# Geilenkirchen Air Base (GKE / ETNG)

**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.

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

## At a glance

- IATA / ICAO: GKE / ETNG
- Type: Medium airport
- Operator: NATO
- Serves: Geilenkirchen, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
- Opened: 1953
- Elevation: 90 m / 296 ft
- Coordinates: 50.9608, 6.0424
- Runways: 1
- Longest runway: 3,051 m / 10,009 ft
- Time zone: UTC+1/+2 · Europe/Berlin
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NATO_Air_Base_Geilenkirchen (13 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q329095
- Weather station: ETNG · WMO 10500
- Ident: ETNG

## Timeline

- 1953: Geilenkirchen Air Base opens.

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 09/27 | 3,051 m / 10,009 ft | 45 m / 147 ft | Concrete | 091° / 271° | yes |

## Rankings

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

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Longest runway | 3,051 m / 10,009 ft | #996 of 29,858 | #140 in Europe | #12 in DE |
| Elevation | 90 m / 296 ft | =31,439 of 43,403 | =3,774 in Europe | #582 in DE |
| Age | Opened 1953 | =3,935 of 15,079 | =792 in Europe | =115 in DE |
| Runways | 1 | =4,364 of 29,978 | =646 in Europe | =85 in DE |

## Radio frequencies

| Type | Description | MHz |
| --- | --- | --- |
| ATIS | ATIS | 27.820 |
| POST | MAGIC COMD POST | 139.875 |
| RDR | FRISBEE RADAR | 123.300 |
| RDR | FRISBEE RADAR | 38.540 |
| RDR | LANGEN CON | 128.500 |
| TWR | FRISBEE TWR | 122.100 |

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- [EHBD](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ehbd.md) Kempen Airport Budel · 45 km / 28 mi
- [ETNN](https://dromopedia.com/airports/etnn.md) Nörvenich Air Base · 46 km / 28 mi
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## 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/etng/data