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Gilze Rijen Air Base

Rijen, Netherlands

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Gilze Rijen Air Base

Rijen, Netherlands
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Netherlands Royal Air Force's primary helicopter and transport base.

Opened
1915
Location
Rijen, Netherlands
Gilze-Rijen Air Base (ICAO: EHGR) is a military airfield located near the town of Rijen in the North Brabant province of the Netherlands. It serves as one of the principal operating bases of the Royal Netherlands Air Force (RNLAF) and has no scheduled commercial passenger services. The base is home to several RNLAF squadrons, including helicopter units operating the NH90 and AH-64 Apache, as well as transport and training elements. It has historically hosted NATO exercises and allied military aircraft operations. Because it is an active military installation, Gilze-Rijen is not open to civilian air traffic and has no public terminal facilities, commercial airlines, or regular passenger ground transport connections.
Notable facts
  • ›One of the oldest military airfields in the Netherlands, established during World War I around 1915.
  • ›Home to Royal Netherlands Air Force helicopter squadrons operating NH90 and AH-64 Apache aircraft.
  • ›Used extensively during World War II by both German Luftwaffe forces and later Allied forces after liberation.
  • ›Hosts the RNLAF's Defense Helicopter Command (DHC) headquarters.
  • ›Not open to civilian or commercial aviation; access is restricted to military personnel and authorized visitors.
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Gilze-Rijen Air Base
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Gilze-Rijen Air Base is a military airbase in the south of Netherlands. It is known for having the hottest temperature ever measured in the Netherlands, with a temperature of 40.7 °C, on July 25, 2019. It is between the cities of Breda and Tilburg, which are both in North Brabant. The airport is mainly, but not exclusively, used as a base for Royal Netherlands Air and Space Force helicopters. The airfield has two runways, the longest one is complete with an instrument landing system (ILS) and is 2,779 metres (9,117 ft) long by 45 m (148 ft) wide in the 10/28 direction. The shorter runway is 1,996 m (6,549 ft) by 30 m (98 ft) in the 02/20 direction.

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