Beauvechain Air Base

Beauvechain Air Base (Advanced Landing Ground A-89)
IATA: none ICAO: EBBE
Summary
Airport type	Military
Operator	Belgian Air Component
Location	Beauvechain, Wallonia, Belgium
Built	1936
Elevation AMSL	370 ft / 113 m
Coordinates	50°45′28″N 004°46′01″E / 50.75778°N 4.76694°E / 50.75778; 4.76694
Map
EBBE Location in Belgium
Runways
Direction Length Surface m ft 04L/22R 3,074 10,085 Asphalt/concrete 04R/22L 2,450 8,038 Asphalt/concrete
Sources: Belgian AIP[1]

Beauvechain Air Base (ICAO: EBBE) is a Belgian Air Component military airfield in Belgium, located 3 nautical miles (5.6 km; 3.5 mi) south of Beauvechain in Wallonia (Walloon Brabant Province); 20 mi (32 km) east-southeast of Brussels.

It is home to the 1st Wing, operating A109BA helicopters, and the Basic Flying Training School, operating SIAI Marchetti SF.260 trainer aircraft.

It is used as a base for the operational helicopter squadrons, and as a training center for pilots. Beauvechain also houses the Wing Meteo and the Air Force Band. It employs 1,100, therefore being the second employer of Walloon Brabant.^{[citation needed]}