Büchel Air Base

ICAO ETSBMedium airport

Büchel Air Base is a medium airport near Alflen in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. It is listed as ICAO ETSB. The airport is located at 50.1738° / 7.0633° at an elevation of 478 m (1,568 ft). There is one runway, the longest measuring 2,507 m. The nearest airport is Daun-Senheld Glider Field, 15 km (9 mi) away. No scheduled service is recorded for this airfield.

Symbolic aviation imagery (AI-generated) – not a photo of this specific airport.

Map detail of Büchel Air Base with runways — Close-up with runways

World map showing the position of Büchel Air Base — Overview map

Data

Data
ICAO code	`ETSB`
Identifier	`ETSB`
Type	Medium airport
City	Alflen
Region	Rhineland-Palatinate
Country	Germany
Coordinates	50.17380, 7.06333
Coordinates (deg/min/sec)	50° 10′ 25.68″ N 7° 03′ 47.99″ E
Elevation	478 m (1,568 ft)
Scheduled service	no

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