The closest communities to Fairchild are Airway Heights, about 8 minutes from the main gate, and Medical Lake, about 13. Cheney, Eagle Ridge and downtown Spokane are 25 to 30 minutes. The times below are free-flow estimates, so treat them as a starting point.
On US-2 between the airport and the base. A mix of manufactured homes, single-family houses, newer subdivisions and apartments. Cheney School District. Check whether an address sits in an aircraft noise area or accident potential zone.
A small lake town with Waterfront Park and a trail around the lake. Medical Lake School District, which also runs Michael Anderson Elementary on base. In-town homes plus acreage in the pines.
A college town with subdivisions from the 1990s onward, older homes near Eastern Washington University, and acreage. Cheney School District.
Newer homes in a planned community inside Spokane city limits, in Spokane Public Schools. Ask me about US-195 access.
Start with your BAH and your report date, then decide how much drive you will trade for the kind of home you want. I build the search around your allowance and time the route you would actually drive.
Tell me what you are looking for and I will line up homes, run the payment on each one and answer the questions a listing can’t.