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Chanute Air Force Base

former United States Air Force Base in Rantoul, Illinois, United States
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Chanute Air Force Base

Summary

Chanute Air Force Base is a military base[1]. It draws 94 Wikipedia views per month (military_base category, ranking #75 of 398).[2]

Key Facts

  • Chanute Air Force Base is located in Rantoul[3].
  • Chanute Air Force Base is in the country of United States[4].
  • Chanute Air Force Base's image is recorded as Chanute Field - 1939.jpg[5].
  • Chanute Air Force Base's instance of is recorded as military base[6].
  • Octave Chanute is named after Chanute Air Force Base[7].
  • Chanute Air Force Base's followed by is recorded as Rantoul National Aviation Center[8].
  • Chanute Air Force Base's VIAF cluster ID is recorded as 143085046[9].
  • Chanute Air Force Base's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as n82024432[10].
  • Chanute Air Force Base's Commons category is recorded as Chanute Air Force Base[11].
  • +1917-00-00T00:00:00Z marks the founding of Chanute Air Force Base[12].
  • Chanute Air Force Base's end time is recorded as +1988-12-29T00:00:00Z[13].
  • Chanute Air Force Base's GNIS Feature ID is recorded as 2512080[14].
  • Chanute Air Force Base's coordinate location is recorded as {'globe': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q2', 'altitude': None, 'latitude': 40.2944, 'longitude': -88.1431, 'precision': 0.0001}[15].
  • Chanute Air Force Base's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/0cfr40[16].
  • Chanute Air Force Base's NRHP reference number is recorded as 06000594[17].
  • Chanute Air Force Base's Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID is recorded as topic/Chanute-Air-Force-Base[18].
  • Chanute Air Force Base's heritage designation is recorded as National Register of Historic Places listed place[19].
  • Chanute Air Force Base's GeoNames ID is recorded as 7267355[20].
  • Chanute Air Force Base's Quora topic ID is recorded as Chanute-AFB-IL[21].
  • Chanute Air Force Base's Carthalia ID is recorded as 8677[22].
  • Chanute Air Force Base's National Library of Israel J9U ID is recorded as 987007557573805171[23].
  • Chanute Air Force Base's LoC HABS/HAER/HALS place ID is recorded as il0732[24].
  • Chanute Air Force Base's WorldCat Entities ID is recorded as E39PBJmDmfHfxFV4crX7rKdxXd[25].
  • Chanute Air Force Base's Yale LUX ID is recorded as place/ccdd1d77-6edc-443b-9710-34fcd5477e22[26].

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Geography

Chanute Air Force Base is in the country of United States[4]. It is located in Rantoul[3].

Designation and Status

Chanute Air Force Base's instance of is recorded as military base[6]. Its heritage designation is recorded as National Register of Historic Places listed place[19].

History and Context

+1917-00-00T00:00:00Z marks the founding of Chanute Air Force Base[12]. Octave Chanute is named after it[7].

Why It Matters

Chanute Air Force Base draws 94 Wikipedia views per month (military_base category, ranking #75 of 398).[2]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . National Register of Historic Places. wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . GeoNames. wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . National Library of Israel Names and Subjects Authority File. wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.

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