| Official Name: | Kincheloe, Michigan |
| Settlement Type: | Census-designated place (CDP) & unincorporated community |
| Pushpin Map: | Michigan |
| Pushpin Label: | Kincheloe |
| Pushpin Label Position: | left |
| Pushpin Map Caption: | Location within the state of Michigan |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: | United States |
| Subdivision Type1: | State |
| Subdivision Name1: | Michigan |
| Subdivision Type2: | County |
| Subdivision Name2: | Chippewa |
| Subdivision Type3: | Township |
| Subdivision Name3: | Kinross |
| Unit Pref: | Imperial |
| Area Footnotes: | [1] |
| Area Total Km2: | 3.28 |
| Area Land Km2: | 3.28 |
| Area Water Km2: | 0.00 |
| Area Total Sq Mi: | 1.27 |
| Area Land Sq Mi: | 1.27 |
| Area Water Sq Mi: | 0.00 |
| Population As Of: | 2020 |
| Population Total: | 2587 |
| Population Density Km2: | 789.08 |
| Population Density Sq Mi: | 2043.44 |
| Timezone: | Eastern (EST) |
| Utc Offset: | -5 |
| Timezone Dst: | EDT |
| Utc Offset Dst: | -4 |
| Coordinates: | 46.2675°N -84.4622°W |
| Postal Code Type: | ZIP code(s) |
| Postal Code: | 49788 |
| Area Code: | 906 |
| Blank Name: | FIPS code |
| Blank Info: | 26-43180 |
Kincheloe is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in Chippewa County on the Upper Peninsula of the U.S. state of Michigan, named after the former Kincheloe Air Force Base, that was in turn named after noted pilot Iven Kincheloe.
Kincheloe is at the eastern end of Kinross Charter Township, just east of Interstate 75 (I-75) and about 20miles southwest of Sault Ste. Marie and 37miles north of St. Ignace. It is on the area formerly occupied by the Kincheloe Air Force Base, which covered 7265acres.
Despite the loss of approximately 10,000 personnel living in the area after the base closure in 1977, the town has managed to survive the years since closing, largely due to the development of several prisons in the area, some growth in light industry and an airport that continues to use some of the runways built for the Air Force Base.
Chippewa County International Airport, Kinross Correctional Facility, Chippewa Correctional Facility, Kinross Manufacturing, American Kinross, Inc. are now located on the base's former property and adjacent land. In all, the local tax base had doubled, and the civilian payroll created by the new ventures had reached $110 million.
The town is also home to The Oaks at Kincheloe, formerly The Kincheloe Memorial Golf Course, an 18-hole, par 72, 7000yd course built as a nine-hole course by the base in 1951 and expanded in 1987.