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 Los Angeles.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: USGS, Public domain.
- Type: Military installation
- Description: United States Air Force-owned aircraft manufacturing facility
- Also known as: “AFP 42”, “Air Force Plant 42”, “KPMD”, “Plant 42”, “PMD”, and “USAF Plant 42”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include LA/Palmdale Regional Airport and Los Angeles Air Route Traffic Control Center.
LA/Palmdale Regional Airport
Aerodrome
Photo: NASA, Public domain.
Palmdale Regional Airport is an airport in Palmdale, California, United States. The city of Palmdale took over the airport at the end of 2013, managing it via the Palmdale Airport Authority.
Los Angeles Air Route Traffic Control Center
Building
The Los Angeles Air Route Traffic Control Center is an air traffic control center located in Palmdale, California, United States. Located adjacent to United States Air Force Plant 42 and the Palmdale Regional Airport, it is one of 22 Air Route Traffic Control Centers operated by the United States Federal Aviation Administration. Los Angeles Air Route Traffic Control Center is situated 1½ miles south of United States Air Force Plant 42.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Palmdale and Desert View Highlands.
Palmdale
Photo: Wrk3, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Palmdale is a city in the far north of Los Angeles County in the Antelope Valley region of the Mojave Desert in Southern California.
Desert View Highlands
Locality
Desert View Highlands is an unincorporated community and census designated place in Los Angeles County, California, United States. The population was 2,676 at the 2020 census, up from 2,360 at the 2010 census. It is surrounded by the City of Palmdale. Desert View Highlands is situated 4½ miles southwest of United States Air Force Plant 42.
Lancaster
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Lancaster is a city in far northern Los Angeles County in Southern California, 8 miles from the Kern County line.
United States Air Force Plant 42
- Categories: air base and factory complex
- Location: Los Angeles, Southern California, California, United States, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
34.62399° or 34° 37′ 26″ northLongitude
-118.08332° or 118° 4′ 60″ westElevation
2,533 feet (772 metres)Open location code
8563JWF8+HMOpenStreetMap ID
way 44019032OpenStreetMap feature
landuse=military
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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”
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