McChord Field Airport (Joint Base Lewis-McChord)
Joint Base Lewis–McChord is a U.S. installation located 9.1 miles south-southwest of Tacoma, Washington, operated by the United States Army. The installation is an amalgamation of Fort Lewis and McChord Air Force Base, which merged on February 1, 2010, to form a joint base as a result of 2005 Base Realignment and Closure Commission recommendations.- Type: Airbase
- Description: US military joint service installation near Tacoma, Washington, United States
- Also known as: “Base de la Fuerza Aerea McChord”, “JB Lewis-McChord”, “JBLM”, “Joint Base Lewis-McChord”, “Joint Base Lewis–McChord”, “Komuna Bazo Lewis-McChord”, “KTCM”, “Lewis-McChord”, “Lewis-McChord-Kaserne”, “McChord AFB”, “McChord Field”, “Mcchord Field (Joint Base Lewis-Mcchord)”, “McChord flystasjon”, “TCM”, “マッコード空軍基地”, “ルイス-マコード統合基地”, “ルイス・マッコード統合基地”, “ルイス=マコード統合基地”, “刘易斯堡”, “劉易斯堡”, and “路易斯·麥克喬德聯合基地”
Places of Interest
Highlights: McChord Field and Lakewood station.
Lakewood station
Railway station
Lakewood station is a commuter rail station in Lakewood, Washington, United States.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Parkland and Lakewood.
Parkland
Town
Lakewood
Town
Fern Hill
Quarter
Fern Hill is a neighborhood located in the southern part of Tacoma, Washington, United States. Fern Hill is situated 3½ miles northeast of McChord Field Airport (Joint Base Lewis-McChord).
McChord Field Airport (Joint Base Lewis-McChord)
- Categories: military base, administrative territorial entity, and transport
- Location: Pierce, Washington, Pacific Northwest, United States, North America
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Latitude
47.13744° or 47° 8′ 15″ north
Longitude
-122.48175° or 122° 28′ 54″ west
Population
14,100
Elevation
289 feet (88 metres)
IATA airport code
TCM
ICAO airport code
KTCM
FAA airport code
TCM
Open location code
84VV4GP9+X7
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Waray—“McChord Field Airport (Joint Base Lewis-McChord)” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “فورت لويس”
- Cebuano: “Fort Lewis”
- Chinese: “刘易斯-麦克德联合基地”
- Chinese: “劉易斯-麥克德聯合基地”
- Chinese: “路易斯-麥科得聯合基地”
- Chinese: “路易斯–麥克喬德聯合基地”
- Czech: “Společná základna Lewis-McChord”
- Dutch: “Fort Lewis”
- Esperanto: “Joint Base Lewis-McChord”
- French: “Fort Lewis”
- French: “Joint Base Lewis-McChord”
- German: “McChord Air Force Base”
- Hebrew: “הבסיס המשותף לואיס-מקורד”
- Hebrew: “לואיס-מקקורד”
- Hungarian: “Lewis–McChord közös légitámaszpont”
- Japanese: “フォート・ルイス”
- Korean: “루이스-맥코드 합동기지”
- Min Nan Chinese: “Fort Lewis”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “McChord Air Force Base”
- Norwegian: “McChord Air Force Base”
- Persian: “پایگاه شکاری لوئیس-مککرود”
- Polish: “McChord Air Force Base”
- Portuguese: “Fort Lewis”
- Russian: “Льюис — Маккорд”
- Spanish: “Base de la Fuerza Aérea McChord”
- Swedish: “Joint Base Lewis–McChord”
- Tajik: “Пойгоҳи шикор лӯес-маккруд”
- Ukrainian: “Об’єднана військова база Льюїс-Маккорд”
- Urdu: “جوائنٹ بیس لوئیس–مککورڈ”
- Uzbek: “Fort Lewis”
- Vietnamese: “Căn cứ liên hợp Lewis-McChord”
- Volapük: “Fort Lewis”
- Waray (Philippines): “Joint Base Lewis-McChord”
Localities in the Area
Places to explore: McChord Field and One Hundred Thirty - Eighth Park Mobile Estates.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights: McChord Air Museum and Purvis Ponds.
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