Chièvres Air Base

ICAO EBCV50.5758°N 3.8310°E59 m / 194 ftMedium airport

Chièvres Air Base (ICAO: EBCV) is a medium airport in Chièvres, Hainaut Province, Belgium. It opened in 1917. It has one runway, 2,498 m (8,197 ft) long, asphalt. It is operated by United States Air Force.

Timeline

1 event · 1917–1917

1917

OpenedChièvres Air Base opens.

From WikidataEvery airfield, 1903–2026

Runways & airfield

Schematic · N · © OpenStreetMap

08/26080° / 260° · LIT

LENGTH2,498 m8,197 ftWIDTH45 m148 ftSURFACEAsphalt

Records & rankings

Ranked among 48,011 open airports · world · region · country

Longest runway2,498 m8,197 ft46 m · SHORT150 ft · SHORTMEDIAN · 975 mMEDIAN · 3,200 ftLONG · 5,300 mLONG · 17,388 ft=2,579of 29,823 · =474 Europe · #13 BE Elevation59 m194 ft-386 m · LOW-1,266 ft · LOWMEDIAN · 240 mMEDIAN · 787 ftHIGH · 4,938 mHIGH · 16,200 ft=34,083of 43,341 · =4,365 Europe · #26 BE AgeOpened 19172026 · NEWEST2026 · NEWESTMEDIAN · 1976MEDIAN · 1976OLDEST · 1902OLDEST · 1902=136of 15,079 · =114 Europe · #8 BE Runways11 · FEWER1 · FEWERMEDIAN · 1MEDIAN · 1MORE · 8MORE · 8=4,360of 29,943 · =643 Europe · =13 BE

Scale: share of airports ranked below, best on the right · ties shown as = and a band · passengers are each airport’s latest year on record

Radio frequencies

6 channels

ARRBRUSSELS APP126.625

ATISASOS 337.162

DEPBRUSSELS DEP126.625

GNDGND141.750

PTDPTD27.910

TWRTWR136.500