RAF Laarbruch

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RAF Laarbruch
Weeze, North Rhine-Westphalia in Germany
A Panavia Tornado GR1 of No. 16 Squadron. The unit was based at Laarbruch between 1958 and 1991.
Eine feste Burg ("A Mighty Fortress")
RAF Laarbruch Shown within North Rhine-Westphalia Show map of North Rhine-Westphalia RAF Laarbruch RAF Laarbruch (Germany) Show map of Germany
Coordinates	51°36′09″N 06°08′32″E / 51.60250°N 6.14222°E / 51.60250; 6.14222
Type	Royal Air Force station
Site information
Owner	Ministry of Defence (UK)
Operator	Royal Air Force
Controlled by	British Forces Germany
Condition	Closed
Site history
Built	1945 (1945) & October 1954
In use	1945 (1945) – 30 October 1999 (1999-10-30)
Fate	Transferred to civilian use and became Weeze Airport in 2003.
Airfield information
Identifiers	IATA: LRC, ICAO: ETUL (EDUL pre 1 Jan 1995), WMO: 10405
Runways Direction Length and surface 09/27 2,440 metres (8,005 ft) Concrete/asphalt

Royal Air Force Laarbruch, more commonly known as RAF Laarbruch ICAO EDUL (from 1 January 1995 ETUL) was a Royal Air Force station, a military airfield, located in Germany on its border with the Netherlands. The Station's motto was Eine feste Burg (German for 'A Mighty Fortress').^[1]

The site now operates as the civilian Weeze Airport, in the Lower Rhine region of Germany. The airport also happens to be less commonly known as Niederrhein Airport.^[2]