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Ramstein

Ramstein Air Base

Ramstein Air Base is a United States Air Force installation located in , southwestern Germany. It serves as the headquarters for the United States Air Forces in Europe – Air Forces Africa and NATO Allied Air Command.
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  • Type: Aerodrome
  • Description: US Air Force base in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
  • Also known as: “ETAR”, “RAB”, “Ramstein”, “Ramstein AB”, “Ramstein AB Airport”, “Ramstein–Landstuhl Air Base”, and “RMS”
  • Wheelchair access: limited

Places of Interest

Highlights include West Palatine Musicians Museum and Landstuhl station.

Museum
Photo: TeKaBe, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The in , , documents the history of the Westphalian Wandering Musicians, the heyday of which was between 1850 and the First World War.

Railway station
Photo: Lsjm, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a station in the town of in the German state of . Deutsche Bahn classifies it as belonging to station category 3 and has three platforms tracks.

School
Photo: Germanintro, Public domain.
Ramstein American High School is a Department of Defense Education Activity high school in the Kaiserslautern district, . RHS is a part of the Ramstein Community Schools in the Eastern Europe district that is run by the Department of Defense Education Activity.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Kindsbach and Landstuhl.

Village
Photo: Rosalie44, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is a municipality in the , in , western .

Photo: gesoe62, CC BY-SA 3.0.
, officially the Sickingen Town of , is a town in the , in , . It is the seat of the Municipal Association of .

Village
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is a municipality in the , in , western . it is home to numerous restaurants and bay about 8 beauty salons and one grocery store…

Ramstein Air Base

Latitude
49.4414° or 49° 26′ 29″ north
Longitude
7.60005° or 7° 36′ 0″ east
Elevation
236 metres (774 feet)
Operator
United States Air Force
IATA airport code
RMS
ICAO airport code
ETAR
Open location code
8FX9CJR2+H2
Open­Street­Map ID
way 60546523
Open­Street­Map feature
aeroway=­aerodrome
Open­Street­Map feature
landuse=­military
Open­Street­Map feature
military=­airfield
Open­Street­Map attribute
wheelchair=­limited
Geo­Names ID
6296821
Wiki­data ID
Q161348
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In Other Languages

From Albanian to Ukrainian—“Ramstein Air Base” goes by many names.
  • Albanian: “Baza ajrore Ramstein”
  • Albanian: “Baza Ajrore Ramstein”
  • Arabic: “قاعدة رامشتين الجوية”
  • Arabic: “قاعدة”
  • Armenian: “Ռամշտայն օդային բազա”
  • Asturian: “Base Aérea de Ramstein”
  • Basque: “Ramstein aire-basea”
  • Belarusian: “авіябаза Рамштайн”
  • Belarusian: “Рамштайн (авіябаза)”
  • Belarusian: “Рамштайн”
  • Catalan: “Base Aèria de Ramstein”
  • Cebuano: “Ramstein”
  • Chinese: “拉姆斯坦空軍基地”
  • Chinese: “拉姆施泰因空军基地”
  • Chinese: “拉姆施泰因空軍基地”
  • Chinese: “蘭斯坦空軍基地”
  • Czech: “Letecká základna Ramstein”
  • Czech: “Ramstein AFB”
  • Czech: “Ramstein Air Base”
  • Czech: “Ramstein”
  • Czech: “Základna Ramstein”
  • Danish: “Ramstein Air Base”
  • Dutch: “Ramstein Air Base”
  • Dutch: “Vliegbasis Ramstein”
  • Esperanto: “Aerbazo Ramstein”
  • Esperanto: “Ramstein”
  • Estonian: “Ramstein Air Base”
  • Estonian: “Ramsteini õhuväebaas”
  • Finnish: “Ramsteinin lentotukikohta”
  • French: “Base aérienne de Ramstein”
  • French: “Landstuhl Air Base”
  • French: “Ramstein AB”
  • French: “Ramstein Air Base”
  • German: “Airbase Ramstein”
  • German: “ETAR”
  • German: “Ramstein Air Base”
  • German: “Ramstein Air Force Base”
  • German: “Ramstein Airbase”
  • German: “Ramstein”
  • Hebrew: “בסיס חיל האוויר ברמשטיין”
  • Hebrew: “רמשטיין”
  • Hungarian: “Ramstein légi támaszpont”
  • Indonesian: “ETAR”
  • Indonesian: “RMS”
  • Italian: “Ramstein Air Base”
  • Japanese: “ラムシュタイン空軍基地”
  • Japanese: “ラムシュタイン航空基地”
  • Japanese: “ラムシュテイン空軍基地”
  • Korean: “람슈타인 공군기지”
  • Korean: “램스타인 공군 기지”
  • Lithuanian: “Ramšteino oro bazė”
  • Malay: “Lapangan Terbang Ramstein AB”
  • Mongolian: “Рамштайн (нисэх онгоцны бааз)”
  • Mongolian: “Рамштайн”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Ramstein Air Base”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Ramstein”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Ramstein Air Base”
  • Norwegian: “Ramstein Air Base”
  • Persian: “پایگاه هوایی رامستاین”
  • Persian: “پایگاه هوایی رامشتاین”
  • Polish: “Ramstein Air Base”
  • Portuguese: “Base aérea de Ramstein”
  • Portuguese: “Base Aérea de Ramstein”
  • Romanian: “Baza Aeriană Ramstein”
  • Romanian: “Ramstein Air Base”
  • Romanian: “Ramstein”
  • Russian: “Авиабаза Рамштайн”
  • Russian: “Рамштайн”
  • Serbian: “Рамштајн (војна база)”
  • Serbian: “Рамштајн”
  • Spanish: “Base Aerea de Ramstein”
  • Spanish: “Base Aérea de Ramstein”
  • Spanish: “Base aerea ramstein”
  • Spanish: “Base aérea Ramstein”
  • Spanish: “Ramstein AB”
  • Swedish: “Ramstein Air Base”
  • Turkish: “Ramstein Hava Üssü”
  • Turkish: “Ramstein Havaalanı”
  • Ukrainian: “Авіабаза Рамштайн”
  • Ukrainian: “Рамштайн”

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