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Geilenkirchen Air Base airport (Germany)
Geilenkirchen Air Base airport is located near with Pannenschöpp at 1mi↑, Niederbusch at 1mi↑, Teveren at 1mi↑, Op den Hering at 2mi↑, Scherpenseel at 2mi↑, Staherheide at 2mi↑,→ See also Northernmost airports in Germany and Southernmost airports in Germany
→ See also airports in Germany
aerial view of Geilenkirchen Air Base airport
Airport code
- ICAO code : ETNG
- IATA code : GKE
- Local code : -
Elevation : 90 m = 295ft
→ See also Highest airports in Germany and Lowest airports in Germany
Runways
- runway 09/27 : 3051m = 10010ft
→ See also Airports with Longest runways in Germany
Coming to Geilenkirchen Air Base airport
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- Übach-Palenberg train station at 3mi
- Geilenkirchen train station at 4mi
- Eygelshoven Markt train station at 5mi
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Aviation weather for Geilenkirchen Air Base airport ETNG GKE
METAR for Geilenkirchen Air Base airport ETNG GKE
ETNG 141250Z 34004KT 290V040 9999 FEW015 BKN017 14/10 Q1027 NOSIG
Decoded METAR for Geilenkirchen Air Base airport ETNG GKE
METAR issued by ETNG on Tuesday, October 14, 2025 at 12:50 UTC, Warning : this METAR is out of date, issued 2 hours and 2 minutes ago.
visibility is greater than 10km = greater than 6mi.
The temperature is 14°C = 57°F, dew point is 10°C = 50°F. The air is very humid : relative air humidity is 77 %.
QNH is 1027hPa = 30.33inHg
Wind 7km/h = 4kt, direction is 340°.
Clouds : few clouds at 1500ft = 460m. broken at 1700ft = 520m.
No significant change forecasted in next 2 hours
TAF for Geilenkirchen Air Base airport ETNG GKE
ETNG 141100Z 1412/1503 36004KT 9999 BKN020 PROB30 TEMPO 1413/1503 4000 -RADZ BKN007
Decoded TAF for Geilenkirchen Air Base airport ETNG GKE
TAF issued by ETNG on Tuesday, October 14, 2025 at 11:00 UTC, issued 3 hours and 52 minutes. weather forecast for 15 hours, weather forecast updated every 6 hours.
from Tuesday, October 14, 2025 à 12:00 heure TU to Tuesday, October 14, 2025 à 03:00 heure UTC
1412/1503 36004KT 9999 BKN020
wind 4kt = 7km/h, direction is 360°
Visibility is greater than 10km = greater than 6mi.
broken at 2000ft = 610m
probability of 30% to have temporarily from Tuesday, October 14, 2025 à 13:00 heure TU to Tuesday, October 14, 2025 à 03:00 heure UTC
PROB30 TEMPO 1413/1503 4000 -RADZ BKN007
Visibility is 4km = 2mi.
light rain drizzle
broken at 700ft = 210m
NOTAM for Geilenkirchen Air Base airport
Around Geilenkirchen Air Base airport (Germany)
near
- Hotels in Pannenschöpp
- Hotel Origami (Strasbourg) at 180mi↑
- Hôtel Cour du Corbeau (Strasbourg) at 181mi↑
- Station de montagne Le Champ du Feu at 185mi↑
- Station de montagne Le Lac Blanc at 201mi↑
- Station de montagne Gerardmer at 203mi↑
- Station de montagne Le Tanet at 204mi↑
- Station de montagne Les Trois Fours at 206mi↑
- Station de montagne La Bresse Hohneck at 206mi↑
- Station de montagne Schnepfenried at 210mi↑
- Station de montagne Ventron at 212mi↑
- Station de montagne Les Pistes de Ventron at 212mi↑
- Station de montagne Rouge Gazon at 217mi↑
- for Geilenkirchen Air Base airport at 0mi↑
- for Brunssum Joint Force Command airport at 2mi↑
- for Glider site Schinveld airport at 2mi↑
nearest airports to Geilenkirchen Air Base airport (Germany)
- Brunssum Joint Force Command heliport ( EH58) at 2mi↑
- Glider site Schinveld airport ( NL-0035) at 2mi↑
- Heinsberg airport ( DE-0197) at 6mi↑
- Rhein-Maas Clinic heliport ( DE-0446) at 11mi↑
- Aachen-Merzbrück airport (EDKA AAH ) at 11mi↑NOTAM
- Maastricht Aachen airport (EHBK MST ) at 12mi↑METAR TAF NOTAM
- Aachen Hospital heliport ( DE-0422) at 13mi↑
- UL-Flugplatz Linnich airport ( DE-0290) at 13mi↑
- RAF Wildenrath airport ( ) at 13mi↑defunct airport
- Stolberg-Diepenlinchen airport ( DE-0184) at 17mi↑
→ See also Former airports in Germany
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