NATO Air Base Geilenkirchen
NATO Air Base Geilenkirchen is located near Geilenkirchen, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It is the main operating base of the NATO Boeing E-3 Sentry Component, one of two operational elements of the NATO Airborne Early Warning and Control Force.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: J. Patrick Fischer, CC BY-SA 4.0.
- Type: Aerodrome
- Description: military airport near Geilenkirchen, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
- Also known as: “Geilenkirchen AB Airport” and “NATO E-3A Airbase Geilenkirchen”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Teverener Heide and St. Kornelius.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Panneschopp and Niederbusch.
NATO Air Base Geilenkirchen
- Categories: air base, military installation, and transportation
- Location: Geilenkirchen, Heinsberg, Cologne District, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, Central Europe, Europe
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Latitude
50.96156° or 50° 57′ 42″ northLongitude
6.04207° or 6° 2′ 31″ eastElevation
80 metres (262 feet)Operator
NATOIATA airport code
GKEICAO airport code
ETNGOpen location code
9F28X26R+JROpenStreetMap ID
way 24908316OpenStreetMap feature
aeroway=aerodromeOpenStreetMap feature
landuse=militaryOpenStreetMap feature
military=airfieldGeoNames ID
3207674Wikidata ID
Q329095
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Western Frisian—“NATO Air Base Geilenkirchen” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “NATO Air Base Geilenkirchen”
- Chinese: “蓋倫基興北約空軍基地”
- Dutch: “ETNG”
- Dutch: “NATO Air Base Geilenkirchen”
- Dutch: “NAVO-vliegbasis Geilenkirchen”
- Finnish: “Geilenkirchenin Nato-lentotukikohta”
- French: “Base aérienne de l’OTAN de Geilenkirchen”
- French: “Geilenkirchen”
- German: “Air Base Geilenkirchen”
- German: “ETNG”
- German: “Fliegerhorst Geilenkirchen”
- German: “NATO-Flugplatz Geilenkirchen”
- Japanese: “NATOガイレンキルヒェン航空基地”
- Japanese: “ガイレンキルヒェン北大西洋条約機構航空基地”
- Japanese: “ガイレンキルヒェン航空基地”
- Korean: “가일렌키르헨 NATO 공군기지”
- Malay: “Lapangan Terbang Geilenkirchen AB”
- Persian: “پایگاه هوایی ناتو در گایلنکیرشن”
- Tajik: “Пойгоҳи ҳавоӣ ноту дар гоилнкиршн”
- Tajik: “Пойгоҳи ҳавоии НАТО дар Гейленкирхен”
- Ukrainian: “Гайленкірхен (авіабаза)”
- Ukrainian: “Гайленкірхен”
- Western Frisian: “NAFO fleanbases Geilenkirchen”
- Western Frisian: “NATO fleanbases Geilenkirchen”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Im Winkel and Sievenbusch.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include FHF NATO E-3A Geilenkirchen and Schwalbensee.
North Rhine-Westphalia: Must-Visit Destinations
Delve into Cologne, Düsseldorf, Bonn, and Dortmund.
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