5 installations

Military bases in Washington

5 mapped installations listed with Washington communities, organized for base research and arrival planning.

Understand the installation mix

The locations in this directory span 1 Air Force, 1 Joint, 3 Navy. Those categories describe the map group, while each guide explains the public mission and support context. Joint bases appear in the Joint category.

Fairchild Air Force Base

Fairchild is in eastern Washington's Spokane County, near Airway Heights, Medical Lake and Cheney. Spokane is the principal nearby city.

Official sources: Fairchild Air Force Base overview: MilitaryINSTALLATIONS

Joint Base Lewis-McChord

The base lies near Lakewood and Tacoma in lower Puget Sound, north of Olympia.

Official sources: Joint Base Lewis-McChord: MilitaryINSTALLATIONS overview

Naval Air Station Whidbey Island

The station is at Oak Harbor on Whidbey Island in northwest Washington's Island County.

Official sources: Naval Air Station Whidbey Island: MilitaryINSTALLATIONS overview

Installation guides in Washington

Plan around your actual assignment

A base name or city is a starting point. Identify the gaining organization, reporting destination and support community before choosing lodging or housing. Training sites, Reserve locations and permanent installations may have different arrangements. Use the installation guides for the published destination labels, official contacts and a saveable arrival checklist.

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Coverage and distance method

This is a curated directory, not an inventory of every military property. State lists use the state named in the installation’s listed community and do not describe every boundary or satellite site.