Marine Corps Air Station Miramar

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United States Marine Corps installation military air base

Marine Corps Air Station Miramar is a major United States Marine Corps aviation base in San Diego, California, best known as the former home of the Navy Fighter Weapons School made famous by the film "Top Gun."

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Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form	Occurrences
Naval Air Station Miramar	1

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	United States Marine Corps installation ⓘ military air base ⓘ
airShowFrequency	annual ⓘ
controlledBy	Department of the Navy ⓘ surface form: United States Department of the Navy
country	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
elevationAboveSeaLevel	128 meters ⓘ 420 feet ⓘ
formerName	Camp Kearny ⓘ Marine Corps Air Station Miramar self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Naval Air Station Miramar
garrison	3rd Marine Aircraft Wing ⓘ
hasEvent	MCAS Miramar Air Show ⓘ
hasFacility	aircraft hangars ⓘ control tower ⓘ housing areas ⓘ logistics support facilities ⓘ maintenance facilities ⓘ runways ⓘ
hasFunction	support of Marine Corps aviation operations ⓘ training of Marine aviation units ⓘ
hasMilitaryUnit	Marine Air Control Group 38 ⓘ Marine Aircraft Group 11 ⓘ Marine Aircraft Group 16 ⓘ Marine Aircraft Group 39 ⓘ Marine Wing Support Group 37 ⓘ
hasRunway	Runway 06L/24R ⓘ Runway 06R/24L ⓘ
IATACode	NKX ⓘ
ICAOCode	KNKX ⓘ
locatedInAdministrativeEntity	California, United States ⓘ surface form: California San Diego County NERFINISHED ⓘ
locatedInTimeZone	Pacific Time Zone ⓘ
locatedNear	Interstate 15 NERFINISHED ⓘ Interstate 805 NERFINISHED ⓘ
locatedOn	Miramar Mesa ⓘ
location	San Diego ⓘ
militaryBranch	United States Marine Corps aviation units ⓘ surface form: United States Marine Corps Aviation
militaryDistrict	Marine Corps Installations West ⓘ
nearbyCity	San Diego ⓘ
notableFor	association with the film Top Gun ⓘ former home of United States Navy Fighter Weapons School ⓘ
operator	United States Marine Corps ⓘ
ownedBy	United States government ⓘ
partOf	I Marine Expeditionary Force ⓘ
primaryMission	support 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing operations ⓘ
runwaySurface	asphalt ⓘ
usedBy	United States Marine Corps ⓘ United States Navy ⓘ

Referenced by (7)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

San Diego County → contains → Marine Corps Air Station Miramar ⓘ

Marine Corps Air Station Miramar → formerName → Marine Corps Air Station Miramar self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Naval Air Station Miramar

3rd Marine Aircraft Wing → garrisonLocation → Marine Corps Air Station Miramar ⓘ

San Diego → hasMilitaryBase → Marine Corps Air Station Miramar ⓘ

San Diego, California, United States → hasMilitaryInstallation → Marine Corps Air Station Miramar ⓘ

subject surface form: San Diego

Naval Base Point Loma → locatedNear → Marine Corps Air Station Miramar ⓘ

Marine Corps Installations West → responsibleFor → Marine Corps Air Station Miramar ⓘ