Naval Air Station Joint Reserve Base New Orleans is a base of the United States military located in Belle Chasse, unincorporated Plaquemines Parish, Louisiana, United States.[2] NAS JRB New Orleans is home to a Navy Reserve aggressor squadron and a fleet logistics support squadron, the 159th Fighter Wing (159 FW) of the Louisiana Air National Guard, Coast Guard Air Station New Orleans, a detachment of a Marine Corps Reserve light helicopter attack squadron, as well as other US Navy and US Army activities. The base has a 24/7 operating schedule to support both the 159 FW's NORAD air sovereignty/homeland defense requirements and for Coast Guard Air Station New Orleans search and rescue/maritime law enforcement/port security missions. It contains a military airport known as Alvin Callender Field (IATA: NBG, ICAO: KNBG, FAA LID: NBG) which is located three nautical miles (6 km) south of the central business district of New Orleans.[3] The base's predecessor, NAS New Orleans, occupied the current location of the University of New Orleans's principal campus until 1957.
| Naval Air Station Joint Reserve Base New Orleans | |||||||||
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Alvin Callender Field | |||||||||
| Belle Chasse, Louisiana in the United States | |||||||||
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  NAS JRB New Orleans  NAS JRB New Orleans  NAS JRB New Orleans | |||||||||
| Coordinates | 29°49′31″N 090°02′06″W / 29.82528°N 90.03500°W | ||||||||
| Type | Naval Air Station Joint Reserve Base | ||||||||
| Site information | |||||||||
| Owner | Department of Defense | ||||||||
| Operator | US Navy | ||||||||
| Controlled by | Navy Region Southeast | ||||||||
| Condition | Operational | ||||||||
| Website | Official website | ||||||||
| Site history | |||||||||
| Built | August 1954 – December 1957 (as NAS New Orleans) | ||||||||
| In use | 13 December 1957 – present | ||||||||
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| Current commander | Captain Lena Kaman | ||||||||
| Airfield information | |||||||||
| Identifiers | IATA: NBG, ICAO: KNBG, FAA LID: NBG, WMO: 722316 | ||||||||
| Elevation | 0.64 metres (2 ft 1 in) AMSL | ||||||||
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| Source: Federal Aviation Administration[1] | |||||||||
Occupants
editCurrent occupants
edit- Fighter Squadron Composite 204 (VFC-204), U.S. Navy Reserve, operating F-5N/F Tiger II fighter-attack aircraft
- VMR Belle Chase
- 159th Fighter Wing (159 FW), Louisiana Air National Guard, operating F-15C/D Eagle fighter aircraft
- Fleet Logistics Support Squadron 54 (VR-54), U.S. Navy Reserve, operating C-130T Hercules transport aircraft[4]
- Detachment A, Marine Light Attack Helicopter Squadron 773 (HMLA-773), U.S. Marine Corps Reserve, operating UH-1Y "Super Huey" utility helicopters & AH-1 Super Cobra attack helicopters
- Coast Guard Air Station New Orleans, operating MH-60T Jayhawk helicopters[5]
- NCTAMS LANT Det New Orleans
- 3rd Battalion, 23rd Marines
- Navy Reserve Center New Orleans
- 377th Theater Sustainment Command
- FRC Mid-Atlantic Site New Orleans
- Region Legal Service Office Southeast Det New Orleans
- Navy Air Logistics Office
- Military Entrance Processing Station (a.k.a. MEPS), New Orleans[6]
Previous occupants
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- VAW-77 "Nightwolves", U.S. Navy Reserve, which was the Navy's only aerial counter-narcotics unit, and flew the E-2 Hawkeye
- VP-94 "Crawfishers", U.S. Navy Reserve, an anti-submarine warfare/maritime patrol unit that flew the P-3 Orion
- VC-13, U.S. Navy Reserve, a fleet adversary unit flying the A-4 Skyhawk; relocated to NAS Miramar, CA (redesignated VFC-13 and relocated to NAS Fallon, NV) flying the F-5 Tiger II)
- Marine Aircraft Group 46 Detachment B
- Marine Aircraft Group 42
- 926th Fighter Wing (Air Force Reserve Command), which flew the A-10 Thunderbolt II; relocated to Nellis AFB, NV and re-designated as the 926th Wing, an Associate unit to the USAF Warfare Center
- U.S. Customs Service air operations
- Civil Air Patrol, SWR-LA-086
Facilities
editNAS JRB New Orleans (Alvin Callender Field) has two runways with PEM surfaces: 4/22 is 9,999 by 200 feet (3,048 × 61 m) and 14/32 is 6,000 by 200 feet (1,829 × 61 m).[3]
Demographics
editNew Orleans Station CDP | |
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| Coordinates: 29°49′53″N 90°01′16″W / 29.83139°N 90.02111°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Louisiana |
| Parish | Plaquemines |
| Elevation | 0 ft (0 m) |
| Population (2020) | |
• Total | 2,508 |
| Time zone | UTC-6 (Central (CST)) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-5 (CDT) |
| GNIS feature ID | 2804360[7] |
New Orleans Station is a census-designated place (CDP) covering the residential population of the Naval Air Station Joint Reserve Base New Orleans in Plaquemines Parish, Louisiana, United States.[8]
| Census | Pop. | Note | %± |
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| 2020 | 2,508 | — | |
| U.S. Decennial Census[9] 2020[10] | |||
It first appeared as a CDP in the 2020 census with a population of 2,508.[11]
2020 census
edit| Race / Ethnicity (NH = Non-Hispanic) | Pop 2020[10] | % 2020 |
|---|---|---|
| White alone (NH) | 1,161 | 46.29% |
| Black or African American alone (NH) | 587 | 23.41% |
| Native American or Alaska Native alone (NH) | 19 | 0.76% |
| Asian alone (NH) | 90 | 3.59% |
| Pacific Islander alone (NH) | 17 | 0.68% |
| Other Race alone (NH) | 22 | 0.88% |
| Mixed race or Multiracial (NH) | 159 | 6.34% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 453 | 18.06% |
| Total | 2,508 | 100.00% |
Education
editThe base has a charter K-8 school, Belle Chasse Academy.[12] The school opened on September 5, 2002.[13]
The entire parish is in the Plaquemines Parish School Board school district.[14] The school district schools in Belle Chasse are where the base is assigned to.[12] Belle Chasse High School is the Belle Chasse area high school.
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ FAA Airport Form 5010 for NBG PDF
- ^ "Belle Chasse CDP, Louisiana[permanent dead link]." U.S. Census Bureau. Retrieved on May 22, 2010.
- ^ a b FAA Airport Form 5010 for NBG PDF, effective 2009-07-02.
- ^ VR-54 "Revelers"
- ^ [1] Pterogram, Spring 2022 Edition, pages 9-10
- ^ "New Orleans Military Entrance Processing Station".
- ^ a b "New Orleans Station Census Designated Place". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
- ^ "New Orleans Station Census Designated Place". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved 15 January 2023.
- ^ "Decennial Census of Population and Housing by Decades". US Census Bureau.
- ^ a b "P2 Hispanic or Latino, and Not Hispanic or Latino by Race – 2020: DEC Redistricting Data (PL 94-171) – New Orleans Station CDP, Louisiana". United States Census Bureau.
- ^ "New Orleans Station CDP, Louisiana". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved 13 March 2022.
- ^ a b "Naval Air Station Joint Reserve Base New Orleans Education". Military One Source. Retrieved 3 March 2024. - The website is a .mil
- ^ "About Us". Belle Chasse Academy. Retrieved 3 March 2024.
Belle Chasse Academy 100 Fifth Street/NAS-JRB Belle Chasse, LA 70037
- ^ "2020 CENSUS - SCHOOL DISTRICT REFERENCE MAP: Plaquemines Parish, LA" (PDF). U.S. Census Bureau. Retrieved 3 March 2024.
New Orleans Station[...]Naval Air Station Joint Reserve Base New Orleans
- Text list - The map shows there are no incorporated places in the parish.
External links
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- Official website
- FAA Airport Diagram for NBG (PDF), effective October 31, 2024
- FAA Terminal Procedures for NBG, effective October 31, 2024
- Resources for this U.S. military airport:
- FAA airport information for NBG
- AirNav airport information for KNBG
- ASN accident history for NBG
- NOAA/NWS latest weather observations
- SkyVector aeronautical chart for KNBG