NAS Patuxent River, MD Installation Guide

The Naval Air Station stretches across approximately 8.5 miles of shoreline at the mouth of the Patuxent River, overlooking the picturesque Chesapeake Bay, 65 miles southeast of Washington D.C. and 75 miles south of Baltimore. Naval Air Station Patuxent River covers approximately 8000 acres with an additional 850 acres at the Webster Field Annex, located about 15 miles south of the station.

The base supports naval aviation operations by researching, developing, testing and evaluating aircraft, aircraft components and related products. The facilities are also used by foreign governments, academic institutions and private industry for similar projects.

The station was commissioned in 1943 as the Naval Air Station, Patuxent River, to centralize widely dispersed air testing facilities. The station has since evolved into the center of excellence for Naval aviation as a full spectrum acquisition research development test and evaluation facility for Naval aviation. The Naval Aviation Systems Team at Patuxent River includes the Naval Air Station, the Webster Field annex and the Naval Air Warfare Center Aircraft Division. Pax River also is home to 50 other tenant activities.

With consolidation, the Navy has become the largest employer in the community. More than 17,000 people are now stationed at the station. This work force includes 3,000 active duty service members, approximately 6,900 civil service employees, 6,400 defense contractor employees, and 368 non-appropriated-fund employees. In addition, the station services almost 2,000 military dependents.

In addition to bringing a larger work force to Southern Maryland, the station has expanded facilities in recent years. Over the past two decades, the station has grown to include a manned flight simulator, a large aircraft anechoic chamber, an air combat environment test and evaluation facility, the Capt. Steven A. Hazelrigg Flight Test Facility, an aircraft test and evaluation facility, the U. S. Naval Test Pilot School academic building and Aviation Survival Training Center.

These new facilities have significantly improved aviation safety and the quality of naval aviation products. With the consolidated work force and expanded facilities, the Patuxent River Naval Air Station has become the place where the future of naval aviation begins. We STRONGLY encourage you to refer to the "NEARBY INSTALLATIONS" and "MUST KNOW" sections and look at other SITES databases in the Metropolitan Washington Area. As a region, we have worked together to divide information according to counties and/or cities, so that the majority of the information on Metropolitan Washington is covered.

Naval Air Station Patuxent River: Installation
Installation Overview

Name : Command Duty Office, NAS	POC : Command Duty Officer
Address : 22268 Cedar Point Road
City : NAS Patuxent River	State : MD	Zip : 20670
Phone : 301-342-1095/DSN 342-1095	Fax : 301-342-6613/DSN 342-6613
Comment : The Quarter Deck is open 24 hours a day for check-in. All personnel reporting aboard should arrive in the Uniform of the Day at the Commmand Duty Office (CDO), Bldg. 409, for inprocessing. The CDO officially terminates leave and travel time, and directs new arrivals to the Personnel Support Detachment (PSD), located in the same building, for further processing. After hours arrivals at the CDO should report to PSD at the beginning of the next work day.

Name : Naval Air Station Public Affairs Office	POC : John Romer
Address : 22268 Cedar Point Road, Bldg. 409
City : NAS Patuxent River	State : MD	Zip : 20670
Phone : 301-342-7710	Fax :
DSN Phone : 342-7710	DSN Fax :

Name : Naval Air Station Security Pass Office	POC : Ed Morgan
Address : Building 2189
City : NAS Patuxent River	State : MD	Zip : 20670
Phone : 301-342-4509	Fax : 301-342-4402
DSN Phone : 342-4509	DSN Fax : 342-4402

Name : Navy Family Service Center	POC : Bettie Broadhurst/Relocation Manager
Address : Building 2090, 21993 Bundy Road, NASFS
City : NAS Patuxent River	State : MD	Zip : 20670
Phone : 301-757-1863/DSN-757-1863	Fax : 301-342-4802

Name : Personnel Support Activity Detachment	POC : PN2 Tanner
Address : NAS Admin/PSD, Bldg 409, Ste 2 , 22268 Cedar Point Rd, Unit 42325
City : NAS Patuxent River	State : MD	Zip : 20670-1154
Phone : 301-342-7313	Fax : 301-342-1059
DSN Phone : 342-7313	DSN Fax : 342-1059

NAS Patuxent River, MD

Naval Air Station Patuxent River: InstallationInstallation Overview

Naval Air Station Patuxent River: Installation
Installation Overview