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Büchel Air Base

Büchel Air Base is a military air base of the Luftwaffe in , near the city of and at about 70 km from . It is home to the Taktisches Luftwaffengeschwader 33 of the German Air Force and the 702 Munitions Support Squadron of the United States Air Force.
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  • Type: Aerodrome
  • Description: architectural structure
  • Also known as: “Buchel AB Airport”, “Buechel”, and “ETSB”

Places of Interest

Highlights include St. Johannes der Täufer.

Church
Photo: F.baumgarten, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is a church.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Büchel and Gevenich.

Village
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is an Ortsgemeinde – a municipality belonging to a Verbandsgemeinde, a kind of collective municipality – in the district in , . It belongs to the Verbandsgemeinde of Ulmen, whose seat is in the .

Village
Photo: Reinhardhauke, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is an Ortsgemeinde – a municipality belonging to a Verbandsgemeinde, a kind of collective municipality – in the district in , . It belongs to the Verbandsgemeinde of Ulmen, whose seat is in the .

Village
Photo: F.baumgarten, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is an Ortsgemeinde – a municipality belonging to a Verbandsgemeinde, a kind of collective municipality – in the district in , . It belongs to the Verbandsgemeinde of Ulmen, whose seat is in the .

Büchel Air Base

Latitude
50.17152° or 50° 10′ 18″ north
Longitude
7.05564° or 7° 3′ 20″ east
Elevation
477 metres (1,565 feet)
Height
3 metres (9.8 feet)
Operator
GAF
ICAO airport code
ETSB
Open location code
9F2953C4+J7
Open­Street­Map ID
way 450709599
Open­Street­Map feature
aeroway=­aerodrome
Open­Street­Map feature
landuse=­military
Open­Street­Map feature
military=­airfield
Geo­Names ID
6296866
Wiki­data ID
Q320257
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In Other Languages

From Cebuano to Tajik—“Büchel Air Base” goes by many names.
  • Cebuano: “Buechel”
  • Chinese: “比歇尔空军基地”
  • Chinese: “比歇爾空軍基地”
  • Dutch: “Vliegbasis Büchel”
  • Finnish: “Büchelin lentotukikohta”
  • French: “base aérienne de Büchel”
  • French: “Base aérienne de Büchel”
  • French: “Büchel Air Base”
  • German: “ETSB”
  • German: “Fliegerhorst Büchel”
  • Indonesian: “ETSB”
  • Italian: “Base aerea di Büchel”
  • Japanese: “ビューヒェル航空基地”
  • Korean: “뷔셀 공군 기지”
  • Malay: “Lapangan Terbang Buchel AB”
  • Persian: “پایگاه هوایی بوشل”
  • Polish: “Lotnisko Büchel”
  • Russian: “Авиабаза ‘Бюхель’”
  • Spanish: “Base aérea de Büchel”
  • Tajik: “Пойгоҳи ҳавоӣ бушл”
  • Tajik: “Пойгоҳи ҳавоии Бюхел”

Localities in the Area

Explore places such as Entenpuddel and Georgsweiler.

Notable Places Nearby

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