# Brooks Air Force Base, San Antonio, United States

**Brooks Air Force Base** was an airport in San Antonio, Texas, United States. It opened in 1917. It closed on 30 Sep 2011. It was operated by United States Air Force.

Web page: https://dromopedia.com/airports/us-3189

## At a glance

- Type: Closed airport
- Operator: United States Air Force
- Serves: San Antonio, Texas, United States
- Opened: 1917
- Closed: 30 Sep 2011
- Elevation: 597 ft / 182 m
- Coordinates: 29.3479, -98.4319
- Time zone: UTC-6/-5 · America/Chicago
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brooks_Air_Force_Base (4 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4974968
- Weather station: KSSF
- Ident: US-3189

## Timeline

- 1917: Brooks Air Force Base opens.
- 8 Dec 1917: United States Army becomes the operator.
- 18 Aug 1947: United States Air Force becomes the operator.
- 30 Sep 2011: Brooks Air Force Base closes.

## Nearby airports

- [SSF](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kssf.md) Stinson Municipal Airport · 2.5 mi / 4.0 km
- [SKF](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kskf.md) Lackland Air Force Base · 9.3 mi / 15 km
- [SAT](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ksat.md) San Antonio International Airport · 13 mi / 21 km
- [RND](https://dromopedia.com/airports/krnd.md) Randolph Air Force Base · 16 mi / 25 km
- [KBAZ](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kbaz.md) New Braunfels National Airport · 34 mi / 55 km
- [KHYI](https://dromopedia.com/airports/khyi.md) San Marcos Regional Airport · 51 mi / 82 km

## Sources

- [NOAA Aviation Weather Center](https://aviationweather.gov/data/api/): Weather data: NOAA Aviation Weather Center (Public Domain (US Government))
- [OurAirports](https://ourairports.com/data/): Airport data from OurAirports (Public Domain)
- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org): Structured data from Wikidata (CC0 1.0)
- [timezone-boundary-builder](https://github.com/evansiroky/timezone-boundary-builder): Time zone boundaries © OpenStreetMap contributors, timezone-boundary-builder (ODbL 1.0)
- Every figure with its source: https://dromopedia.com/airports/us-3189/data