Nellis Air Force Base
Nellis Air Force Base is a city in the United States. It is located in Clark County and the state of Nevada northeast of Las Vegas, 3,300 km west of the country's capital city of Washington, D.C. Nellis Air Force Base is located at an elevation of 576 meters above sea level and has a population of 3,187.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Village with 4,280 residents
- Description: human settlement in United States of America
- Also known as: “Nellis”, “Nellis AFB CDP”, “Nellis Air Force Base CDP”, and “Nellis Air Force Base Census-Designated Place”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Nellis Air Force Base and Mike O Callaghan Federal Medical Center.
Nellis Air Force Base
Aerodrome
Photo: USGS, Public domain.
Nellis Air Force Base is a United States Air Force installation in southern Nevada. Nellis hosts air combat exercises such as Exercise Red Flag and close air support exercises such as Green Flag-West flown in "Military Operations Area airspace", associated with the nearby Nevada Test and Training Range.
Mike O Callaghan Federal Medical Center
Hospital
Mike O'Callaghan Military Medical Center is an American military hospital owned and operated by the United States Air Force. It is located on Nellis Air Force Base in Clark County, Nevada and is run by the 99th Medical Group.
Nellis Solar Power Plant
Power station
Photo: Ballonboy101, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Nellis Solar Power Plant is a 14-megawatt photovoltaic power station located within Nellis Air Force Base. The power plant was inaugurated in a ceremony on December 17, 2007, with Nevada Governor Jim Gibbons activating its full operation.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Sunrise Manor and North Las Vegas.
Sunrise Manor
Town
Photo: Stan Shebs, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Sunrise Manor is a census-designated place in Clark County, Nevada, United States, located on the western base of Frenchman Mountain, east of Las Vegas. Sunrise Manor is situated 3 miles south of Nellis Air Force Base.
North Las Vegas
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
North Las Vegas in Nevada is a city in its own right within the Las Vegas metropolitan area. With a population in 2019 of 252,000, it's the fourth largest city in the state, and is primarily residential with some industry.
Nellis Air Force Base
- Categories: human settlement and locality
- Location: Clark, Nevada, Southwest, United States, North America
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Latitude
36.24241° or 36° 14′ 33″ northLongitude
-115.04297° or 115° 2′ 35″ westPopulation
4,280Elevation
1,890 feet (576 metres)United Nations Location Code
US NS8Open location code
85866XR4+XROpenStreetMap ID
node 13148502466OpenStreetMap feature
place=village
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In Other Languages
“Nellis Air Force Base” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Nellis Air Force Base”
- “Nellis AFB CDP”
- “Nellis Air Force Base CDP”
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