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.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Michiel1972, CC BY-SA 3.0.
- 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 Centro de Salud El Greco.
Getafe Industrial
Railway station
Photo: Antonio González Tajuelo, CC BY 2.0.
Getafe Industrial is a railway station.
Centro de Salud El Greco
Hospital
Photo: Mmerinom, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Centro de Salud El Greco is a hospital.
Alonso de Mendoza
Metro station
Photo: Draceane, CC BY-SA 4.0.
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
Photo: Riozujar, CC BY-SA 4.0.
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.
Vereda de los Estudiantes
Suburb
Photo: Malopez 21, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Vereda de los Estudiantes is a suburb.
Getafe Air Base
- Categories: air base, military installation, and transportation
- Location: Leganés, Madrid, Community of Madrid, Central Spain, Spain, Iberia, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
40.29672° or 40° 17′ 48″ northLongitude
-3.72178° or 3° 43′ 18″ westElevation
618 metres (2,028 feet)ICAO airport code
LEGTOpen location code
8CGR77WH+M7OpenStreetMap ID
node 255656000OpenStreetMap feature
aeroway=aerodromeOpenStreetMap feature
landuse=militaryOpenStreetMap feature
military=airfieldGeoNames ID
6299337Wikidata ID
Q1339056
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Tajik—“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”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Los Melgarejos and Centro.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Base Militar de Getafe y Talleres Airbus Military and Plaza de Pinto.
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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Getafe Air Base”. Photo: Michiel1972, CC BY-SA 3.0.