McChord Field

McChord Field is a United States Air Force base in the northwest United States, in Pierce County, Washington. South of Tacoma, McChord AFB is the home of the 62nd Airlift Wing, Air Mobility Command, the airbase's primary mission being worldwide strategic airlift.

Type: Military installation
Also known as: “Mc Chord AFB”
Address: WA

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Lakewood station and St. Clare Hospital.

Lakewood station

Railway station

Photo: Kgrr, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Lakewood station is a commuter rail station in Lakewood, Washington, United States. It is the terminus of the S Line of the Sounder commuter rail network, operated by Sound Transit in the Seattle metropolitan area. Lakewood station is situated 1½ miles north of McChord Field.

St. Clare Hospital

Hospital

Lakewood is a city in Pierce County, Washington, United States. The population was 63,612 at the 2020 census. It is the second-largest city in the county, behind Tacoma, and is a suburban bedroom community. St. Clare Hospital is situated 1½ miles north of McChord Field.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Fort Lewis and Lakewood.

Fort Lewis

Town

Photo: Squelle, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Fort Lewis is a United States Army base located 9.1 miles south-southwest of Tacoma, Washington. Fort Lewis was merged with McChord Air Force Base on February 1, 2010, to form Joint Base Lewis–McChord. Fort Lewis is situated 3 miles southwest of McChord Field.

Lakewood

Town

Photo: Veterans Health, Public domain.

Lakewood is a city in Pierce County, Washington, United States. The population was 63,612 at the 2020 census. It is the second-largest city in the county, behind Tacoma, and is a suburban bedroom community. Lakewood is situated 3 miles north of McChord Field.

Parkland

Town

Photo: Murderbike, Public domain.

Parkland is a census-designated place in Pierce County, Washington. The population was 35,803 at the time of the 2010 census and had grown to 38,623 as of the 2020 census. Parkland is situated 3½ miles northeast of McChord Field.

McChord Field

Location: Pierce, Washington, Pacific Northwest, United States, North America
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Latitude

47.13096° or 47° 7′ 51″ north

Longitude

-122.50269° or 122° 30′ 10″ west

Elevation

295 feet (90 metres)

Open location code

84VV4FJW+9W

OpenStreetMap ID

node 369034754

OpenStreetMap feature

landuse=military

GeoNames ID

7267748

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In Other Languages

From French to Portuguese—“McChord Field” goes by many names.

French: “McChord Field”
German: “McChord Air Force Base”
Portuguese: “McChord Air Force Base”

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