29-508: Eagle Harbor may refer to several places in the United States: Eagle Harbor, a development on Fleming Island, Florida Eagle Harbor, Maryland , a town Eagle Harbor, Michigan , an unincorporated community and census-designated place Eagle Harbor Coast Guard Station Boathouse , a historic building Eagle Harbor Light , a lighthouse Eagle Harbor Schoolhouse ,
58-566: A K-12 Florida Charter School, St. Johns Classical Academy. NAS Cecil Field Naval Air Station Cecil Field or NAS Cecil Field ( IATA : NZC , ICAO : KNZC , FAA LID : NZC ) was a United States Navy air base, located in Duval County , Florida. Prior to October 1999, NAS Cecil Field was the largest military base in terms of acreage in the Jacksonville, Florida area. NAS Cecil Field consisted of four separate facilities,
87-420: A Naval Air Station Cecil Field on 30 June 1952. The station was rejuvenated as an operating base for fleet aircraft squadrons and air groups, ushering in the "jet age" for Naval Aviation in the Jacksonville area. In the mid-1950s, NAS Cecil Field's growth was given further impetus when the station was selected to serve as one of four naval air stations to be designated as Master Jet Bases specifically used for
116-556: A different code from Orange Park , the incorporated town to the north. Fleming Island was an area of Florida settled by Irish immigrant, George Fleming (1760-1821), who received a 1,000-acre land grant from the Spanish governor of East Florida for his military service. George Fleming built a plantation in 1790 and it was named Hibernia Plantation (in what is now Hibernia, Florida ), after the Latin word for Ireland. When he died in 1821,
145-519: A female householder with no husband present, and 20.9% were non-families. 17.2% of all households were made up of individuals, and 6.3% were someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.76 and the average family size was 3.12. In the CDP, the population was spread out, with 27.3% under the age of 18, 7.7% from 18 to 24, 23.0% from 25 to 44, 30.8% from 45 to 64, and 11.3% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age
174-648: A historic building Eagle Harbor Township, Michigan Eagle Harbor, New York , a hamlet Eagle Harbor (Washington) , an inlet in Bainbridge Island Eagle Harbor High School Eagle Harbor (Wisconsin) , a small harbor in Door County [REDACTED] Topics referred to by the same term This disambiguation page lists articles about distinct geographical locations with the same name. If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change
203-725: Is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in Clay County , Florida , United States. It is located 21 miles (34 km) southwest of downtown Jacksonville , on the western side of the St. Johns River , off US 17 . As of the 2020 census the Fleming Island CDP had a population of 29,142, up from 27,126 at the 2010 census . It is part of the Jacksonville, Florida Metropolitan Statistical Area . Fleming Island's ZIP code became 32003 in 2004, giving it
232-553: Is an 8-foot-wide (2.4 m) sidewalk running the length of Fleming Island, providing about 7 miles (11 km) of walking, jogging and biking. Black Creek Park on the south end of the Fleming Island borders Black Creek and affords bikers and hikers nature trails. There is a park for children at Moccasin Slough on the north end of the island. Moccasin Slough also features a canal navigable by canoe or small boat, dug almost all
261-584: Is the only high school on the island. Fleming Island ranks among the wealthiest zip codes in the Jacksonville area, placing #2 after Ponte Vedra Beach in the March 2013 Jacksonville Business Journal article. In 2021 it was ranked number one in Jacksonville metro in Stacker. The Clay County Public Library headquarters is on Fleming Island, as are the Clay County Soccer Club fields. There
290-839: The A-7E Corsair II and the first combat operations for the S-3B Viking. During the 1980s and 1990s, in addition to the station leadership of NAS Cecil Field, the principal tenant commands were: A continuing military presence at what is now Cecil Airport and Cecil Commerce Center remains with Army Aviation Support Facility No. 1 (AASF #1) of the Florida Army National Guard (FLARNG), which relocated its flight operations from nearby Craig Airport in late 1999. The FLARNG operates CH-47 Chinook , UH-60 Blackhawk , UH-72 Lakota and C-12 Huron aircraft from AASF No. 1 at Cecil Field. Also located at Cecil Field
319-601: The BRAC, the city of Jacksonville initiated the development of a reuse plan to guide transition of base property and facilities to other uses that support local goals for economic and community development. There have been efforts to see the base returned as a Naval Air Station (NAS), but these have failed due to political and economic forces. Numerous commands operated from NAS Cecil Field over its lifetime. The first weather observations were recorded at NAS Cecil Field in May 1949, with
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#1732786992010348-646: The Japanese Attack on Pearl Harbor . Carrier-based fighter (VF) and scout bombing (VSB) units of Advanced Carrier Group, Atlantic arrived at Cecil Field in late 1942 to commence replacement pilot combat training and Cecil Field was commissioned as a Naval Auxiliary Air Station (NAAS) in February 1943. In March 1943, the fighter training unit moved to nearby Naval Auxiliary Air Station Lee Field in Green Cove Springs , and NAAS Cecil Field became
377-766: The NAS Cecil Field Complex (Cecil Field), Outlying Field Whitehouse (OLF Whitehouse), the Yellow Water Weapons Department and the Pinecastle [Pine Castle] Electronic Warfare Target Area / Warfare Range. Including nearly 2,500 acres (10 km ) at OLF Whitehouse, the NAS Cecil Field complex consisted of 22,939 acres (92.83 km ); in addition, the base leased another 8,379 acres (33.91 km ). By late 1999, approximately 17,200 acres (70 km ) were transferred to
406-786: The Navy's shore-based meteorological units, the CNO established the Office of the Naval Weather Service on 29 December 1965. In September 1979, almost 14 years later, the name changed to Naval Oceanography Command Detachment (NOCD), Cecil Field. Squadrons from NAS Cecil Field were aboard every Atlantic Fleet aircraft carrier deployed to Southeast Asia during the Vietnam War . During this period, thirteen NAS Cecil Field pilots were listed as POW or MIA . The POW/MIA memorial located behind
435-704: The base chapel has become the chosen site for many retiring officers and enlisted personnel to hold their retirement ceremonies. The first Atlantic Fleet Squadrons to fly the A-7 Corsair II , the F/A-18 Hornet , the S-3A and S-3B Viking , and the ES-3A Shadow were all based at NAS Cecil Field. NAS Cecil Field squadrons again made history during the Gulf War , marking the final combat deployment for
464-675: The civilian sector in the form of the Jacksonville Aviation Authority , while the remainder was transferred to Naval Air Station Jacksonville . As directed by the Base Realignment and Closure Commission (BRAC) and the U.S. Congress pursuant to BRAC 1993 and BRAC 1995, NAS Cecil Field was decommissioned as an active naval installation on 30 September 1999. It is now a civilian, public-use, joint civil-military airfield and industrial park known as Cecil Commerce Center and Cecil Airport . NAS Cecil Field
493-608: The first meteorological equipment installed in December of the same year. In those days, weather observing and forecasting services were provided by the Meteorology Division of the Air Operations Department. The "weather guessers" of Cecil Field first became a detachment, as Naval Weather Service Environmental Detachment (NWSED), Cecil Field when, in an effort to centralize control of support from
522-412: The jet aircraft then in operation at nearby NAS Jacksonville and NAS Cecil Field , and in the late 1990s the decaying runways were demolished to make way for current residential development. Today, Fleming Island is primarily a bedroom community of nearby Jacksonville. Major developments include Eagle Harbor, Pace Island, and Fleming Island Plantation. Fleming Island High School , which opened in 2003,
551-404: The link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Eagle_Harbor&oldid=1063764885 " Category : Place name disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Fleming Island, Florida Fleming Island
580-543: The operation of carrier-based jet aircraft. In 1951, the land area of NAS Cecil Field was increased to 4,600 acres (19 km ) and additional new buildings and facilities were constructed. Naval Air Station Cecil Field occupied 19,664 acres (79.58 km ), and was projected to be Navy's largest Master Jet Base. It was RF-8 Crusaders from Light Photographic Squadron SIX TWO ( VFP-62 ) out of NAS Cecil Field (along with Marine Aviators from Marine Photographic Squadron TWO (VMAQ-2|VMCJ-2), based at MCAS Cherry Point , NC and flying
609-458: The other side of the St. Johns River. According to the U.S. Census Bureau , the Fleming Island CDP has a total area of 23.1 square miles (59.9 km ), of which 15.8 square miles (41.0 km ) is land and 7.3 square miles (18.9 km ), or 31.56%, is water. Fleming Island is bordered by water or wetlands on all sides: the St. Johns River to the east, Doctors Lake to the north, Black Creek to
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#1732786992010638-407: The plantation was left to his son, Col. Lewis Michael Fleming (1798-1862). In 1942, when the area was undeveloped, the U.S. Navy constructed four asphalt runways on the site and established a Naval Outlying Field designated as NOLF Fleming Island, an auxiliary airfield to Naval Air Station Jacksonville . The Navy abandoned the auxiliary airfield in the 1960s, its runways too short to accommodate
667-522: The principal war-at-sea and dive-bombing training center for the U.S. Navy and U.S. Marine Corps. From 1943 until the war ended, NAAS Cecil Field was a pilot's last stop before assignment to combat in either the Atlantic Fleet or Pacific Fleet. It operated at full capacity during the war years and after the war. Disestablished as NAAS Cecil Field at the end of World War II , it was then re-established and disestablished until finally redesignated as
696-553: The same aircraft) which, in coordination with U.S. Air Force U-2 and RF-101 aircraft, detected the presence of nuclear-armed intermediate range ballistic missiles in Cuba and monitored the associated Soviet buildup during the Cuban Missile Crisis of October 1962. Naval Air Station Cecil Field was identified for closure, and enacted, by the 1993 federal Base Realignment and Closure Commission (BRAC). Upon notice, by
725-463: The south and Swimming Pen Creek to the west. There are wetlands from Swimming Pen Creek to Black Creek that are not navigable. Some locals favor opening this to Black Creek but so far, the St. Johns Water Management District has not pursued the idea of doing this. As of the census of 2010, there were 27,126 people, 9,821 households, and 7,770 families residing in the CDP. There were 10,440 housing units, 9,821 of which were occupied. The racial makeup of
754-403: The town was 86.2% White , 5.2% African American , 0.3% Native American , 4.1% Asian , 0.1% Pacific Islander , 1.4% some other race , and 2.7% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 6.4% of the population. There were 9,821 households, out of which 41.3% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 66.5% were headed by married couples living together, 9.2% had
783-407: The way to Doctors Lake. Fleming Island has relatively low crime and consistently scores high in livability. The Fleming Island CDP is located in northeastern Clay County, sharing its northern border with the southern town limits of Orange Park . To the northwest is the CDP of Lakeside . To the northeast is a portion of the city of Jacksonville , and due east is Fruit Cove in St. Johns County on
812-584: Was 40.4 years. For every 100 females, there were 96.1 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 92.4 males. For the period 2010–12, the estimated median annual income for a household in the CDP was $ 86,598, and the median income for a family was $ 96,755. Male full-time workers had a median income of $ 71,494 versus $ 47,864 for females. The per capita income for the CDP was $ 32,102. The Clay County School District operates public schools. Fleming Island High School and three elementary schools: Thunderbolt, Fleming Island, and Paterson. They also have
841-606: Was named in honor of Commander Henry Barton Cecil, USN, who died in 1933 in the crash of the Navy airship USS Akron . Shortly before the United States' entry into World War II , a 2,600-acre (11 km ) tract of land was purchased in western Duval County and construction began on the "U.S. Naval Auxiliary Air Station, Cecil Field" (NAAS Cecil Field). The base got its start in June 1941 as an outlying field of NAS Jacksonville , and operations were accelerated just 11 days after
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