GKE

Geilenkirchen Air Base

ICAO ETNG50.9608°N 6.0424°E90 m / 296 ftMedium airport
On the map

Geilenkirchen Air Base (IATA: GKE, ICAO: ETNG) is a medium airport in Geilenkirchen, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It opened in 1953. It has one runway, 3,051 m (10,009 ft) long, concrete. It is operated by NATO.

Timeline

1 event · 1953–1953
1953
OpenedGeilenkirchen Air Base opens.
From WikidataEvery airfield, 1903–2026

Runways & airfield

Schematic · N · © OpenStreetMap
09/27091° / 271° · LIT
LENGTH3,051 m10,009 ftWIDTH45 m147 ftSURFACEConcrete

Records & rankings

Ranked among 48,011 open airports · world · region · country
Longest runway3,051 m10,009 ft46 m · SHORT150 ft · SHORTMEDIAN · 975 mMEDIAN · 3,200 ftLONG · 5,300 mLONG · 17,388 ft#996of 29,823 · #139 Europe · #12 DEElevation90 m296 ft-386 m · LOW-1,266 ft · LOWMEDIAN · 240 mMEDIAN · 787 ftHIGH · 4,938 mHIGH · 16,200 ft=31,394of 43,341 · =3,768 Europe · #582 DEAgeOpened 19532026 · NEWEST2026 · NEWESTMEDIAN · 1976MEDIAN · 1976OLDEST · 1902OLDEST · 1902=3,935of 15,079 · =792 Europe · =115 DERunways11 · FEWER1 · FEWERMEDIAN · 1MEDIAN · 1MORE · 8MORE · 8=4,360of 29,943 · =643 Europe · =85 DE
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
ATISATIS27.820
POSTMAGIC COMD POST139.875
RDRFRISBEE RADAR123.300
RDRFRISBEE RADAR38.540
RDRLANGEN CON128.500
TWRFRISBEE TWR122.100