Torrejón Air Base
Torrejón Air Base is both a major Spanish Air and Space Force base and the co-located Madrid–Torrejón Airport, a secondary civilian airport for the city and metropolitan area of Madrid, east-northeast of the city center in central Spain.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Aerodrome
- Description: Spanish Air Force air base
- Also known as: “BA Torrejon”, “Base Aerea de Torrejon de Ardoz”, “LETO”, “TOJ”, “Torrejon Air Base”, “Torrejon Airport”, and “Torrejon de Ardoz Air Base”
Places of Interest
Highlights include National Institute for Aerospace Technology and Spanish Astrobiology Center.
National Institute for Aerospace Technology
Military installation
The National Institute for Aerospace Technology "Esteban Terradas" is an autonomous agency of the Spanish public administration dependent on the Secretariat of State for Defence.
Spanish Astrobiology Center
Public building
Spanish Astrobiology Center is a state-run institute in Spain dedicated to astrobiology research, and it is part of the National Institute of Aerospace Technology as well as the Spanish National Research Council.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Ajalvir and Daganzo de Arriba.
Ajalvir
Village
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY 3.0 es.
Ajalvir is a town and municipality in the Autonomous Community of Madrid in central Spain, located 26 kilometres north-east of Madrid and 12 kilometres from Alcalá de Henares.
Daganzo de Arriba
Town
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Daganzo de Arriba is a Spanish municipality in the Comarca de Alcalá, located in the north-east of Autonomous Community of Madrid. It has a population of about 9,000, of which are mostly young families, in more recent times people have been purchasing homes in the new housing subdivisions that are being built and residing within those new neighborhoods.
Alcalá de Henares
Photo: Choniron, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Alcalá de Henares is a city 30 km northeast of Madrid. Its attractive medieval centre, a UNESCO World Heritage Site, is full of interesting old buildings.
Torrejón Air Base
- Categories: air base, airport, military installation, and transportation
- Location: Torrejón de Ardoz, Madrid, Community of Madrid, Central Spain, Spain, Iberia, Europe
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Latitude
40.48888° or 40° 29′ 20″ northLongitude
-3.4475° or 3° 26′ 51″ westElevation
599 metres (1,965 feet)Open location code
8CGRFHQ2+HXOpenStreetMap ID
way 23886074OpenStreetMap feature
aeroway=aerodromeOpenStreetMap feature
landuse=militaryOpenStreetMap feature
military=airfield
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Ukrainian—“Torrejón Air Base” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “قاعدة توريخون الجوية”
- Basque: “Torrejón de Ardozko aire-basea”
- Catalan: “Base aèria de Torrejón de Ardoz”
- Cebuano: “Torrejón de Ardoz Air Base”
- Chinese: “托雷洪空軍基地”
- Dutch: “Torrejón Air Base”
- Esperanto: “Aerbazo Torrejón”
- French: “base aérienne de Torrejón de Ardoz”
- French: “Base aérienne de Torrejón de Ardoz”
- French: “Torrejon Air Base”
- Galician: “Base Aérea de Torrejón de Ardoz”
- Indonesian: “LETO”
- Indonesian: “TOJ”
- Italian: “Base aerea di Torrejon”
- Italian: “Torrejon Air Base”
- Japanese: “トレホン・デ・アルドス空軍基地”
- Japanese: “トレホン空軍基地”
- Japanese: “マドリード＝トレホン空港”
- Malay: “Lapangan Terbang Torrejon”
- Persian: “پایگاه هوایی توررخن”
- Polish: “Lotnisko wojskowe Torrejón de Ardoz”
- Polish: “Port lotniczy Madryt-Torrejón”
- Polish: “TOJ”
- Portuguese: “Base Aérea de Torrejón de Ardoz”
- Slovenian: “BA Torrejon”
- Slovenian: “Base Aerea de Torrejon de Ardoz”
- Slovenian: “Zračno oporišče Torrejón”
- Spanish: “Aeropuerto de Madrid Torrejon de Ardoz”
- Spanish: “Aeropuerto de Madrid Torrejón de Ardoz”
- Spanish: “Aeropuerto de Madrid Torrejon”
- Spanish: “Aeropuerto de Madrid-Torrejon de Ardoz”
- Spanish: “Aeropuerto de Madrid-Torrejon”
- Spanish: “Aeropuerto de Madrid-Torrejón”
- Spanish: “Aeropuerto de Torrejon de Ardoz”
- Spanish: “Aeropuerto de Torrejón de Ardoz”
- Spanish: “Aeropuerto de Torrejon”
- Spanish: “Aeropuerto de Torrejón”
- Spanish: “Base Aerea de Torrejon de Ardoz”
- Spanish: “Base Aerea de Torrejón de Ardoz”
- Spanish: “Base Aérea de Torrejón de Ardoz”
- Spanish: “Base Aerea de Torrejon”
- Spanish: “Base Aérea de Torrejón”
- Spanish: “Base de Torrejon”
- Spanish: “Base de Torrejón”
- Spanish: “LETO”
- Swedish: “Torrejón de Ardoz Air Base”
- Tajik: “Пойгоҳи ҳавоӣ туррхн”
- Tajik: “Пойгоҳи ҳавоии Торрехон”
- Ukrainian: “Авіабаза Торрехон”
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