NCLS Registration
Visiting Students and Faculty Registration will open October 6th, 2025. Registration for all other categories will open in January 2026. The links below will be activated when registration becomes available.
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Base Access during 2026 NCLS
Access procedures at the U.S. Air Force Academy continue to affect the visitor experience. While the installation remains open, anyone without a DoD ID card must request and obtain a visitor pass to enter the base using the link below. Once your request is received, the 10th Security Forces Squadron’s Pass and Registration Office will conduct a background check, and you will receive a decision via text within 72 hours. If approved, proceed to the North on the day of your approved visit date and present a Real ID for base access. Employees and sponsored visitors should plan for increased security measures and longer wait times at the gates. While on the installation, all personnel are subject to search. Guests under the age of 18 (and 18-year-old students with D20 student IDs) Do Not need to request visitation access. Any individual 18 or older will need to do the pre-registration online.
If anyone has issues with receiving an approval message (they receive “error” messages or never receive a message back at all), please re-apply. If the issue persists, please go to the Pass & Registration Office outside of South Gate to get a physical pass for the day of the event.
Please note: Guests may only have one active code at a time. Applying for multiple such as a different event, will revoke the last.
Visiting students
- You are an undergraduate student* at a college or university between ages 18-26.
*Please note that visiting students are required to attend with a sponsoring visiting faculty member or attach a sponsorship letter during the registration process. A sample of the sponsorship letter can be found here: sample letter.
Visiting faculty
- You are a college or university faculty or staff member attending NCLS with students.
- You are an academic educator attending without students.
Academy cadets, staff and faculty
- You are a cadet or cadet candidate, military or civilian assigned to any Academy organization.
Community participant
- You are a college or university student who is registering as Community and won’t be lodged in the dorms.
- You are a U.S. Air Force Academy alum or Association of Graduates member.
- You are a military member not assigned to USAFA.
- You are a member of the local community.