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Kirtland Federal Complex is located on a high, arid mesa about five miles east of the Rio Grande in Bernalillo County, New Mexico. The mesa is cut by the east-west trending Tijeras Arroyo, which drains into the Rio Grande. The east side of the Kirtland Federal Complex north of Tijeras Arroyo is bounded by the southern end of the Sandia Mountains and south of Tijeras Arroyo by the Manzanita Mountains (foothills of the Manzano Mountains). Most of the area is relatively flat, sloping gently westward toward the Rio Grande. However, the eastern portion of the Complex extends into the canyons of the Manzanita Mountains. The western slope of the Manzanita Mountains facing the base is precipitous and rough and has numerous arroyos. Elevations range from 4920 feet (ft) at the Rio Grande to 7988 ft at the Manzano Lookout Tower in the Manzano Mountains. The mean elevation of the Kirtland Federal Complex is 5348 ft.

The Department facilities are surrounded by the Kirtland Federal Complex and include some co-use agreements on United States Air Force (USAF) property. An area of the Manzano Mountains in the eastern portion of the approximately 80 square-mile (sq mi) Kirtland Federal Complex has been withdrawn from the USFS for the exclusive use of the USAF and the Department

Located to the north and west of the Kirtland Federal Complex, Albuquerque is the largest population center in Bernalillo County. The 2000 census figure shows an Albuquerque population of 448,607. The greater Albuquerque area, including Rio Rancho and Corrales, has approximately 481,706 inhabitants. A 1994 projection of the Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA) population, which includes Bernalillo County, Valencia County, and Sandoval County, is 645,500. The Isleta Indian Reservation borders the Kirtland Federal Complex on the south. The Pueblo of Isleta, located approximately 8 mi southwest of the base, had a population of 1703 in 1990 and the wider reservation area had a total population of 2171 in 1990.

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