RAF Laarbruch
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').
| RAF Laarbruch | |||||||
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| Weeze, North Rhine-Westphalia in Germany | |||||||
A Panavia Tornado GR1 of No. 16 Squadron. The unit was based at Laarbruch between 1958 and 1991. | |||||||
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RAF Laarbruch Shown within North Rhine-Westphalia RAF Laarbruch RAF Laarbruch (Germany) | |||||||
| Coordinates | 51°36′09″N 06°08′32″E | ||||||
| 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 & October 1954 | ||||||
| In use | 1945 – 30 October 1999 | ||||||
| Fate | Transferred to civilian use and became Weeze Airport in 2003. | ||||||
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| Identifiers | IATA: LRC, ICAO: ETUL (EDUL pre 1 Jan 1995), WMO: 10405 | ||||||
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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.
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