# Weelde Air Base, Weelde, Belgium

**Weelde Air Base** is a small airport in Weelde, Antwerp Province, Belgium. It opened in 1953. It has one runway, 2,980 m (9,777 ft) long, concrete. It is operated by Belgian Air Force.

Web page: https://dromopedia.com/airports/ebwe

## At a glance

- Type: Small airport
- Operator: Belgian Air Force
- Serves: Weelde, Antwerp Province, Belgium
- Opened: 1953
- Elevation: 32 m / 105 ft
- Coordinates: 51.3948, 4.9602
- Runways: 1
- Longest runway: 2,980 m / 9,777 ft
- Time zone: UTC+1/+2 · Europe/Brussels
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Weelde_Air_Base (9 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1944310
- Weather station: EBWE
- Ident: EBWE

## Timeline

- 1953: Weelde Air Base opens.

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 07/25 | 2,980 m / 9,777 ft | 45 m / 147 ft | Concrete | 068° / 248° |  |

## Rankings

Ranked among 48,075 open airports; = marks a shared place.

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Longest runway | 2,980 m / 9,777 ft | =1,453 of 29,858 | =227 in Europe | =8 in BE |
| Elevation | 32 m / 105 ft | =36,652 of 43,403 | =4,876 in Europe | #32 in BE |
| Age | Opened 1953 | =3,935 of 15,079 | =792 in Europe | #21 in BE |
| Runways | 1 | =4,364 of 29,978 | =646 in Europe | =13 in BE |

## Radio frequencies

| Type | Description | MHz |
| --- | --- | --- |
| AFIS | RDO | 120.225 |

## Nearby airports

- [GLZ](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ehgr.md) Gilze Rijen Air Base · 19 km / 12 mi
- [OBL](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ebzr.md) Oostmalle Airfield · 20 km / 12 mi
- [EIN](https://dromopedia.com/airports/eheh.md) Eindhoven Airport · 29 km / 18 mi
- [EBKH](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ebkh.md) Balen-Keiheuvel Airfield · 30 km / 19 mi
- [EBBT](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ebbt.md) Brasschaat Airfield · 32 km / 20 mi
- [EHSE](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ehse.md) Breda International Airport · 33 km / 21 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/ebwe/data