NORAD

The North American Aerospace Defense Command is a bi-national mutual defense organization in and the . Established 12 September 1957 as the North American Air Defense Command, NORAD is headquartered at in , which also serves as the headquarters of .
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  • Type: Military installation
  • Description: combined organization of the US and Canada providing air defence for North America
  • Also known as: “NORAD Cheyenne Mountain Complex”, “North American Aerospace Defense Command”, and “North American Air Defense Command”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Cheyenne Mountain State Park and Cheyenne Mountain Space Force Station.

Nature reserve
Photo: Denverjeffrey, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is a Colorado state park that was acquired in June 2000 through a partnership between the City of , Colorado State Parks, Great Outdoors Colorado, Colorado Lottery, , and other local private organizations.

Peak
Photo: Jimmy, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Cheyenne Mountain, occasionally referred to as Cheyenne Benchmark, is a 9,565 foot high mountain in , south of downtown located in the and is part of Pike National Forest. is situated 2 miles west of NORAD.

Zoo
The is a zoological park located southwest of downtown , on in the . At an elevation of 6,714 feet above sea level, it is the highest zoo in the country. is situated 2½ miles north of NORAD.

NORAD

Latitude
38.73901° or 38° 44′ 20″ north
Longitude
-104.8427° or 104° 50′ 34″ west
Open location code
85CQP5Q4+JW
Open­Street­Map ID
way 219721782
Open­Street­Map feature
landuse=­military
Wiki­data ID
Q748010
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Vietnamese—“NORAD” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “قيادة أمريكا الشمالية للدفاع الجوي”
  • Arabic: “قيادة دفاع الفضاء الجوي الأمريكية الشمالية”
  • Azerbaijani: “Şimali Amerika Aerokosmik Müdafiə Komandanlığı”
  • Belarusian: “Паўночнаамэрыканскае камандаваньне аэракасьмічнай абароны”
  • Bulgarian: “NORAD”
  • Bulgarian: “НОРАД”
  • Bulgarian: “Северноамериканско военновъздушно-космическо командване”
  • Catalan: “NORAD”
  • Chinese: “NORAD”
  • Chinese: “北美空防司令部”
  • Chinese: “北美防空司令部”
  • Chinese: “北美防空聯合司令部”
  • Chinese: “北美防空防天司令部”
  • Croatian: “NORAD”
  • Czech: “NORAD”
  • Czech: “Severoamerické velitelství protivzdušné obrany”
  • Danish: “NORAD”
  • Danish: “North American Aerospace Defense Command”
  • Dutch: “NORAD”
  • Dutch: “North American Aerospace Defense Command”
  • Estonian: “NORAD”
  • Estonian: “Põhja-Ameerika õhu- ja kosmosekaitse väejuhatus”
  • Finnish: “NORAD”
  • Finnish: “Pohjois-Amerikan ilmapuolustuskomentokeskus”
  • French: “Commandement de la defense aerospatiale de l’Amerique du Nord”
  • French: “Commandement de la défense aérospatiale de l’Amérique du Nord”
  • French: “NORAD”
  • French: “North American Aerospace Defense Command”
  • French: “North American aerospace defense”
  • Georgian: “ჩრდილოეთ ამერიკის საჰაერო-კოსმოსური თავდაცვის სარდლობა”
  • German: “NORAD”
  • German: “North American Aerospace Defense Command”
  • German: “North American Air Defense Command”
  • Hebrew: “NORAD”
  • Hebrew: “נוראד”
  • Hebrew: “פיקוד הגנת האוויר והחלל של צפון אמריקה”
  • Hebrew: “פיקוד הגנת האוויר של צפון אמריקה”
  • Hungarian: “NORAD”
  • Indonesian: “Komando Pertahanan Dirgantara Amerika Utara”
  • Indonesian: “Komando Pertahanan Ruang Angkasa Amerika Utara”
  • Italian: “NORAD”
  • Italian: “North American Aerospace Defense Command”
  • Italian: “North American Air Defense Command”
  • Japanese: “サンタクロース追跡プログラム”
  • Japanese: “サンタクロース追跡作戦”
  • Japanese: “北アメリカ航空宇宙防衛司令部”
  • Japanese: “北アメリカ防空宇宙司令部”
  • Japanese: “北米航空宇宙防衛司令部”
  • Japanese: “北米防空宇宙防衛司令部”
  • Korean: “NORAD”
  • Korean: “노라드”
  • Korean: “미국 항공 우주 방위 사령부”
  • Korean: “미국 항공우주방위사령부”
  • Korean: “북미 항공사령부”
  • Korean: “북미 항공우주방위사령부”
  • Korean: “북미항공우주방위사령부”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “North American Aerospace Defence Command”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “North American Aerospace Defense Command”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “North-American Aerospace Defense Command”
  • Norwegian: “North American Aerospace Defense Command”
  • Persian: “فرماندهی دفاع هوافضای آمریکای شمالی”
  • Polish: “Dowództwo Północnoamerykańskiej Obrony Powietrznej”
  • Polish: “NORAD”
  • Polish: “North American Aerospace Defense Command”
  • Portuguese: “Comando de Defesa Aeroespacial da América do Norte”
  • Portuguese: “NORAD”
  • Portuguese: “North American Aerospace Defense Command”
  • Romanian: “Comandamentul Nord American de Apărare Aerospaţială”
  • Romanian: “Comandamentul Nord American de Apărare Aerospațială”
  • Romanian: “NORAD”
  • Romanian: “North American Aerospace Defense Command”
  • Romanian: “North American Aerospace Defense”
  • Russian: “NORAD”
  • Russian: “North American Aerospace Defense Command”
  • Russian: “Командование воздушно-космической обороны Северной Америки”
  • Serbian: “NORAD”
  • Serbian: “НОРАД”
  • Slovak: “North American Aerospace Defense Command”
  • Slovenian: “NORAD”
  • Spanish: “Comando de Defensa Aeroespacial de América del Norte”
  • Spanish: “NORAD”
  • Spanish: “North American Aerospace Defense Command”
  • Swedish: “NORAD”
  • Swedish: “North American Aerospace Defense Command”
  • Turkish: “Kuzey Amerika Havacılık ve Uzay Savunma Komutanlığı”
  • Ukrainian: “Аерокосмічне Оборонне Комадування Північної Америки”
  • Ukrainian: “Командування повітряно-космічної оборони Північної Америки”
  • Uzbek: “Shimoliy Amerika aerokosmik mudofaa qoʻmondonligi”
  • Vietnamese: “NORAD”

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