Aalborg Air Base

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Aalborg Air Base Flyvestation Aalborg
IATA: AAL ICAO: EKYT
Summary
Airport type	Public / Military
Serves	Aalborg
Location	Aalborg, Denmark
Elevation AMSL	3 m / 10 ft
Coordinates	57°05′34.04″N 09°50′56.99″E / 57.0927889°N 9.8491639°E / 57.0927889; 9.8491639
Runways
Direction Length Surface m ft 08R/26L 2,549 8,363 Asphalt 08L/26R 2,654 8,707 Asphalt

Aalborg Air Base (Danish: Flyvestation Aalborg) also Air Transport Wing Aalborg is a military air base for the Royal Danish Air Force (IATA: AAL, ICAO: EKYT). It is located at Vadum, near Aalborg, Denmark. Aalborg Air Base shares its runway system as well as some services (Air Traffic Control etc.) with Aalborg Lufthavn.

Residing Royal Danish Air Force units are:

• 721 Squadron which is an air transport squadron equipped with four Lockheed C-130J-30 Hercules and three CL-604 Challenger aircraft

It is also the base for Denmark's elite Jægerkorpset special forces unit.

Until their decommissioning on 10 January 2006, Aalborg Air Base was also home to:

• 723 Squadron
• 726 Squadron^[1]

These two squadrons were reconnaissance and fighter squadrons equipped with Lockheed F-16MLU Fighting Falcon aircraft.^[2] The aircraft from these squadrons were transferred to Skrydstrup Air Base instead.