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Leeuwarden Air Base

IATA LWRICAO EHLWMedium airport

Leeuwarden Air Base is a medium airport near Leeuwarden in Friesland, Netherlands. It is listed as IATA LWR and ICAO EHLW. The airport is located at 53.2286° / 5.7606° at an elevation of 1 m (3 ft). There are 2 runways, the longest measuring 2,452 m. The nearest airport is Leeuwarden Medical Center Heliport, 5.3 km (3 mi) away. No scheduled service is recorded for this airfield.

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

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

Data

Data
IATA code	`LWR`
ICAO code	`EHLW`
Identifier	`EHLW`
Type	Medium airport
City	Leeuwarden
Region	Friesland
Country	Netherlands
Coordinates	53.22860, 5.76056
Coordinates (deg/min/sec)	53° 13′ 42.96″ N 5° 45′ 38.02″ E
Elevation	1 m (3 ft)
Scheduled service	no

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