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Gilze-Rijen Air Base | |||||||||
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Vliegbasis Gilze-Rijen | |||||||||
| Gilze en Rijen, North Brabant in Netherlands | |||||||||
 An AS532U2 Cougar Mk2 and AH-64D Apache (in background) of the Royal Netherlands Air Force at Gilze-Rijen Air Base | |||||||||
  Gilze-Rijen Location in the Netherlands | |||||||||
| Coordinates | 51°34′02″N 004°55′54″E / 51.56722°N 4.93167°E | ||||||||
| Type | Military airfield | ||||||||
| Site information | |||||||||
| Owner | Ministry of Defence | ||||||||
| Operator | Royal Netherlands Air Force (RNLAF) | ||||||||
| Condition | Operational | ||||||||
| Website | Official website (Dutch) | ||||||||
| Site history | |||||||||
| Built | 1910 | ||||||||
| In use | 1910–present | ||||||||
| Airfield information | |||||||||
| Identifiers | IATA: GLZ, ICAO: EHGR, WMO: 063500 | ||||||||
| Elevation | 14.9 metres (49 ft) AMSL | ||||||||
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| Source: Military Aeronautical Information Publication Netherlands[1] | |||||||||
Gilze-Rijen Air Base (Dutch: Vliegbasis Gilze-Rijen, IATA: GLZ, ICAO: EHGR) is a military airbase in the south of Netherlands. It is known for having the hottest temperature ever measured in the Netherlands, with a temperature of 40.7 °C, on July 25, 2019. It is between the cities of Breda and Tilburg, which are both in North Brabant. The airport is mainly, but not exclusively, used as a base for Royal Netherlands Air Force helicopters. The airfield has two runways, the longest one is complete with an instrument landing system (ILS) and is 2,779 metres (9,117 ft) long by 45 m (148 ft) wide in the 10/28 direction. The shorter runway (without ILS) is 1,996 m (6,549 ft) by 30 m (98 ft) in the 02/20 direction.
- ^ Defensie, Ministerie van (January 15, 2018). "MilAIP: information for the aviation sector – Defensie.nl". english.defensie.nl. Retrieved December 7, 2020.