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Phone Numbers (360) 257-XXXX DSN
820-XXXX Operations Officer X-2120 GEMD X-2181 Airfield Manager X-5391
Air Traffic Control X-1310 Operations LCPO X-2684
Terminal
X-6707 Operations Duty Officer X-2681
Facilities X-2533 Range Schedules X-2877 Search and Rescue X-1631
The
department and its divisions support the operations of tenant activities and
transient aircraft. These include providing air traffic control, range
scheduling, ground electronics and communications maintenance, air cargo and
passenger service, arresting gear maintenance and Search and Rescue
operations using the MH-60S Knighthawk helicopter. Air
Traffic Control Division provides all air
traffic control services within the NAS Whidbey Approach Control Area.
Staffed jointly by military and DoD civilians, the
Air Traffic Control Facility (ATCF) is subdivided into Flight Planning,
Control Tower and Radar branches, and also incorporates Range Schedules and
Air Space Scheduling Divisions. The
ATCF operates the surveillance and precision radar systems and control tower,
and controls all phases of military and civilian flight operations at Ault
Field and Outlying Field (OLF) Coupeville. Routes into and around 15 airports
are controlled within the confines of ATCF airspace. It is among the busiest and most complex
facilities in the U.S. Navy Air Traffic Control System, challenging
controllers with a varied and fast-paced environment that averages nearly
215,000 total operations annually. The
main function of the Ground Electronics Division is to support the Air
Traffic Control operations by providing communications, navigational aids,
radar (both precision approach and air surveillance), automatic carrier
landing system, and all associated weather equipment used by Naval Pacific
Meteorology and Oceanography Detachment. The
Facilities Division is responsible for maintenance on E-28 and E-5
arresting gear at NAS Whidbey Island and OLF Coupeville. They also service the Fresnel Lens Optical
Landing Systems, Improved Fresnel Lens Optical Landing systems at both fields
and provide firefighting services at OLF Coupeville. The
Fuels Division provides training and safety oversight of the Direct
Refueling Facility, which conducts “hot” refueling of aircraft. The
Naval Weapons System Training Facility Boardman, Oregon provides
maintenance, fire suppression and range support operations for a 47,000 acre
bombing range. The
Air Passenger Terminal/Transient Line is the central staging area for
the forward deployment of squadrons to the fleet and on training detachments.
It processes passengers, prepares cargo, supports a variety of transient
aircraft and provides support to airfield operations with fleet carrier
landing practices and training missions.
An updated Space Available
travel listing for personnel authorized to fly on DoD
aircraft, with destinations throughout the world, is available at the Air
Passenger Terminal. NAS
Whidbey Island Search and
Rescue maintains and operates the most modern and capable helicopter
in the inventory.
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