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Buckley Air Force Base

Buckley Space Force Base is a United States Space Force base in named after United States Army Air Service First Lieutenant John Harold Buckley.
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  • Type: Aerodrome
  • Description: U.S. Space Force base in Aurora, Colorado, United States
  • Also known as: “BFK”, “BKF”, “Buckley AFB”, “Buckley Air National Guard Base”, “Buckley SFB”, “Buckley Space Force Base”, and “KBFK”
  • Address: CO

Places of Interest

Highlights include Aerospace Data Facility-Colorado and Aurora Quest K-8.

Office
or Space Delta 20 one of three satellite ground stations operated by the National Reconnaissance Office and United States Space Force in the continental United States.

School building
The Adams-Arapahoe 28J School District, more commonly known as the Aurora Public Schools, is a public school system in , United States.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Aurora and Aetna Estates.

Photo: Denverjeffrey, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a city of about 400,000 of the Denver Metropolitan Area in the western U.S. state of . The city lies immediately east of in Arapahoe, Adams, and Douglas counties. In 2008 it was named the "All American City."…

Village
is an unincorporated community and a census-designated place located in , , . The CDP is a part of the Denver–Aurora–Lakewood, CO Metropolitan Statistical Area. is situated 5 miles northeast of Buckley Air Force Base.

Buckley Air Force Base

Latitude
39.70781° or 39° 42′ 28″ north
Longitude
-104.75829° or 104° 45′ 30″ west
Elevation
5,597 feet (1,706 metres)
Operator
USAF
IATA airport code
BFK
ICAO airport code
KBKF
FAA airport code
BKF
United Nations Location Code
US BKF
Open location code
85FQP65R+4M
Open­Street­Map ID
node 369179652
Open­Street­Map feature
aeroway=­aerodrome
Open­Street­Map feature
landuse=­military
Open­Street­Map feature
military=­airfield
Geo­Names ID
5415293
Wiki­data ID
Q3499338
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Satellite Map

Discover Buckley Air Force Base from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
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In Other Languages

From Cebuano to Tajik—“Buckley Air Force Base” goes by many names.
  • Cebuano: “Buckley Air Force Base”
  • Chinese: “伯克萊空軍基地”
  • Chinese: “巴克利太空軍基地”
  • Chinese: “巴克利空軍國民警衛隊基地”
  • Chinese: “康乃狄克州空軍國民警衛隊”
  • Chinese: “柏克萊空軍基地”
  • Czech: “Buckley Air Force Base”
  • Czech: “Buckleyho letecká základna”
  • Czech: “Letecká základna Buckley”
  • French: “base aérienne de Buckley”
  • French: “BKF”
  • French: “Buckley Space Force Base”
  • German: “Buckley Air Force Base”
  • Italian: “Buckley Space Force Base”
  • Japanese: “バクリー空軍基地”
  • Japanese: “バックリー宇宙軍基地”
  • Japanese: “バックリー空軍基地”
  • Japanese: “バックリイ基地”
  • Korean: “버클리 공군기지”
  • Korean: “버클리 우주군 기지”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Buckley Air Force Base”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Buckley flystasjon”
  • Norwegian: “Buckley Space Force Base”
  • Persian: “پایگاه نیروی هوایی باکلی”
  • Slovenian: “BFK”
  • Slovenian: “Buckley AFB”
  • Slovenian: “KBFK”
  • Slovenian: “Letalska baza Buckley”
  • Slovenian: “Letalsko oporišče Buckley”
  • Slovenian: “Vesoljska baza Buckley”
  • Slovenian: “Vesoljsko oporišče Buckley”
  • Spanish: “Base de la Fuerza Espacial Buckley”
  • Swedish: “Buckley Air Force Base”
  • Tajik: “Пойгоҳи нерӯе ҳаво бокли”
  • Tajik: “Пойгоҳи Нерӯи Ҳавоии Бакли”

Localities in the Area

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Mississippi Gate and Base Chapel.

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