Lieutenant General Best Barracks

Lieutenant General Best Barracks, formerly De Peel Air Base, is a Royal Netherlands Army guided missile base in the . It has only one, though not actively used, runway.
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  • Type: Aerodrome
  • Description: airport in the Netherlands
  • Also known as: De Peel Air Base”, “EHDP”, “luchtmachtbasis De Peel”, and “Vliegbasis de Peel

Places of Interest

Highlights include Klotterpeel and Stippelberg.

Nature reserve
is a nature reserve.

Nature reserve
is a nature reserve.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Ysselsteyn and Vredepeel.

Village
is a village in the municipality of in , . It was established in 1921 and named after its designer, Hendrik Albert van IJsselsteyn, then Minister of Agriculture.

Village
is a village in the province of , in the municipality of , with a population of 230. It is home to the Royal Netherlands Army's Joint Ground-based Air Defense Command.

Village
is a village east of and in southern part of the . Until the late 1990s it formed the municipality of Bakel and Milheeze alongside and , but in 1997 it was forced to merge with the larger municipality.

Lieutenant General Best Barracks

Latitude
51.5228° or 51° 31′ 22″ north
Longitude
5.8547° or 5° 51′ 17″ east
Elevation
30 metres (98 feet)
Operator
Ministerie van Defensie
Open location code
9F37GVF3+4V
Open­Street­Map ID
way 431535868
Open­Street­Map feature
aeroway=­aerodrome
Open­Street­Map feature
landuse=­military
Open­Street­Map feature
military=­airfield
Wiki­data ID
Q2668774
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In Other Languages

From Chinese to Persian—“Lieutenant General Best Barracks” goes by many names.
  • Chinese: De Peel空軍基地
  • Chinese: 德佩尔空军基地
  • Chinese: 德佩爾空軍基地
  • Dutch: Luchtmachtbasis De Peel
  • Dutch: Luitenant-generaal Bestkazerne
  • German: Militärflugplatz De Peel
  • Indonesian: EHDP
  • Japanese: デ・ペール空軍基地
  • Japanese: デ・ペール航空基地
  • Norwegian Bokmål: Luitenant-generaal Bestkazerne
  • Norwegian: Luitenant-generaal Bestkazerne
  • Persian: پایگاه هوایی دپیل

Localities in the Area

Explore places such as Jodenpeel and Klef.

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Highlights include Vliegveldbossen and Raceway Venray.

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