Naval Air Station Joint Reserve Base New Orleans

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Naval Air Station Joint Reserve Base New Orleans is a base of the United States military located in Belle Chasse, unincorporated Plaquemines Parish, Louisiana, United States.[1] NAS JRB New Orleans is home to a Navy Reserve aggressor squadron and a fleet logistics support squadron, the 159th Fighter Wing (159 FW) of the Louisiana Air National Guard, Coast Guard Air Station New Orleans, a detachment of a Marine Corps Reserve light helicopter attack squadron, as well as other US Navy and US Army activities. The base has a 24/7 operating schedule to support both the 159 FW's NORAD air sovereignty/homeland defense requirements and for Coast Guard Air Station New Orleans search and rescue/maritime law enforcement/port security missions. It contains a military airport known as Alvin Callender Field (Template:Comma separated entries) which is located about six nautical miles (12 km) south of the central business district of New Orleans.[2] The base's predecessor, NAS New Orleans, occupied the current location of the University of New Orleans's principal campus until 1957.

Occupants

Current occupants

Previous occupants

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NAS New Orleans in the 1940s, located on the present-day main campus of the University of New Orleans

Facilities

NAS JRB New Orleans (Alvin Callender Field) has two runways with PEM surfaces: 4/22 is 9,999 by 200 feet (3,048 × 61 m) and 14/32 is 6,000 by 200 feet (1,829 × 61 m).[2]

Demographics

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New Orleans Station is a census-designated place (CDP) covering the residential population of the Naval Air Station Joint Reserve Base New Orleans in Plaquemines Parish, Louisiana, United States.[6]

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Historical population
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20202,508
U.S. Decennial Census[7]
2020[8]

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It first appeared as a CDP in the 2020 census with a population of 2,508.[9]

2020 census

New Orleans Station CDP, Louisiana – Racial and ethnic composition
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Race / Ethnicity (NH = Non-Hispanic) Pop 2020[8] % 2020
White alone (NH) 1,161 46.29%
Black or African American alone (NH) 587 23.41%
Native American or Alaska Native alone (NH) 19 0.76%
Asian alone (NH) 90 3.59%
Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander alone (NH) 17 0.68%
Other Race alone (NH) 22 0.88%
Mixed race or Multiracial (NH) 159 6.34%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 453 18.06%
Total 2,508 100.00%

Education

The base has a charter K-8 school, Belle Chasse Academy.[10] The school opened on September 5, 2002.[11]

The entire parish is in the Plaquemines Parish School Board school district.[12] The school district schools in Belle Chasse are where the base is assigned to.[10] Belle Chasse High School is the Belle Chasse area high school.

See also

References

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  1. "Belle Chasse CDP, LouisianaScript error: No such module "Unsubst".." U.S. Census Bureau. Retrieved on May 22, 2010.
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