Working list: Tallest military air base control towers
The following list identifies the tallest known controls towers used solely for military purposes. It does not include control towers for airports that share military and civilian operations. Military air bases can include air force bases, army airfields, joint force bases, naval air stations, marina corps air stations, and most recently, space force bases.
Edwards Air Force Base Control Tower – Source: edwards.af.mil
As becomes quickly apparent, the height of strictly military base control towers tends to be lower than their civilian counterparts. This is often due to the lack of large terminal buildings and parking garages for which the extra height is needed to see over. It also may be occasionally due to the size of aircraft utilizing the base.
McConnell Air Force Base Control Tower – Source: enr.com
There are many more control towers that could be added, both inside and outside the United States. However, information is not readily available across the internet. As additional information becomes known, it will be added to the list. Peace!
= known height, while ~ is estimated height
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- Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point (2026), NC = 205 feet
2. Rota Naval Station (2016), Spain = 184 feet
3. Wheeler-Sack Army Airfield (2016) Watertown, NY = 180 feet
4. Edwards Air Force Base (2022), CA = 160 feet
5. McConnell Air Force Base (2019): Wichita, KS = 140 feet
6. Joint Base Hickam (2014): Honolulu, HI = 139 feet
7. Davison Army Airfield (2013), Fort Belvoir, VA = 136 feet
8. Pope Army Airfield (2014): Fayetteville, NC = 135 feet
9. Hansom Air Force Base (2003): Bedford, MA = 133 feet
10. Seymour-Johnson Air Force Base (2020): Goldsboro, NC = 131 feet
11-12. Tinker Air Force Base (2019): Midwest City, OK and March Joint Air Reserve Base: Riverside, CA = 130 feet
13. Dover Air Force Base (2009): Dover, DE = 128 feet
14. Barksdale Air Force Base: Bossier City, LA ~ 127 feet
15-17. Holloman Air Force Base: Alamogordo, NM; Lawson Army Airfield (2020): Fort Benning, GA; and Coronado Naval Air Station (2006), CA ~ 126 feet
18. Norfolk Naval Base Air Station, VA = 125 feet
19. Whidbey Island Naval Air Station: Oak Harbor, WA = 121 feet
20-23. Eielson Air Force Base: Fairbanks, AK; Wright-Patterson Air Force Base: Fairborn, OH; and Hill Air Force Base (1974): Ogden, UT = 120 feet and Patuxent River Naval Air Station (2024), MD ~ 120 feet
24. Grand Forks Air Force Base, ND = 118 feet
25-26. Biggs Army Airfield (2017): El Paso, TX = 117 and Offutt Air Force Base (2008): Bellevue, NE ~ 117 feet
27-28. Miramar Mine Corps Air Station: San Diego, CA = 115 feet and Robins Air Force Base (post 2008): Warner Robins, GA ~ 115 feet
29. Vance Air Force Base (2015): Enid, OK = 112 feet
30. Altus Air Force Base (2001): Altus, OK ~ 110 feet
31-33. Little Rock Air Force Base: Jacksonville, AR; Beale Air Force Base: Marysville, CA; and MacDill Air Force Base: Tampa, FL = 110 feet
34. Spangdahlem Air Base (2009): Trier, Germany = 109 feet
35. Fairchild Air Force Base: Spokane, WA = 108 feet
36. Laughlin Air Force Base: Del Rio, TX ~ 106 feet
37. Ali Base Airfield (2010), Iraq = 104 feet
38-39. Dobbins Air Force Base (2011): Marietta, GA and Gray Army Airfield (2017): Tacoma, WA = 100 feet
40-43. Canadian Forces Base Trenton, ON, Canada = 90 feet and Royal Canadian Air Force Base Greenwood, NS, Canada; Aviano Air Base (2006), Italy; and Simmons Army Air Field: Fort Liberty, NC ~ 90 feet
44-46. Randolph Air Force Base (1997): San Antonio, TX = 80 feet and Maxwell Air Force Base: Montgomery, AL and Marine Corps Air Station New River (2014): Jacksonville, NC ~ 80 feet
47. Creech Air Force Base: Indian Springs, NV = 56 feet
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