Elmendorf Air Force Base
Elmendorf Air Force Base is a United States Air Force facility in Anchorage, Alaska. Originally known as Elmendorf Field, it became Elmendorf Air Force Base after World War II.
Photo: USGS, Public domain.- Type: Airbase
- Description: United States military facility in Anchorage, Alaska
- Also known as: “EDF”, “Elmendorf AFB”, “Elmendorf Field”, and “PAED”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Anchorage Air Route Traffic Control Center and Alaska Mission Operations Center.
Anchorage Air Route Traffic Control Center
Government office
Anchorage Air Route Traffic Control Center is an Area Control Center operated by the Federal Aviation Administration just outside the main gate of Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson at 700 North Boniface Parkway in Anchorage, Alaska, United States. Anchorage Air Route Traffic Control Center is situated 1½ miles south of Elmendorf Air Force Base.
Alaska Mission Operations Center
Office
The Alaska Mission Operations Center is a U.S. National Security Agency facility located on Joint Base Elmendorf–Richardson in Anchorage, Alaska. The facility is considered one of two "consolidated intelligence centers" and is supported by the 373d Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance Group of the 70th Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance Wing of the U.S. Alaska Mission Operations Center is situated 2 miles northwest of Elmendorf Air Force Base.
Bartlett High School
School building
Photo: Robkehr, Public domain.Places in the Area
Nearby places include Spenard.
Spenard
Hamlet
Spenard is a neighborhood in the Municipality of Anchorage, Alaska, United States and was historically a separate city from Anchorage. The road that bears its name, Spenard Road, begins at Ted Stevens Anchorage International Airport at its southern end, and continues north toward downtown before ending at Westchester Lagoon, where it turns and becomes part of I Street. Spenard is situated 6 miles southwest of Elmendorf Air Force Base.
Elmendorf Air Force Base
- Categories: airbase and transportation
- Location: Anchorage, Southcentral Alaska, Alaska, United States, North America
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Latitude
61.25306° or 61° 15′ 11″ north
Longitude
-149.79361° or 149° 47′ 37″ west
Elevation
187 feet (57 metres)
IATA airport code
EDF
ICAO airport code
PAED
Open location code
93HG7634+6H
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In Other Languages
From Belarusian to Ukrainian—“Elmendorf Air Force Base” goes by many names.
- Belarusian: “Эльмэндорф”
- Bengali: “এলমেনডরফ বিমান বাহিনীর ঘাঁটি”
- Bengali: “এলমেনডর্ফ ফিল্ড”
- Cebuano: “Elmendorf Air Force Base (pahanginan na sukaranan)”
- Cebuano: “Elmendorf Air Force Base”
- Chinese: “埃尔门多夫空军基地”
- Chinese: “埃爾門多夫空軍基地”
- Dutch: “Elmendorf Air Force Base”
- Finnish: “Elmendorfin lentotukikohta”
- French: “base aérienne d’Elmendorf”
- French: “EDF”
- French: “Elmendorf Air Force Base”
- German: “EDF”
- German: “Elmendorf AFB”
- German: “Elmendorf Air Force Base”
- German: “Elmendorf Field”
- German: “PAED”
- Hebrew: “בסיס חיל האוויר אלמנדורף”
- Hindi: “एल्मेंडॉर्फ फील्ड”
- Hindi: “एल्मेंडॉर्फ वायु सेना बेस”
- Japanese: “エルメンドルフ空軍基地”
- Korean: “엘멘도프 공군기지”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Elmendorf Air Force Base”
- Norwegian: “Elmendorf Air Force Base”
- Persian: “پایگاه هوایی المندورف”
- Russian: “Эльмендорф-Филд”
- Ukrainian: “Елмендорф (авіабаза)”
- Ukrainian: “Елмендорф”
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