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Melsbroek Air Base (Advanced Landing Ground B-58) | |||||||||||||||||||
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| Airport type | Military | ||||||||||||||||||
| Operator | Belgian Air Component | ||||||||||||||||||
| Serves | Brussels | ||||||||||||||||||
| Location | Steenokkerzeel | ||||||||||||||||||
| Elevation AMSL | 184 ft / 56 m | ||||||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 50°54′05″N 004°29′04″E / 50.90139°N 4.48444°E | ||||||||||||||||||
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  EBMB Location in Belgium | |||||||||||||||||||
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Melsbroek Air Base (ICAO: EBMB) is a Belgian Air Component facility in Steenokkerzeel, 6.5 NM (12.0 km; 7.5 mi) northeast[1] of Brussels, the capital of Belgium. It is located on the northern side of Brussels Airport, with which it shares runways and ground and air control facilities.
The 15th Air Transport Wing operates from Melsbroek Air Base with following types:
- Airbus A310 (retired)
- Airbus A330 (retired)
- Airbus A321
- Dassault Falcon 20
- Dassault Falcon 900
- Dassault Falcon 7x
- Embraer 135 & 145
- Lockheed C-130 (being replaced by A400M)
- Airbus A400M Atlas
- ^ a b EBMB – BRUSSELS / Melsbroek (MIL) (also PDF). Aeronautical Information Publication (AIP) from AIM Belgium via skeyes., EBBR – BRUSSELS / Brussels-National (also PDF). Aeronautical Information Publication (AIP) from AIM Belgium via skeyes.