Europe
11
Taespejo Portugal
6
NON
4
RCS Services
4
NZ Warbirds Association
3
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Stapleford Flight Centre
3
United States AIR Force Auxiliary / Civil AIR Patrol (Richmond
3
Aviatsa
1
Bangkok Aviation Center
1
NEW York State Police (Albany
1
Netjets Aviation
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

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Top routes

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Route Operator Flights Avg enroute
NHK3MD6
Drayden, US
 Shata AIR Services 4 0h 36m
NHKLTW
California, US
 Shata AIR Services 4 1h 18m
NHK2MD6
Lexington Park, US
 Shata AIR Services 3 0h 41m
NHKLTW
California, US
 Taespejo Portugal 2 0h 51m
NHKILM
Wilmington, US
 AIR Charter Scotland Europe 2 1h 49m
NHK7MD5
Leonardtown, US
 RCS Services 1 0h 42m
NHKLTW
California, US
 NON 1 4h 48m
NHKSBY
Salisbury, US
 RCS Services 1 2h 44m
NHKK0W3
Churchville, US
 United States AIR Force Auxiliary / Civil AIR Patrol (Richmond 1 0h 50m
NHKABQ
Albuquerque, US
 AIR Charter Scotland Europe 1 5h 12m
NHKVA41
Withams, US
 Stapleford Flight Centre 1 0h 8m
NHKFMH
Falmouth, US
 Aviatsa 1 1h 24m
NHKVPS
Valparaiso, US
 AIR Charter Scotland Europe 1 2h 48m
NHKMD82
Cambridge, US
 Taespejo Portugal 1 0h 6m
NHKVG49
Tappahannock, US
 United States AIR Force Auxiliary / Civil AIR Patrol (Richmond 1 0h 29m
NHKKNUI
St Inigoes, US
 NON 1 0h 37m
NHKKNUI
St Inigoes, US
 Stapleford Flight Centre 1 0h 45m
NHKIAG
Niagara Falls, US
 Shata AIR Services 1 1h 34m
NHKVA23
Coles Point, US
 RCS Services 1 0h 3m
NHKRIC
Richmond, US
 NZ Warbirds Association 1 1h 11m
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