# Brüggen Air Base, Niederkrüchten, Germany

**Brüggen Air Base** was an airport in Niederkrüchten, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It opened in 1953. It closed on 15 Jun 2001. It was operated by Royal Air Force.

Web page: https://dromopedia.com/airports/de-0898

## At a glance

- Type: Closed airport
- Operator: Royal Air Force
- Serves: Niederkrüchten, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
- Opened: 1953
- Closed: 15 Jun 2001
- Elevation: 76 m / 248 ft
- Coordinates: 51.1997, 6.1321
- Time zone: UTC+1/+2 · Europe/Berlin
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RAF_Bruggen (6 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q441476
- Weather station: EDLN
- Ident: DE-0898

## Timeline

- 1953: Brüggen Air Base opens.
- 15 Jun 2001: Brüggen Air Base closes.

## Nearby airports

- [MGL](https://dromopedia.com/airports/edln.md) Mönchengladbach Airport · 26 km / 16 mi
- [GKE](https://dromopedia.com/airports/etng.md) Geilenkirchen Air Base · 27 km / 17 mi
- [EHBD](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ehbd.md) Kempen Airport Budel · 37 km / 23 mi
- [MST](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ehbk.md) Maastricht Aachen Airport · 41 km / 25 mi
- [NRN](https://dromopedia.com/airports/edlv.md) Weeze (Niederrhein) Airport · 45 km / 28 mi
- [DUS](https://dromopedia.com/airports/eddl.md) Düsseldorf Airport · 45 km / 28 mi

## Sources

- [NOAA Aviation Weather Center](https://aviationweather.gov/data/api/): Weather data: NOAA Aviation Weather Center (Public Domain (US Government))
- [OurAirports](https://ourairports.com/data/): Airport data from OurAirports (Public Domain)
- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org): Structured data from Wikidata (CC0 1.0)
- [timezone-boundary-builder](https://github.com/evansiroky/timezone-boundary-builder): Time zone boundaries © OpenStreetMap contributors, timezone-boundary-builder (ODbL 1.0)
- Every figure with its source: https://dromopedia.com/airports/de-0898/data