Base Name: NAVAL AIR STATION PATUXENT RIVER
Service: Navy
Description: Stretching across 12 miles of Chesapeake Bay shoreline, Naval Air Station Patuxent River is home to Naval Air Systems Command and the Navy’s Test Pilot School. Major improvements in the last two decades include the Manned Flight Simulator, Aircraft Anechoic Test Facility, Capt. Steven A. Hazelrigg Flight Test Facility, and an Aviation Survival Training Center.
State/country: MARYLAND
Population: 2,254 active duty, 4,215 dependents
Zip: 20670
City/metro: St. Mary's County
Phone Numbers:
- Main Phone: (301) 342-3000, DSN 312-342-3000
- Housing: (301) 342-3846, DSN 312-342-3846
- Child care: (901) 874-6701
- Schools: (301) 342-4911, DSN 312-342-4911
- Youth services: (301) 874-6701
- Family: (202) 433-4544
- Temporary lodging: (301) 342-3846, DSN 312-342-3846
- Health care: (301) 342-1506, DSN 312-342-1506
- Commissary number: (301) 342-3789, DSN 312-342-3789
- Exchange number: (301) 342-0614, DSN 312-342-0614
Museum: Patuxent River Naval Air Museum (301) 863-1900