Planning on visiting your student or family members
stationed at Goodfellow AFB? Here is
some important information you will need to know prior to visiting.
VISITOR CONTROL CENTER
The Visitor Control Center (VCC) is located adjacent to the
South Gate. Below are the hours of
operation for the VCC.
- Open Monday – Friday 07:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
- Closed on the weekends, all Federal Holidays, and Wing Down
Days.
When the VCC is closed,
visitors can obtain passes at the South Gate (Jacobson Gate).
SPONSOR
You will need someone
with a DoD ID card to ‘sponsor’ you to enter the base. Your sponsor must be present in order for you to receive a pass.
GATE HOURS
Both gates conduct 100% hands-on ID checks.
North Gate
- Open Monday – Friday 05:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m.
- Closed on the weekends, all Federal holidays, and Wing Down
days.
South Gate (Jacobson Gate)
Main Entrance
Open Sunday - Saturday 24 hours
VISITOR’S PASS AND DOCUMENTS NEEDED
All visitors 16 years of age and older require a visitor’s
pass to access the installation. All
visitors that are 10 years of age and older will require to have a National
Crime Information Center (NCIC) check.
Visitors who do not meet the requirements to enter the installation will
be given an Acknowledgement of Base Access Denial Notification letter informing
them why they cannot enter Goodfellow AFB.
Visitors who are denied access will be given information on
how to file an appeal on the denial.
Denial appeals can take anywhere from a month and a half to three months
or longer, depending on the severity of the reason, to receive an answer
back. All requested documentation will
be mailed to the 17th Security Forces Squadron, 361 Apache Trail,
Goodfellow AFB, TX 76908 or hand delivered to the Visitor Control Center
located adjacent to the South Gate.
DOCUMENTS NEEDED TO OBTAIN A VISITOR'S PASS
All visitors 16 years of age and older must have either a
state issued driver’s license or identification (ID) card. All required documents must be original,
valid and unexpired. Photocopies will
not be accepted. All driver’s license
and ID cards cannot contain any of the following markings, “Not Valid for Federal
Purposes,” “Not for Use as Federal Identification,” “Federal Limits May Apply,”
or any other similar phrase.
If your state issued driver’s license or ID card does
contain any of those markings, then you will need to present another form of
identification.
DOCUMENTS NEEDED TO OBTAIN A VISITOR'S PASS
- U.S. Passport
- Birth certificate
- Permanent resident ID card
OTHER ACCEPTABLE FORMS OF IDs
- Veteran ID card
- Veteran health identification card
- (VHIC)
- Gold star family member ID card
INFORMATION SHEET FOR DBIDS PASS
Visitors can fill out an Information Sheet for DBIDS pass
prior to coming to Goodfellow AFB. The
information sheet must be filled out legibly by each visitor requesting access,
to include those 10 years of age to 15 years of age. The information provided will be used to
check your background as well as issue your pass.
Click link below to print an information sheet for DBIDS pass.
DBIDS Information Sheet
Required documents:
- State issued driver’s license or identification card
- Social security card
- Vehicle registration
and vehicle insurance card