Marine Corps Air Facility Quantico
| Marine Corps Air Facility Quantico | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Turner Field | |||||||
| Part of Marine Corps Base Quantico | |||||||
| Triangle, Virginia in the United States | |||||||
A US Marine Corps MV-22 Osprey sits on the flight line at MCAF Quantico in 2014. | |||||||
| Site information | |||||||
| Type | Marine Corps Air Facility | ||||||
| Owner | Department of Defense | ||||||
| Operator | US Marine Corps | ||||||
| Controlled by | Marine Corps Installations National Capital Region | ||||||
| Condition | Operational | ||||||
| Website | www | ||||||
| Location | |||||||
| Coordinates | 38°30′13″N 077°18′18″W / 38.50361°N 77.30500°W | ||||||
| Site history | |||||||
| Built | 1931 | ||||||
| In use | 1931 – present | ||||||
| Garrison information | |||||||
| Current commander | Lieutenant Colonel Robert S. Vuolo | ||||||
| Garrison | Marine Helicopter Squadron One (HMX-1) | ||||||
| Airfield information | |||||||
| Identifiers | IATA: NYG, ICAO: KNYG, FAA LID: NYG, WMO: 724035 | ||||||
| Elevation | 3.3 metres (11 ft) AMSL | ||||||
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| Source: Federal Aviation Administration | |||||||
Marine Corps Air Facility Quantico (MCAF Quantico) (IATA: NYG, ICAO: KNYG, FAA LID: NYG) is a United States Marine Corps airfield located within Marine Corps Base Quantico, Virginia. It was commissioned in 1919 and is currently home to HMX-1, the squadron that flies the President of the United States. The airfield is also known as Turner Field, after Colonel Thomas C. Turner, a veteran Marine aviator and the second director of Marine Corps Aviation, who lost his life in Haiti in 1931.
On 12 August 2010, a new Quantico air facility to accommodate maintenance and storage of HMX-1 helicopters was dedicated in honor of Marine One founding commander Col. Virgil D. Olson (1919–2012).