United States Air Force Academy Airfield
Airfield near Colorado Springs, Colorado, USA
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Davis Airfield, formerly the United States Air Force Academy Airfield, is located on United States Air Force Academy (IATA: AFF, ICAO: KAFF, FAA LID: AFF). It is a military (private-use) airfield near Colorado Springs, Colorado, used by the United States Air Force Academy.[1][2][3]
TypeU.S. Air Force airfield
OwnerDepartment of War
OperatorUnited States Air Force
ConditionOperational
| Davis Airfield | |||||||||||||
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| Part of the United States Air Force Academy | |||||||||||||
| Near Colorado Springs, Colorado in United States | |||||||||||||
| Site information | |||||||||||||
| Type | U.S. Air Force airfield | ||||||||||||
| Owner | Department of War | ||||||||||||
| Operator | United States Air Force | ||||||||||||
| Condition | Operational | ||||||||||||
| Location | |||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 38°58′24.2091″N 104°49′12.1178″W | ||||||||||||
| Garrison information | |||||||||||||
| Garrison | 306th Flying Training Group (GSU) | ||||||||||||
| Occupants | 94th FTS, 98th FTS, 306th OSS, 557th FTS | ||||||||||||
| Airfield information | |||||||||||||
| Identifiers | IATA: AFF, ICAO: KAFF, FAA LID: AFF | ||||||||||||
| Elevation | 6,576 feet (2,004 m) AMSL | ||||||||||||
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On November 1, 2019, the airfield was renamed Davis Airfield.[4][5] in honor of Gen. Benjamin O. Davis Jr., a Tuskegee Airman and World War II pilot.