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El Centro Naval Air Facility, California

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El Centro Naval Air Facility, California

Naval Air Facility El Centro or NAF El Centro is a United States Navy Naval Air Facility located approximately six miles (10 km) northwest of El Centro, in unincorporated Imperial County, California. NAF El Centro is under the jurisdiction of Navy Region Southwest and serves both as temporary homeport to military units conducting air-to-air and bombing training, and as the winter training home of the Blue Angels aerobatics display team..

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About El Centro Naval Air Facility

El Centro Naval Air Facility is a small unincorporated community in southeastern California.

El Centro Naval Air Facility holds the status of a census-designated place — a real, named community that residents call home, governed at the county level. The community covers 4.19 square miles.

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What Makes El Centro Naval Air Facility Unique

  • The only place in America named El Centro Naval Air Facility — a truly one-of-a-kind name among 32,000+ US communities.
  • An unincorporated community — no city hall of its own, which often means lower local taxes and county-managed services.
  • Positioned in southeastern California, convenient to the region's corridors and crossings.

Why People Love It Here

  • A tight community feel that bigger cities can't replicate.
  • Cost of living typically runs below the big-metro average.
  • Well connected: 3+ neighboring communities within 7 miles.

⚡ Quick Facts

TypeCDP
Population (2024)
Land area4.19 sq mi
Coordinates32.8252, -115.6681

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