Saint-Hubert Airfield Explained

Saint-Hubert Airfield
Icao:EBSH
Type:Public
City-Served:Saint-Hubert
Location:Wallonia, Belgium
Elevation-F:1,847
Coordinates:50.0358°N 5.4042°W
Pushpin Map:Belgium
Pushpin Label:EBSH
Pushpin Map Caption:Location of EBSH
Metric-Rwy:Y
R1-Number:05L/23R
R1-Length-M:600
R1-Surface:Grass
R2-Number:05R/23L
R2-Length-M:600
R2-Surface:Grass
R3-Number:14L/32R
R3-Length-M:799
R3-Surface:Grass
R4-Number:14R/32L
R4-Length-M:799
R4-Surface:Grass
Footnotes:Sources: Belgian AIP

Saint-Hubert Airfield is a public use airfield located near Saint-Hubert, Belgium, Luxembourg, Wallonia, Belgium.

It is the second highest aerodrome in Belgium at 1847feet above sea level. It has four grass runways, in two parallel pairs, almost perpendicular; several aircraft hangars are rented on the site. It is located in the heart of the Ardennes, in uncontrolled airspace.

History

Initially created as an aviation school in 1930, the airfield was used as a US Army center in 1945. It was sold to the Belgian state in 1946 and served as a backup airport for the city of Ostend, in case Melsbroek or Brussels Airport were to be unusable. It has a long tradition in glider flying.

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