# Barksdale Air Force Base (BAD)

> Bossier City, US · IATA: BAD · ICAO: KBAD · Medium Airport

## Quick Facts

| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| IATA | `BAD` |
| ICAO | `KBAD` |
| City | Bossier City |
| Country | US |
| Type | Medium Airport |
| Elevation | 51 m |
| Cargo | ❌ |
| GPS | 32.50180, -93.66270 |

## Description

Barksdale Air Force Base (BAD/KBAD) is a US Air Force installation at Bossier City, Louisiana, and headquarters of Air Force Global Strike Command — which means it is closed to commercial air freight. The host unit is the 2nd Bomb Wing, one of only two B-52H Stratofortress wings in the Air Force, alongside the Eighth Air Force. Cargo movements here are military airlift only; there are no freight forwarders, ground handling agents or customs clearance for commercial goods on site. Shippers in the Shreveport-Bossier area use Shreveport Regional Airport (SHV), roughly 15 km to the west, for scheduled belly-cargo capacity. Larger consignments move by road feeder service to Dallas/Fort Worth (DFW, about 300 km) or Houston Intercontinental (IAH, about 400 km), where freighter and intercontinental capacity is available. Interstates 20 and 49 meet at Shreveport, making that trucking leg straightforward to plan.

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