Kirtland Air Force Base

Kirtland Air Force Base Kirtland Field
Part of Air Force Global Strike Command (AFGSC)
Located in Albuquerque, New Mexico
E-4 advanced airborne command post
58th Special Operations Wing CV-22 Osprey
Coordinates	35°02′25″N 106°36′33″W / 35.04028°N 106.60917°W / 35.04028; -106.60917 (Kirtland AFB)
Site information
Controlled by	United States Air Force
Site history
Built	1942
In use	1942-Present
Garrison information
Garrison	377th Air Base Wing

Airfield information
IATA: ABQ ICAO: KIKR
Summary
Elevation AMSL	5,300 ft / 1,600 m
Coordinates	35°02′25″N 106°36′33″W / 35.04028°N 106.60917°W / 35.04028; -106.60917Coordinates: 35°02′25″N 106°36′33″W / 35.04028°N 106.60917°W / 35.04028; -106.60917
Website	www.kirtland.af.mil
Map
KABQ Location of Kirtland Air Force Base
Runways
Direction Length Surface ft m 8/26 13,793 4,204 Concrete 3/21 10,000 3,048 Concrete 17/35 10,000 3,048 Asphalt/Concrete 12/30 6,000 1,829 Concrete

Kirtland Air Force Base (IATA: ABQ, ICAO: KABQ) is a United States Air Force base located in the southeast quadrant of the Albuquerque, New Mexico urban area, adjacent to the Albuquerque International Sunport. The base was named for the early Army aviator Col. Roy C. Kirtland. The military and the international airport share the same runways, making ABQ a joint civil-military airport.

Kirtland AFB is the third largest installation in Air Force Global Strike Command and sixth largest in the Air Force. The base occupies 51,558 acres and employs over 23,000 people, including more than 4,200 active duty and 1,000 Guard, plus 3,200 part-time Reserve personnel. Kirtland AFB’s economic impact for 2000 on the City of Albuquerque was over $2.7 billion.

Kirtland is the home of the Air Force Materiel Command's Nuclear Weapons Center (NWC). The NWC's responsibilities include acquisition, modernization and sustainment of nuclear system programs for both the Department of Defense and Department of Energy.The NWC is composed of two wings–the 377th Air Base Wing and 498th Nuclear Systems Wing–along with ten groups and 7 squadrons.

Kirtland is home to the 58th Special Operations Wing (58 SOW), an Air Education and Training Command (AETC) unit that provides formal aircraft type/model/series training. The 58 SOW operates the HC-130J, MC-130J, UH-1N Huey, HH-60G Pave Hawk and CV-22 Osprey aircraft. Headquarters, Air Force Operational Test and Evaluation Center is also located at Kirtland AFB. The 150th Special Operations Wing of the New Mexico Air National Guard, an Air Combat Command (ACC)-gained unit, is also home-based at Kirtland.