Getafe Air Base
Getafe Air Base is a military airbase located in Getafe, 14 km south of Madrid, Spain. The air base, at an altitude of 620 m above sea level, has a single runway with a length of 3.06 km.- Type: Aerodrome
- Description: airport
- Also known as: “Base Militar y Talleres Airbus Military”, “GEQ”, “Getafe Airbase”, and “LEGT”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Getafe Industrial and Alonso de Mendoza.
Alonso de Mendoza
Metro station
Alonso de Mendoza is a station on Line 12 of the Madrid Metro, named for the nearby Calle Alonso de Mendoza. It is located in fare Zone B1.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Getafe and Las Margaritas.
Getafe
Getafe is a city of 181,000 people just south of Madrid. It is home to the Getafe Air Base, one of the oldest Spanish military air bases, and to the main campus of the Charles III University of Madrid.Las Margaritas
Suburb
Las Margaritas is a neighbourhood of Getafe. It is situated in the North-Central zone of the city, next to the centre. It was constructed in the 1970s, and is of a small area, but has many tightly concentrated streets and several squares.
Getafe Air Base
- Categories: airbase, military installation, and transportation
- Location: Leganés, Madrid, Community of Madrid, Central Spain, Spain, Iberia, Europe
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Latitude
40.29672° or 40° 17′ 48″ north
Longitude
-3.72178° or 3° 43′ 18″ west
Elevation
618 metres (2,028 feet)
ICAO airport code
LEGT
Open location code
8CGR77WH+M7
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
aeroway=aerodrome
OpenStreetMap feature
landuse=military
OpenStreetMap feature
military=airfield
GeoNames ID
Wikidata ID
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Ukrainian—“Getafe Air Base” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Madrid / Getafe”
- Cebuano: “Madrid/Getafe”
- Chinese: “赫塔菲空軍基地”
- German: “Militärflugplatz Getafe”
- Hungarian: “Getafe légibázis”
- Indonesian: “LEGT”
- Japanese: “ヘタフェ空軍基地”
- Malay: “Pengkalan Udara Getafe”
- Persian: “پایگاه هوایی ختافه”
- Russian: “авиабаза Хетафе”
- Spanish: “Aerodromo de Getafe”
- Spanish: “Aeródromo de Getafe”
- Spanish: “Aerodromo de Madrid”
- Spanish: “Aeródromo de Madrid”
- Spanish: “Aeropuerto de Getafe”
- Spanish: “Base aerea de Getafe”
- Spanish: “Base Aérea de getafe”
- Spanish: “Base Aérea de Getafe”
- Spanish: “Escuela de Vuelo de Getafe”
- Spanish: “LEGT”
- Swedish: “Madrid / Getafe”
- Swedish: “Madrid/Getafe”
- Tajik: “Пойгоҳи ҳавоӣ хтофҳ”
- Tajik: “Пойгоҳи ҳавоии Хетафе”
- Ukrainian: “LEGT”
- Ukrainian: “Хетафе”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Los Melgarejos and Centro.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Base Aérea de Getafe and Plaza de Pinto.
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