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Leeuwarden Air Base airport (Netherlands)
Leeuwarden Air Base airport is located near Leeuwarden, with Jelsum at 1mi↑, Bilgaard at 2mi↑, Marsum at 2mi↑, Britsum at 2mi↑, Gemeente Leeuwarderadeel at 2mi↑, Stiens at 2mi↑,→ See also Northernmost airports in Netherlands and Southernmost airports in Netherlands
→ See also airports in Netherlands
aerial view of Leeuwarden Air Base airport
Airport code
- ICAO code : EHLW
- IATA code : LWR
- Local code : -
Elevation : 1 m = 3ft
→ See also Highest airports in Netherlands and Lowest airports in Netherlands
Runways
- runway 06/24 : 2957m = 9701ft
- runway 09/27 : 1999m = 6558ft
→ See also Airports with Longest runways in Netherlands
Coming to Leeuwarden Air Base airport
Hotels : book on Hotels.com Booking Expedia
Taxi : book on Taxi Booking
Rent a car : book on Rentalcars
By train : book on Trip.com
- Deinum train station at 3mi
- Leeuwarden Achter de Hoven train station at 3mi
- Leeuwarden Camminghaburen train station at 4mi
By plane :
- Leeuwarden Air Base airport at 0mi : book on Trip.com
- Eelde airport at 35mi : book on Trip.com
- Den Helder airport at 46mi : book on Trip.com
Aviation weather for Leeuwarden Air Base airport EHLW LWR
METAR for Leeuwarden Air Base airport EHLW LWR
EHLW 122055Z AUTO 02006KT 9999 BKN045 OVC050 18/15 Q1012 BLU
Decoded METAR for Leeuwarden Air Base airport EHLW LWR
METAR issued by EHLW on Saturday, July 12, 2025 at 20:55 UTC. This is an automatically generated METAR, Warning : this METAR is out of date, issued 3 hours and 54 minutes ago.
visibility is greater than 10km = greater than 6mi.
The temperature is 18°C = 64°F, dew point is 15°C = 59°F. The air is extremely humid : relative air humidity is 83 %.
QNH is 1012hPa = 29.88inHg
Wind 11km/h = 6kt, direction is 20°.
Clouds : broken at 4500ft = 1370m. overcast at 5000ft = 1520m.
blowing U
TAF for Leeuwarden Air Base airport EHLW LWR
EHLW 122028Z 1221/1309 01005KT CAVOK PROB30 TEMPO 1300/1306 FEW012 SCT015 BKN030
Decoded TAF for Leeuwarden Air Base airport EHLW LWR
TAF issued by EHLW on Saturday, July 12, 2025 at 20:28 UTC, issued 4 hours and 21 minutes. weather forecast for 12 hours, weather forecast updated every 6 hours.
from Saturday, July 12, 2025 à 21:00 heure TU to Sunday, July 13, 2025 à 09:00 heure UTC
1221/1309 01005KT CAVOK
CAVOK = Ceiling And Visibility OK, visibility is more than 10 km, no clouds below 5000 ft or below the minimum sector altitude. No cumulonimbus or budding cumulus, regardless of their altitude and no Significant Weather
wind 5kt = 9km/h, direction is 10°
Visibility is greater than 10km = greater than 6mi.
probability of 30% to have temporarily from Saturday, July 12, 2025 à 00:00 heure TU to Sunday, July 13, 2025 à 06:00 heure UTC
PROB30 TEMPO 1300/1306 FEW012 SCT015 BKN030
few clouds at 1200ft = 370m scattered clouds at 1500ft = 460m broken at 3000ft = 910m
NOTAM for Leeuwarden Air Base airport
Around Leeuwarden Air Base airport (Netherlands)
near
- Hotels in Jelsum
- Hotel Origami (Strasbourg) at 332mi↑
- Hôtel Cour du Corbeau (Strasbourg) at 333mi↑
- Le Matissia (Paris) at 335mi↑
- Paris at 337mi↑
- Hotel Monge (Paris) at 337mi↑
- Station de montagne Le Champ du Feu at 339mi↑
- Station de montagne Le Lac Blanc at 357mi↑
- Station de montagne Gerardmer at 360mi↑
- Station de montagne Le Tanet at 360mi↑
- Station de montagne Les Trois Fours at 362mi↑
- Station de montagne La Bresse Hohneck at 362mi↑
- Station de montagne Schnepfenried at 367mi↑
- for Leeuwarden Air Base airport at 0mi↑
- for Medisch Centrum Leeuwarden. Locatie Zuid airport at 3mi↑
- for Ziekenhuis Talma Sionsberg airport at 11mi↑
nearest airports to Leeuwarden Air Base airport (Netherlands)
- Medisch Centrum Leeuwarden. Locatie Zuid heliport ( NL-0002) at 3mi↑
- Ziekenhuis Talma Sionsberg heliport ( NL-0003) at 11mi↑
- Antonius Ziekenhuis heliport ( NL-0001) at 14mi↑
- Ameland heliport (EHAD ) at 16mi↑NOTAM
- Ameland airport (EHAL ) at 16mi↑NOTAM
- Drachten airport (EHDR ) at 17mi↑NOTAM
- Terschelling heliport ( NL-0076) at 23mi↑
- Marnewaard heliport ( NL-0079) at 23mi↑
- Schiermonnikoog heliport ( NL-0077) at 25mi↑
- Peest airport ( NL-0040) at 33mi↑defunct airport
→ See also Former airports in Netherlands
Data sources
- Infos générales : AVWX, France FFPLUM
- METAR : AVWX
- TAF : AVWX
- Météo générale : Openweathermap et AVWX
- NOTAM : FAA
- VAC : France DGAC/SIA, Espagne ENAIRE, Belgique SKEYES
- Aerial maps : Google Maps, Microsoft Bing ou OpenStreetMap