Bremerton National Airport (PWT) is the largest airport on the Kitsap Peninsula

Kitsap Peninsula

The Kitsap Peninsula is an arm of land that is part of the larger Olympic Peninsula in Washington state that lies west of Seattle across Puget Sound. Hood Canal separates Kitsap Peninsula from the rest of the Olympic Peninsula...

 with an all-weather, fully lighted 6,200-foot runway and located in Bremerton, Washington

Bremerton, Washington

Bremerton is a city in Kitsap County, Washington, United States. The population was 38,790 at the 2011 State Estimate, making it the largest city on the Olympic Peninsula. Bremerton is home to Puget Sound Naval Shipyard and the Bremerton Annex of Naval Base Kitsap...

. PWT was previously known as Kitsap County Airport until July 1, 1983.

During World War II

World War II

World War II, or the Second World War , was a global conflict lasting from 1939 to 1945, involving most of the world's nations—including all of the great powers—eventually forming two opposing military alliances: the Allies and the Axis...

 Kitsap County Airport was used by the United States Navy

United States Navy

The United States Navy is the naval warfare service branch of the United States Armed Forces and one of the seven uniformed services of the United States. The U.S. Navy is the largest in the world; its battle fleet tonnage is greater than that of the next 13 largest navies combined. The U.S...

 as an outer landing field for NAS Seattle. Military use of Kitsap County Airfield would continue throughout the Cold War

Cold War

The Cold War was the continuing state from roughly 1946 to 1991 of political conflict, military tension, proxy wars, and economic competition between the Communist World—primarily the Soviet Union and its satellite states and allies—and the powers of the Western world, primarily the United States...

 as it would occasionally host temporary detachments of aircraft from the Navy.

BNA actually has a second runway which has been closed for some time. The second strip has been used as a drag strip by Bremerton Motorsports Park

Bremerton Motorsports Park

Bremerton Motorsports Park is a multi-purpose motorsports facility located outside Bremerton and Port Orchard in the state of Washington, USA.Bremerton Motorsports Park is located at the site of an inactive airfield...

. In 1954, Kitsap County Airport was the site for the SCCA Seafair

Seafair

Seafair is a summer festival in Seattle, Washington, USA that encompasses a wide variety of small neighborhood events leading up to several major city-wide celebrations...

 Nationals. This was Ferrari

Ferrari

Ferrari S.p.A. is an Italian sports car manufacturer based in Maranello, Italy. Founded by Enzo Ferrari in 1929, as Scuderia Ferrari, the company sponsored drivers and manufactured race cars before moving into production of street-legal vehicles as Ferrari S.p.A. in 1947...

’s debut on a Northwest track at a time when the company was just starting to dominate west coast sports car racing.