Ärna Air Base

Ärna or Uppsala Air Base is an air base located northwest of , . It is a base of the Swedish Air Force. In 2009, it was announced that the Armed Forces had the intention to phase out its airport unit on 1 July 2010 and hand over the operation of the aerodrome to a private operator.
Wikipedia
  • Type: Aerodrome
  • Description: military airbase in northern Uppsala, Sweden
  • Also known as: “Ärna Airbase”, “ESCM”, and “Uppsala Airbase”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Disagården open air museum and Old Uppsala Church.

Museum
Photo: Ojan, Public domain.

Church
Photo: Szilas, Public domain.

Runestone
Photo: Uwezi, CC BY-SA 3.0.
or U 979 is the Rundata designation for a Viking Age runestone located at , Sweden, which depicts a ship.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Uppsala countryside and Uppsala.

Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The is the part of Uppsala municipality, Uppsala kommun, outside metropolitan itself. Some 60,000 people live in Uppsala's suburbs and surrounding villages.

Photo: Dcastor, CC0.
is a university city in . While sometimes stands in the shade of it maintains a sophisticated identity of its own. Compared to the Swedish capital, is less frantic, with more of a small-town atmosphere, influenced by the student culture and academic traditions of University.

Suburb
Photo: OlofE, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a parish and a village outside in . It had 17,973 inhabitants in 2016. As early as the 3rd century AD and the 4th century AD and onwards, it was an important religious, economic and political centre.

Ärna Air Base

Latitude
59.8998° or 59° 53′ 59″ north
Longitude
17.5886° or 17° 35′ 19″ east
Elevation
21 metres (69 feet)
Open location code
9FFVVHXQ+WC
Open­Street­Map ID
way 127092231
Open­Street­Map feature
aeroway=­aerodrome
Open­Street­Map feature
landuse=­military
Open­Street­Map feature
military=­airfield
Wiki­data ID
Q1015314
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In Other Languages

From Chinese to Tajik—“Ärna Air Base” goes by many names.
  • Chinese: “乌普萨拉机场”
  • Chinese: “烏普薩拉機場”
  • German: “Flugplatz Uppsala-Ärna”
  • German: “Militärflugplatz Uppsala-Ärna”
  • German: “Uppsala-Ärna flygplats”
  • Indonesian: “ESCM”
  • Japanese: “ウプサラ＝アーナ飛行場”
  • Japanese: “ウプサラ空港”
  • Malay: “Pangkalan Udara Uppsala”
  • Malay: “Pengkalan Udara Uppsala”
  • Persian: “فرودگاه آرنا”
  • Portuguese: “Aeroporto militar de Uppsala-Ärna”
  • Swedish: “Anders Celsius Airport”
  • Swedish: “Ärna flygplats”
  • Swedish: “Ärna”
  • Swedish: “Uppsala flygplats”
  • Swedish: “Uppsala-Ärna flygplats”
  • Tajik: “Фурудгоҳи Арна”
  • Tajik: “Фурудгоҳи орно”

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