United States Air Force Plant 42

United States Air Force Plant 42 is a classified aircraft manufacturing plant owned by the United States Air Force in the Antelope Valley, about 60 miles from downtown .
Wikipedia
Photo: USGS, Public domain.
  • Military installation
  • …lies at an elevation of 2,533 feet (772 metres)
  • Description: United States Air Force-owned aircraft manufacturing facility
  • Also known as
    “AFP 42”
    “Air Force Plant 42”
    “KPMD”
    “Palmdale Plant 42”
    “Plant 42”
    “PMD”
    “USAF Plant 42”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include LA/Palmdale Regional Airport and Los Angeles Air Route Traffic Control Center.

Aerodrome
Photo: NASA, Public domain.
Palmdale Regional Airport is an airport in , United States.

Government office
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
The … is situated 1½ miles south of United States Air Force Plant 42.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Palmdale and Desert View Highlands.

Photo: Wrk3, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a city in the far north of Los Angeles…

Locality
is an unincorporated community… is situated 4½ miles southwest of United States Air Force Plant 42.

Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a city in far northern Los Angeles County…

United States Air Force Plant 42

This page is based on OpenStreetMap, GeoNames, Wikidata, Wikimedia Commons, and Wikipedia.
We’d love your help improving our open data sources. Thank you for contributing.
Latitude
34.62399° or 34° 37′ 26″ north
Longitude
-118.08332° or 118° 4′ 60″ west
Open location code
8563JWF8+HM
Open­Street­Map ID
way 44019032
Open­Street­Map feature
landuse=­military
Geo­Names ID
7733274
Wiki­data ID
Q2828202

Satellite Map

Discover this place from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
© Stadia Maps, Airbus DS, CNES, PlanetObserver, and Copernicus

In Other Languages

From Chinese to Urdu—“United States Air Force Plant 42” goes by many names.
  • Chinese: “42號工廠”
  • Chinese: “美国空军42号工厂”
  • Chinese: “美國空軍42號工廠”
  • Chinese: “美國空軍第42號工廠”
  • French: “Air Force Plant 42”
  • French: “usine 42 USAF de Palmdale”
  • Indonesian: “KPMD”
  • Indonesian: “PMD”
  • Japanese: “アメリカ空軍第42工廠”
  • Japanese: “アメリカ空軍第42番工場”
  • Japanese: “プラント42”
  • Persian: “پایگاه پلانت ۴۲ نیروی هوایی آمریکا”
  • Persian: “پایگاه پلانت 42 نیروی هوایی آمریکا”
  • Persian: “پایگاه پلانت ۴۲ نیروی هوایی امریکا”
  • Persian: “پایگاه پلانت ۴۲ نیروی هوایی ایالات متحده”
  • Portuguese: “Planta 42 da Força Aérea dos Estados Unidos”
  • Slovenian: “Air Force Plant 42”
  • Spanish: “Plant 42”
  • Spanish: “Planta 42 de la Fuerza Aérea de los Estados Unidos”
  • Spanish: “Planta 42”
  • Swedish: “United States Air Force Plant 42”
  • Tajik: “Пойгоҳи пилон 42 нерӯе ҳаво Амрико”
  • Urdu: “پامڈیل آرمی ایئرفیلڈ”

Localities in the Area

Explore places such as Sunrise and Desert View Highlands.

Nearby Places

Explore places such as Helispot 24D and Building 703.

Los Angeles: Highlights

Notable places include Hollywood and San Gabriel Valley.

Curious Places to Discover

Uncover intriguing places from every corner of the globe.