Travis Air Force Base

Travis Air Force Base Fairfield-Suisun Army Airfield
Part of Air Mobility Command (AMC)
Located near: Fairfield, California
C-17 Globemaster III taxiing at Travis AFB
Coordinates	38°15′46″N 121°55′39″W / 38.26278°N 121.92750°W / 38.26278; -121.92750 (Travis AFB)
Site information
Controlled by	United States Air Force
Site history
Built	1942
In use	1942 – present
Garrison information
Garrison	60th Air Mobility Wing

Airfield information
IATA: SUU ICAO: KSUU FAA LID: SUU
Summary
Elevation AMSL	63 ft / 19 m
Coordinates	38°15′46″N 121°55′39″W / 38.26278°N 121.92750°W / 38.26278; -121.92750Coordinates: 38°15′46″N 121°55′39″W / 38.26278°N 121.92750°W / 38.26278; -121.92750
Website	http://www.travis.af.mil
Map
KSUU Show map of California KSUU Show map of the US Location of Travis Air Force Base
Runways
Direction Length Surface ft m 3L/21R 11,001 3,353 PEM 3R/21L 10,995 3,351 Concrete 32/212 3,500 1,067 Concrete

Travis Air Force Base (IATA: SUU, ICAO: KSUU, FAA LID: SUU) is a United States Air Force air base under the operational control of the Air Mobility Command (AMC), located three miles (5 km) east of the central business district of Fairfield, in Solano County, California, United States. The base is named for Brigadier General Robert F. Travis, who died in the crash of a B-29 Superfortress while transporting a nuclear weapon.

The host unit at Travis AFB is the 60th Air Mobility Wing. The 60th AMW is the largest wing in the Air Force's Air Mobility Command, with a versatile fleet of C-5 Galaxies, KC-10 Extenders, and C-17 Globemaster III aircraft.

Components of the 60th AMW are:

Situated in the San Francisco Bay Area and known as the "Gateway to the Pacific", Travis Air Force Base handles more cargo and passenger traffic through its airport than any other military air terminal in the United States. Today, Travis AFB includes approximately 7,260 active USAF military personnel, 4,250 Air Force Reserve personnel and 3,770 civilians.