Andrews Air Force Base
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| Andrews Air Force Base
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| IATA: ADW – ICAO: KADW – FAA: ADW | |||
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| Airport type | Miliary: Air Force Base | ||
| Owner | United States Air Force | ||
| Location | Camp Springs, Maryland | ||
| Built | 1945 | ||
| In use | 1945-Present | ||
| Commander | Col. Paul R. Ackerley | ||
| Occupants |
316th Wing |
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| Elevation AMSL | 280 ft / 85 m | ||
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| Runways | |||
| Direction | Length | Surface | |
| ft | m | ||
| 01L/19R | 9,300 | 2,835 | Concrete |
| 01R/19L | 9,755 | 2,973 | Asphalt/Concrete |
| Sources: official site[1] and FAA[2] | |||
Andrews Air Force Base (IATA: ADW, ICAO: KADW, FAA LID: ADW) is a United States Air Force base in Prince George's County, Maryland, United States. Located near Washington, D.C., it is the home base of the U.S. presidential aircraft, Air Force One. Part of the base is a CDP, which had a population of 7,925 at the 2000 census.
The host unit is the 316th Wing, composed of an operations group and a mission support group.
Andrews' current mission is that of emergency reaction and contingency response capabilities critical to national security, and support for Air and Space Expeditionary Forces.
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[edit] History
Originally known as Camp Springs Army Air Base, the base was renamed to Andrews Field in 1945 after Frank Maxwell Andrews, a pivotal figure in the development of the United States Air Force, who had died in an airplane accident in 1943.
In 1962, Bolling Air Force Base ceased fixed-wing flight operations due to congestion at nearby National Airport, and these operations and assets were transferred to Andrews.
[edit] Geography
Andrews Air Force Base is located at (38.803490, -76.871508),[3] a few miles southeast of Washington, D.C. near the town of Morningside. According to the United States Census Bureau, the CDP has a total area of 6.8 sq mi (17.7 km²), all land. There are two runways on the base; the western runway is 11,300 ft (3,440 m) in length, and the eastern runway is 11,700 ft (3,570 m) in length.
[edit] Demographics
As of the census[4] of 2000, there were 7,925 people, 1,932 households, and 1,864 families residing in the CDP. The population density was 1,158.9 people per square mile (447.3/km²). There were 2,133 housing units at an average density of 311.9 sq mi (120.4/km²). The racial makeup of the base was 65.30% White, 22.78% African American, 0.64% Native American, 3.17% Asian, 0.11% Pacific Islander, 3.65% from other races, and 4.35% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 8.72% of the population.
There were 1,932 households out of which 75.9% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 86.1% were married couples living together, 7.3% had a female householder with no husband present, and 3.5% were non-families. 3.2% of all households were made up of individuals, none of whom was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 3.39 and the average family size was 3.44.
In the CDP the population is spread out with 35.0% under the age of 18, 16.3% from 18 to 24, 44.9% from 25 to 44, 3.6% from 45 to 64, and 0.2% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 24 years. For every 100 females there were 119.7 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 126.0 males.
The median income for a household in the base was $44,310, and the median income for a family was $42,866. Males had a median income of $27,070 versus $27,308 for females. The per capita income for the base was $16,520. About 2.6% of families and 2.4% of the population were below the poverty line, including of the total population, 2.8% of those under the age of 18 and none of those 65 and older.
[edit] Aircraft
- C-20B (89th Airlift Wing, Army Jet Detachment and Naval Air Facility)
- C-21 (457th Airlift Squadron)
- C-32A (89th Airlift Wing)
- C-37A (89th Airlift Wing, Army Jet Detachment and Naval Air Facility)
- C-38 (113th Wing, D.C. Air National Guard)
- C-40B/C (89th Airlift Wing/113th Wing, D.C. Air National Guard)
- C-130 Hercules (Naval Air Facility)
- EA-6B Prowler (Naval Air Facility)
- F-16 Fighting Falcon (113th Wing, D.C. Air National Guard)
- KC-135R Stratotanker (459th Air Refueling Wing)
- UC-12 Huron (Naval Air Facility and VMR, Det Andrews)
- UC-35 (Army Jet Det, Naval Air Facility and VMR, Det Andrews)
- UH-1N, (316th Wing)
- VC-25, Air Force One (89th Airlift Wing)
[edit] Popular culture
- In the film Independence Day, Air Force One narrowly escapes destruction as the airbase (As well as the city of Washington D.C.) is engulfed in flame from an alien attack.
[edit] References
This article incorporates text from http://www.andrews.af.mil Andrews Air Force Base, a public domain work of the United States Government.
- ^ Andrews Air Force Base, official site
- ^ FAA Airport Master Record for ADW (Form 5010 PDF), effective 2007-10-25
- ^ US Gazetteer files: 2000 and 1990. United States Census Bureau (2005-05-03). Retrieved on 2008-01-31.
- ^ American FactFinder. United States Census Bureau. Retrieved on 2008-01-31.
[edit] External links
- Andrews Air Force Base at GlobalSecurity.org
- Air Force District of Washington (AFDW)
- Aerial photograph of runway configuration
- Hybrid map and satellite image
- Resources for this U.S. military airport:
- AirNav airport information for KADW
- ASN accident history for ADW
- NOAA/NWS latest weather observations
- SkyVector aeronautical chart for KADW
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