UDE

Volkel Air Base

ICAO EHVK51.6572°N 5.7078°E22 m / 72 ftMedium airport
On the map

Volkel Air Base (IATA: UDE, ICAO: EHVK) is a medium airport in Uden, Noord-Brabant, Netherlands. It opened in 1943. It has 2 runways; the longest is 3,027 m (9,931 ft). It is operated by Royal Netherlands Air Force.

Timeline

1 event · 1943–1943
1943
OpenedVolkel Air Base opens.
From WikidataEvery airfield, 1903–2026

Runways & airfield

Schematic · N · © OpenStreetMap
06R/24L055° / 236° · LIT
LENGTH3,027 m9,931 ftWIDTH23 m74 ftSURFACEAsphalt
06L/24R056° / 235° · LIT
LENGTH3,024 m9,922 ftWIDTH46 m150 ftSURFACEAsphalt

Records & rankings

Ranked among 48,011 open airports · world · region · country
Longest runway3,027 m9,931 ft46 m · SHORT150 ft · SHORTMEDIAN · 975 mMEDIAN · 3,200 ftLONG · 5,300 mLONG · 17,388 ft#1,127of 29,823 · #150 Europe · #2 NLElevation22 m72 ft-386 m · LOW-1,266 ft · LOWMEDIAN · 240 mMEDIAN · 787 ftHIGH · 4,938 mHIGH · 16,200 ft=38,019of 43,341 · =5,077 Europe · #10 NLAgeOpened 19432026 · NEWEST2026 · NEWESTMEDIAN · 1976MEDIAN · 1976OLDEST · 1902OLDEST · 1902=2,016of 15,079 · =662 Europe · #11 NLRunways21 · FEWER1 · FEWERMEDIAN · 1MEDIAN · 1MORE · 8MORE · 8=713of 29,943 · =134 Europe · =4 NL
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

7 channels
APPRAPCON South123.180
GNDGND38.677
TWRVolkel Tower122.100
APPRAPCON South122.100
ARRVolkel Arrival122.100
CENTERDutch Military Center125.930
FISDutch MIL Info132.350