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Location
The U.S. Air Force Academy is located 55 miles south of Denver and eight miles north of Colorado Springs on Interstate 25.
  • If you travel to the Academy by car, you will find that entrances are clearly marked.
  • From the north, you may enter the Academy at Exit 156.
  • From the south, the easiest access to the Academy is at Exit 150. (You must have some type of DOD ID card to enter the Academy at the south gate.)

Academy Boulevard, a major street that dissects Colorado Springs, goes from the eastern and southern part of the city directly to the south entrance of the Academy.

See the detailed map of the Academy.

Air

The Colorado Springs Airport is convenient to the Academy. You can find taxi and auto rentals to get you from the airport to the Academy.

Directions from Colorado Springs Airport

  • As you depart the airport, go west on Drennen Road to Powers Boulevard.
  • Head north to Woodmen Road (about 12 miles) then west to Academy Boulevard and then north – directly to the south entrance of the Academy.

From Denver International Airport

Go south on Peña Boulevard to I-70. Head west to I-225, then southwest to I-25 and then south to the Academy (Exit 156).

Rail

Amtrak Railway serves Denver. Once there, taxi, auto rental and bus services are available to get you to Colorado Springs.

Bus

Greyhound also serves Colorado Springs and taxi and auto rentals are available. There is no city bus service to the Academy.

 
A unique learning environment nestled in the foothills of the Rocky Mountains.

 
Special Message
Lt. Gen. John F. Regni
Superintendent