United States Air Force Academy Airstrip
The United States Air Force Academy Airfield is a private airfield located near Colorado Springs, Colorado, used by the United States Air Force Academy. On November 1, 2019, the airfield was renamed Benjamin O. Davis Jr. Airfield.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Aerodrome
- Description: United States Air Force Academy airfield
- Also known as: “KAFF”, “United States Air Force Academy Airfield”, and “USAF Academy Airfield”
- Address: CO
Places of Interest
Highlights include Starbucks and Häagen-Dazs.
Starbucks
Café
Photo: Coolcaesar, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Starbucks Corporation is an American multinational chain of coffeehouses and roastery reserves headquartered in Seattle, Washington. It was founded in 1971 by Jerry Baldwin, Zev Siegl, and Gordon Bowker at Seattle's Pike Place Market initially as a coffee bean wholesaler.
Häagen-Dazs
Ice cream parlor
Photo: Gtx5841, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Häagen-Dazs is an American ice cream brand, established by Reuben and Rose Mattus in The Bronx in 1960, owned by Froneri, a joint venture between Nestlé and PAI Partners.
Falcon Stadium
Stadium
Photo: David Shankbone, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Falcon Stadium is an outdoor football stadium in the western United States, on the campus of the U.S. Air Force Academy near Colorado Springs, Colorado.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include United States Air Force Academy and Pikeview.
United States Air Force Academy
Locality
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
The United States Air Force Academy is a United States service academy in Air Force Academy, Colorado, immediately north of Colorado Springs. It educates cadets for service in the officer corps of the United States Air Force and United States Space Force.
Pikeview
Hamlet
Pikeview is a neighborhood of Colorado Springs, annexed to the city as the "Pike View Addition" on August 1, 1962. In 1896 there was a Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad station in Pikeview, and miners had begun digging a shaft for the Pikeview Coal Mine.
Gleneagle
Locality
Photo: Jeffrey Beall, CC BY 4.0.
Gleneagle is an unincorporated community and a census-designated place located in and governed by El Paso County, Colorado, United States. The CDP is a part of the Colorado Springs, CO Metropolitan Statistical Area. Gleneagle is situated 5 miles north of United States Air Force Academy Airstrip.
United States Air Force Academy Airstrip
- Categories: air base, military installation, and transportation
- Location: El Paso, Colorado, Rocky Mountains, United States, North America
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Latitude
38.97242° or 38° 58′ 21″ northLongitude
-104.81842° or 104° 49′ 6″ westElevation
6,545 feet (1,995 metres)IATA airport code
AFFICAO airport code
KAFFOpen location code
85CQX5CJ+XJOpenStreetMap ID
way 837062667OpenStreetMap feature
aeroway=aerodromeOpenStreetMap feature
landuse=militaryOpenStreetMap feature
military=airfield
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to French—“United States Air Force Academy Airstrip” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “United States Air Force Academy Airstrip”
- French: “USAF Academy Airfield”
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