Mitchel Air Force Base

Mitchel Air Force Base
Part of Air Defense Command
Located near: Uniondale, New York
Looking west in 1968, the airfield is mainly intact.
2006 USGS photo. The remains of runway 05/23 are visible in the center.
Mitchel AFB
Coordinates	40°43′32″N 73°35′42″W / 40.72556°N 73.59500°W / 40.72556; -73.59500
Site history
Built	1917
In use	1917–1961
Garrison information
Occupants
Mitchel Air Base and Flight Line
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
U.S. Historic district
Location	Roughly Charles Lindbergh Blvd., Ellington Ave., East & West Rds., East Garden City, New York
Area	108 acres (44 ha)
NRHP reference No.	100002385
Added to NRHP	May 4, 2018

Mitchel Field
IATA: none ICAO: none
Summary
Opened	1918 (1918)
Closed	June 25, 1961 (1961-06-25)
Elevation AMSL	85 ft / 26 m
Runways
Direction Length Surface ft m 5/23 6,700 1,737 Concrete 9/27 4,960 1,512 Concrete 12/30 5,142 1,567 Concrete 18/36 4,800 1,463 Concrete
Source: Airfields-Freeman.com [1]

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. Established in 1918 as Hazelhurst Aviation Field #2, the facility was renamed later that year as Mitchel Field in honor of former New York City Mayor John Purroy Mitchel, who was killed while training for the Air Service in Louisiana.^[2]

Decommissioned in 1961, Mitchel Field became a multi-use complex that is home to the Cradle of Aviation Museum, Nassau Coliseum, Mitchel Athletic Complex, Nassau Community College, Hofstra University, and Lockheed. In 2018 the surviving buildings and facilities were recognized as a historic district and listed on the National Register of Historic Places.^[3]