Mitchel Air Force Base
Mitchel Air Force Base, also known as Mitchel Field, was a United States Air Force base located on the Hempstead Plains of Long Island, New York, United States.Photo: USGS, Public domain.
- Type: Heritage site
- Description: US Air Force base in Long Island, New York
- Also known as: “Mitchel Air Base and Flight Line”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Cradle of Aviation Museum and Nassau Coliseum.
Cradle of Aviation Museum
Museum
Photo: Sullynyflhi, Public domain.
The Cradle of Aviation Museum is an aerospace museum located in the East Garden City section of Uniondale, New York on Long Island, established to commemorate Long Island's part in the history of aviation. Cradle of Aviation Museum is situated 960 feet south of Mitchel Air Force Base.
Nassau Coliseum
Stadium
Photo: Antony-22, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum is a multi-purpose indoor arena in Uniondale, New York, on Long Island. The venue is situated approximately 7 miles east of the eastern limits of the borough of Queens in New York City, adjacent to the Meadowbrook Parkway. Nassau Coliseum is situated 3,500 feet southeast of Mitchel Air Force Base.
Long Island Children’s Museum
Museum
The Long Island Children’s Museum is a Children's museum located on the campus of Mitchel Field in the East Garden City section of Uniondale, New York, United States. Long Island Children’s Museum is situated 1,300 feet southwest of Mitchel Air Force Base.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include East Garden City and Uniondale.
East Garden City
Quarter
East Garden City is a hamlet and former census-designated place, located within the CDP of Uniondale, in the northeastern part of the Town of Hempstead, in the Hempstead Plains region of Nassau County, on Long Island, in New York, United States, along the Hempstead/North Hempstead town line.
Uniondale
Town
Uniondale is a hamlet and census-designated place in central Nassau County, New York, on Long Island, in the Town of Hempstead, within the New York metropolitan area.
Carle Place
Town
Photo: DanTD, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Carle Place is a hamlet and census-designated place in the Town of North Hempstead in Nassau County, on Long Island, in New York, United States. The CDP's population was 5,005 at the time of the 2020 census. Carle Place is situated 1½ miles northwest of Mitchel Air Force Base.
Mitchel Air Force Base
- Categories: airbase, historic site, tourist attraction, and tourism
- Location: Hempstead, Nassau County, New York, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America
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Latitude
40.73098° or 40° 43′ 52″ northLongitude
-73.59773° or 73° 35′ 52″ westOpen location code
87G8PCJ2+9WOpenStreetMap ID
way 1451207152OpenStreetMap feature
historic=heritageWikidata ID
Q3566203
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Urdu—“Mitchel Air Force Base” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “قاعدة ميتشل الجوية”
- Armenian: “Միչել Էյր ռազմաօդային բազա”
- Chinese: “米切爾空軍基地”
- Chinese: “米契空軍基地”
- Chinese: “米爾切空軍基地”
- French: “Mitchel Air Force Base”
- French: “Mitchel Field”
- German: “Mitchel Air Force Base”
- Hebrew: “בסיס חיל האוויר מיטשל”
- Japanese: “ミッチェル空軍基地”
- Persian: “پایگاه نیروی هوایی میچل”
- Russian: “Митчел”
- Urdu: “مچیل ایئرفورس بیس”
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