Leeuwarden Air Base
| Leeuwarden Air Base | |||||||||
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Vliegbasis Leeuwarden | |||||||||
| Leeuwarden, Friesland in Netherlands | |||||||||
An aerial view of Leeuwarden Air Base during 2018 | |||||||||
| Site information | |||||||||
| Type | Military airfield | ||||||||
| Owner | Ministry of Defence | ||||||||
| Operator | Royal Netherlands Air and Space Force (RNLASF) | ||||||||
| Condition | Operational | ||||||||
| Location | |||||||||
Leeuwarden Location in the Netherlands | |||||||||
| Coordinates | 53°13′43″N 05°45′38″E / 53.22861°N 5.76056°E | ||||||||
| Site history | |||||||||
| Built | 1938 (as civil airport) | ||||||||
| In use | 1949 – present | ||||||||
| Events | Exercise Frisian Flag (annual) | ||||||||
| Airfield information | |||||||||
| Identifiers | IATA: LWR, ICAO: EHLW, WMO: 062700 | ||||||||
| Elevation | 0.91 metres (3 ft 0 in) AMSL | ||||||||
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| Source: Military Aeronautical Information Publication Netherlands | |||||||||
Leeuwarden Air Base (Dutch: Vliegbasis Leeuwarden) is a military airbase used by the Royal Netherlands Air and Space Force (RNLASF) - Dutch: Koninklijke Luchtmacht (KLu), (IATA: LWR, ICAO: EHLW). The airbase was formerly one of the two F-16 Fighting Falcon bases of the RNLASF. The airbase lies northwest of the capital of Friesland, Leeuwarden.
Leeuwarden Air Base is also one of the three military airbases (together with Gilze-Rijen Air Base and Volkel Air Base) that used to organise the twice-in-three-years Luchtmachtdagen ('Air Force Days') of the Royal Netherlands Air Force, consisting of air shows and static exhibits. In 2006, 2008, 2011 and 2016 Leeuwarden Air Base hosted these public demonstration days.
Since Covid, the Luchtmachtdagen have not been held, and the demonstration flights of the F-16 and AH-64 Apache have also been halted.