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McGuire AFB
Near Wrightstown, New Jersey in the United States
An aerial view of McGuire AFB in 1997
An aerial view of McGuire AFB in 1997
McGuire AFB is located in New Jersey
McGuire AFB
McGuire AFB
McGuire AFB is located in the United States
McGuire AFB
McGuire AFB
McGuire AFB is located in North America
McGuire AFB
McGuire AFB
McGuire AFB is located in North Atlantic
McGuire AFB
McGuire AFB
Coordinates40°00′56″N 074°35′30″W / 40.01556°N 74.59167°W / 40.01556; -74.59167
TypeUS Air Force base
Area40,000 acres (16,187 ha)
Site information
OwnerDepartment of Defense
OperatorUS Air Force
Websitewww.mcguire.af.mil
Site history
Built1937 (1937) (as Fort Dix Airport)
In use1937 – 2009 (2009)
FateMerged in 2009 to become an element of Joint Base McGuire–Dix–Lakehurst
Airfield information
IdentifiersIATA: WRI, ICAO: KWRI, FAA LID: WRI, WMO: 724096
Elevation42.9 metres (141 ft) AMSL
Runways
Direction Length and surface
06/24 3,052.2 metres (10,014 ft) 
18/36 2,172 metres (7,126 ft) 
Source: Federal Aviation Administration[1]

McGuire AFB/McGuire, the common name of the McGuire unit of Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, is a United States Air Force base in Burlington County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey, approximately 16.1 miles (25.9 km) south-southeast of Trenton. McGuire is under the jurisdiction of the Air Mobility Command. It was consolidated with two adjoining US Army and Navy facilities to become part of Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst (JB MDL) on 1 October 2009.

The McGuire Air Force Base census-designated place (CDP) is located in portions of both New Hanover Township and North Hanover Township.[2][3][4] As of the 2020 United States census, the McGuire Air Force Base CDP had a total population of 4,522.[5]

  1. ^ "Airport Diagram – McGuire Field / Joint Base McGuire Dix Lakehurst (KWRI)" (PDF). Federal Aviation Administration. 5 December 2019. Retrieved 18 December 2019.
  2. ^ GCT-PH1 – Population, Housing Units, Area, and Density: 2010 – County – County Subdivision and Place from the 2010 Census Summary File 1 for Burlington County, New Jersey Archived 12 February 2020 at archive.today, United States Census Bureau. Accessed 18 June 2013.
  3. ^ 2006–2010 American Community Survey Geography for New Jersey, United States Census Bureau. Accessed 18 June 2013.
  4. ^ New Jersey: 2010 – Population and Housing Unit Counts – 2010 Census of Population and Housing (CPH-2-32), United States Census Bureau, p. III-5, August 2012. Accessed 18 June 2013.
  5. ^ Cite error: The named reference 2020Census was invoked but never defined (see the help page).

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