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New Orleans NAS JRB/Alvin Callender Field is a military airfield on the western edge of the New Orleans area in Jefferson Parish, Louisiana, operated as a Naval Air Station and Joint Reserve Base. It offers two long, hard-surfaced runways, one served by an ILS, making it a substantial facility despite its restricted, military character. For the simulator pilot it is of interest chiefly as a large, well-equipped joint-service field rather than a general aviation destination.
New Orleans NAS JRB/Alvin Callender Field, identified by the code KNBG, is a Naval Air Station and Joint Reserve Base south of New Orleans, Louisiana. As its designation implies, it is a military installation supporting Navy, Marine Corps and associated reserve operations, and it is built to a scale well beyond that of a typical civilian airfield, with two long hard-surface runways and an instrument landing system on one of them.
The field lies at coordinates 29.8272 N, 90.0266 W, close to New Orleans, Louisiana, at a field elevation of 0 feet. As an active naval air station it sits within controlled military airspace appropriate to its status as a joint reserve base.
KNBG has two physical runways. Runway 04/22 is 9,997 feet long with a hard surface, lit, and served by an ILS on runway 04; the reciprocal runway 22 is 9,996 feet, also hard-surfaced and lit. Runway 14/32 is 5,991 feet long in both directions, hard-surfaced and lit.
Radio facilities at KNBG include a control tower, callsign NAVY NEW ORLEANS TWR, on 123.8 MHz, with ground control as NAVY NEW ORLEANS GND on 121.6 MHz. ATIS broadcasts on 27.62 MHz, and an additional air/departure frequency is listed on 123.85 MHz. Other frequencies associated with the field include a miscellaneous/USCG New Orleans Air Ops channel on 38.18 MHz, Base Ops on 37.915 MHz, and a PMSV Metro frequency on 26.58 MHz.
The presence of an active control tower (NAVY NEW ORLEANS TWR) indicates that arrivals and departures are conducted under full air traffic control rather than informal circuit joining.
KNBG continues to operate as an active Naval Air Station and Joint Reserve Base, with a control tower and ground control in operation. As a military field, prior permission is required for any civilian or general aviation use.