NATO Air Base Geilenkirchen
NATO Air Base Geilenkirchen is located near Geilenkirchen, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It is the main operating base of the NATO Boeing E-3 Sentry Component, one of two operational elements of the NATO Airborne Early Warning & Control Force.Photo: J. Patrick Fischer, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Notable Places in the Area
St. Kornelius
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St. Kornelius is a church situated 2½ km southeast of NATO Air Base Geilenkirchen.
St. Willibrord
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St. Willibrord is a church situated 3 km east of NATO Air Base Geilenkirchen.
Localities in the Area
NATO Air Base Geilenkirchen
- Type: Airport
- Description: military airport near Geilenkirchen, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
- Categories: air base and transport
- Location: Geilenkirchen, Heinsberg, Cologne District, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, Central Europe, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
50.96075° or 50° 57' 39" northLongitude
6.04068° or 6° 2' 26" eastElevation
80 metres (262 feet)IATA airport code
GKEICAO airport code
ETNGOpen Location Code
9F28X26R+77GeoNames ID
3207674Wikidata ID
Q329095NATO Air Base Geilenkirchen Satellite Map
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Also Known As
- Cebuano: NATO Air Base Geilenkirchen
- Chinese: 蓋倫基興北約空軍基地
- Dutch: ETNG
- Dutch: NATO Air Base Geilenkirchen
- Dutch: NAVO-vliegbasis Geilenkirchen
- English: Geilenkirchen AB Airport
- Finnish: Geilenkirchenin Nato-lentotukikohta
- French: Base aérienne de l'OTAN de Geilenkirchen
- French: Geilenkirchen
- German: Air Base Geilenkirchen
- German: ETNG
- German: Fliegerhorst Geilenkirchen
- German: NATO-Flugplatz Geilenkirchen
- Japanese: NATOガイレンキルヒェン航空基地
- Japanese: ガイレンキルヒェン北大西洋条約機構航空基地
- Japanese: ガイレンキルヒェン航空基地
- Korean: 가일렌키르헨 NATO 공군기지
- Malay: Lapangan Terbang Geilenkirchen AB
- Persian: پایگاه هوایی ناتو در گایلنکیرشن
- Tajik: Пойгоҳи ҳавоии НАТО дар Гейленкирхен
- Tajik: Пойгоҳи ҳавоӣ ноту дар гоилнкиршн
- Ukrainian: Гайленкірхен (авіабаза)
- Western Frisian: NAFO fleanbases Geilenkirchen
- Western Frisian: NATO fleanbases Geilenkirchen
- Гайленкірхен
In the Area
Localities
- PannenschöppLocality
- Op den HeringHamlet, 2½ km northwest
- GrotenrathVillage, 2½ km southeast
- NierstraßVillage, 3 km east
- TeverenVillage, 3 km east
- StaheVillage, 3 km north
Landmarks
- Allee BuschForest
- TeverenerheideForest
- HeringsboschForest
- VosbroekPark
- Brunssum Jfc HeliportHeliport, 3 km southwest
- BreukbergPark, 4 km west
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About Mapcarta. Thanks to Mapbox for providing amazing maps. Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, excluding photos, directions and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipdia page NATO Air Base Geilenkirchen. Photo: J. Patrick Fischer, CC BY-SA 4.0.