Weelde Air Base Explained

Weelde Air Base
Icao:EBWE
Type:Military
Operator:Belgian Air Component
Location:Weelde, Belgium
Elevation-F:105
Coordinates:51.3942°N 4.9592°W
Pushpin Map:Belgium
Pushpin Mapsize:250
Pushpin Map Caption:Location in Belgium
Pushpin Label:EBWE
Pushpin Label Position:bottom
Metric-Rwy:y
R1-Number:07/25
R1-Length-M:2,980
R1-Surface:Asphalt
Footnotes:Sources: Belgian AIP

Weelde Air Base is a NATO reserve airfield located in Weelde, a village in the Ravels municipality in Belgium. It is operated by the Belgian Air Component that has no military flight operations at that location, besides aircraft arriving to be stored or leaving storage, for example retired F-16 aircraft.[1] The Belgian Air Component also uses the airfield for the activities of the Belgian Air Cadets.

Weelde Air Base is also publicly accessible as a light general aviation field and home to the gliding club "Kempische Aero Club".

See also

References

  1. http://www.f-16.net/f-16_users_article2.html F-16 Air Forces - Belgium

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