Langley Field
Langley Air Force Base is a United States Air Force base located in Hampton, Virginia, adjacent to Newport News. It was one of thirty-two Air Service training camps established after the entry of the United States into World War I in April 1917.Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
- Type: Airbase
- Description: United States Air Force facility in Virginia, USA
- Also known as: “Joint Base Langley-Eustis”, “Joint Base Langley–Eustis”, “KLFI”, “Langley AFB”, “Langley Air Force Base”, and “LFI”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Langley Speedway and Lunar Landing Research Facility.
Langley Speedway
Sports venue
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
Langley Speedway is a race track located in Hampton, Virginia, United States. Langley Speedway is a paved short track measuring 0.400 mi in length. It is one of the flattest tracks in the region with only six degrees of banking in the corners and two degrees of banking on the straights.
Lunar Landing Research Facility
Photo: NASA, Public domain.
The Lunar Landing Research Facility was an area at NASA's Langley Research Center in Hampton, Virginia that was used to simulate Apollo Moon landings with a mock Lunar Module powered by a small rocket motor suspended from a crane over a simulated lunar landscape. Lunar Landing Research Facility is situated 2 miles northwest of Langley Field.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Poquoson and Fox Hill.
Poquoson
Town
Photo: Chrisfortier, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Poquoson, informally known as Bull Island, is an independent city in the Commonwealth of Virginia, United States. As of the 2020 census, the population was 12,460. Poquoson is situated 3½ miles northwest of Langley Field.
Fox Hill
Suburb
Fox Hill once known as Rip Raps is an area within the eastern part of Hampton, Virginia. It is mostly a residential community with a few small businesses scattered throughout. Fox Hill is situated 3½ miles east of Langley Field.
Bethel Manor
Village
Bethel Manor is a census-designated place in York County, Virginia, United States. The population as of the 2010 Census was 3,792. Bethel Manor is a Military Family Community for Joint Base Langley-Eustis. Bethel Manor is situated 4 miles west of Langley Field.
Langley Field
- Categories: air base and transportation
- Location: Virginia, South, United States, North America
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Urdu—“Langley Field” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Langley Air Force Base”
- Chinese: “兰利空军基地”
- Chinese: “朗格利空军基地”
- Chinese: “蘭利機場”
- Chinese: “蘭利空軍基地”
- Chinese: “蘭利菲爾德”
- Dutch: “Langley Air Force Base”
- Dutch: “Langley Field”
- French: “Langley Air Force Base”
- French: “Langley Field”
- German: “Langley Air Force Base”
- German: “Langley Field”
- Hebrew: “וירג’יניה”
- Italian: “Langley Air Force Base”
- Italian: “Langley Field”
- Japanese: “ラングレー空軍基地”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Langley Air Force Base”
- Norwegian: “Langley Air Force Base”
- Persian: “پایگاه نیروی هوایی لنگلی”
- Russian: “Лэнгли”
- Spanish: “Langley Field”
- Ukrainian: “Ленглі”
- Urdu: “لینگلی ایئرفورس بیس”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Langley View and Drummonds Corner.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include United States Air Force Hospital Langley and Eaglewood Golf Course.
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