Kindley Air Force Base

Kindley Air Force Base
St. David's Island, Bermuda
Near St. George's, Bermuda in United States
The former AFB Kindley Field, as it appeared in 1993
St. David's Island, after the construction of the airfield. The airfield encompasses all of the Island.
Kindley Air Force Base is located in Bermuda
Kindley Air Force Base
Kindley Air Force Base
Coordinates32°21′52.3″N 64°40′53.5″W / 32.364528°N 64.681528°W / 32.364528; -64.681528
TypeAir force base
Site information
Owner
Operator
Open to
the public		Yes
ConditionOperational - returned to the Bermudian government for use as L.F. Wade International Airport
Site history
Built1941-1943 (1941-1943)
In use1943-1995 (1943-1995)
FateReturned to the Bermudian government for use as L.F. Wade International Airport
Battles/warsWorld War II
Airfield information
IdentifiersIATA: BDA, ICAO: TXKF
Elevation12 feet (4 m) AMSL
Runways
Direction Length and surface
12/30 9,898 feet (3,017 m) Asphalt
St. David's, in 1676. The shape of St. David's Island, and of Castle Harbour (originally Southampton Harbour), was radically altered by the construction of the airfield, which began in 1941.

Kindley Air Force Base was a United States Air Force base in Bermuda from 1948–1970, having been operated from 1943 to 1948 by the United States Army Air Forces as Kindley Field.