Cell towers in McChord AFB, Washington
The FCC register lists 5 antenna structures in and around McChord AFB. That is the 108th highest count of any place in Washington.
Overview
McChord AFB, WA has 5 registered antenna structures on the FCC register — the 108th largest count among the 346 places in Washington that have any.
Area density is 0.85 per square mile — usually the more telling figure for infrastructure that follows terrain, roads and line of sight rather than population.
The tallest structure on the register here is 59 m (195 ft) above ground level.
Monopoles account for 60.0% of the registrations here — a single tubular shaft, cheaper to permit in built-up areas because it takes little ground space.
The oldest structure on file here was registered in 1998, the newest in 2024 — 26 years of build-out visible in one register.
Structure types
| Monopole | 3 | 60% |
| Tower | 1 | 20% |
| Pole | 1 | 20% |
Largest registered owners
owner is not the same as carrier| Signal Point Other | 3 | 60% |
| Washington, State of; Department of Transportation Government | 1 | 20% |
| T-mobile West LLC Carrier | 1 | 20% |
Tallest registered structures
| Height | Type | Built | Owner | ASR |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 59 m (195 ft) | Monopole | 2023 | Signal Point | 2720717 |
| 59 m (194 ft) | Monopole | 2024 | Signal Point | 2722372 |
| 52 m (169 ft) | Tower | 2010 | T-mobile West LLC | 2668762 |
| 50 m (165 ft) | Monopole | 2024 | Signal Point | 2725283 |
| 14 m (46 ft) | Pole | 1998 | Washington, State of; Department of Transportation | 617660 |
When they were registered
| 1990s | 1 | 20% |
| 2010s | 1 | 20% |
| 2020s | 3 | 60% |
Nearby places
- Lakewood 11
- Spanaway 11
- Fort Lewis 6
- University Place 6
- DuPont 5
About this data
Figures are drawn from the FCC's public antenna structure register (2026-08-23). It covers structures that need registering — broadly those over 200 feet or close to an airport — and not the many shorter installations that carry mobile traffic.
The FCC Antenna Structure Registration database covers structures that require registration — generally those over 200 feet or near airports. Many small cells, rooftop antennas and short towers are not registered and will not appear here.
"Owner" is the entity that registered the structure, usually a tower company such as American Tower or Crown Castle. It does not indicate which carriers operate equipment on the structure.