# Celle Army Airfield (ETHC)

**Celle Army Airfield** (ICAO: ETHC) is a medium airport in Celle, Lower Saxony, Germany. It opened in 1934. It has one runway, 1,831 m (6,007 ft) long, asphalt. It is operated by German Army.

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

## At a glance

- IATA / ICAO: — / ETHC
- Type: Medium airport
- Operator: German Army
- Owner: Institute for Federal Real Estate
- Serves: Celle, Lower Saxony, Germany
- Opened: 1934
- Elevation: 39 m / 129 ft
- Coordinates: 52.5912, 10.0221
- Runways: 1
- Longest runway: 1,831 m / 6,007 ft
- Time zone: UTC+1/+2 · Europe/Berlin
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Celle_Air_Base (6 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1593551
- Weather station: ETHC · WMO 10343
- Ident: ETHC

## Timeline

- 1934: Celle Army Airfield opens.

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 08/26 | 1,831 m / 6,007 ft | 45 m / 148 ft | Asphalt | 081° / 261° | yes |

## Rankings

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

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Longest runway | 1,831 m / 6,007 ft | =4,517 of 29,858 | =816 in Europe | #62 in DE |
| Elevation | 39 m / 129 ft | =35,952 of 43,403 | =4,757 in Europe | =692 in DE |
| Age | Opened 1934 | =552 of 15,079 | =312 in Europe | =55 in DE |
| Runways | 1 | =4,364 of 29,978 | =646 in Europe | =85 in DE |

## Radio frequencies

| Type | Description | MHz |
| --- | --- | --- |
| A/D | RADAR | 130.500 |
| A/G | A/G RDO | 40.600 |
| ACC | BREMEN CON | 131.325 |
| TWR | TWR | 40.600 |

## Nearby airports

- [HAJ](https://dromopedia.com/airports/eddv.md) Hannover Airport · 27 km / 17 mi
- [ETHS](https://dromopedia.com/airports/eths.md) Faßberg Air Base · 38 km / 24 mi
- [ETNW](https://dromopedia.com/airports/etnw.md) Wunstorf Air Base · 43 km / 27 mi
- [BWE](https://dromopedia.com/airports/edve.md) Braunschweig-Wolfsburg Airport · 47 km / 29 mi
- [ETHB](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ethb.md) Bückeburg Air Base · 73 km / 45 mi
- [BRE](https://dromopedia.com/airports/eddw.md) Bremen Airport · 97 km / 60 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/ethc/data