# Büchel Air Base (ETSB)

**Büchel Air Base** (ICAO: ETSB) is a medium airport in Alflen, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. It opened in 1955. It has one runway, 2,507 m (8,225 ft) long, asphalt. It is operated by German Air Force.

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

## At a glance

- IATA / ICAO: — / ETSB
- Type: Medium airport
- Operator: German Air Force
- Serves: Alflen, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
- Opened: 1955
- Elevation: 478 m / 1,568 ft
- Coordinates: 50.1738, 7.0633
- Runways: 1
- Longest runway: 2,507 m / 8,225 ft
- Time zone: UTC+1/+2 · Europe/Berlin
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/B%C3%BCchel_Air_Base (14 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q320257
- Weather station: ETSB · WMO 10613
- Ident: ETSB

## Timeline

- 1955: Büchel Air Base opens.

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 03/21 | 2,507 m / 8,225 ft | 45 m / 148 ft | Asphalt | 029° / 209° | yes |

## Rankings

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

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Longest runway | 2,507 m / 8,225 ft | =2,276 of 29,858 | #363 in Europe | #25 in DE |
| Elevation | 478 m / 1,568 ft | =11,517 of 43,403 | #784 in Europe | #167 in DE |
| Age | Opened 1955 | =4,103 of 15,079 | =839 in Europe | =131 in DE |
| Runways | 1 | =4,364 of 29,978 | =646 in Europe | =85 in DE |

## Radio frequencies

| Type | Description | MHz |
| --- | --- | --- |
| A/D | LANGEN CON | 125.600 |
| ACC | RHEIN CON | 38.715 |
| RDR | RADAR | 123.300 |
| RDR | RADAR | 34.462 |
| TWR | TWR | 122.100 |

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- [EDFZ](https://dromopedia.com/airports/edfz.md) Mainz-Finthen Airfield · 81 km / 50 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/etsb/data