Madrid–Torrejón Airport
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Madrid–Torrejón Airport (IATA: TOJ, ICAO: LETO) is a commercial airport in central Spain, a joint-use facility between the Spanish Ministry of Defence and the Ministry of Public Works. The civil part is dedicated primarily to executive and private aviation. The military part (Torrejón Air Base) is the base of several combat, logistics, and electronic warfare units of the Ejército del Aire y del Espacio, the Spanish Air and Space Force, among them the 12 Combat Wing with F-18 fighters and the official planes of the President of the Government and the King of Spain. It is also the base of the European Union's Satellite Centre (EUSC).
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Madrid–Torrejón Airport Aeropuerto de Madrid/Torrejón Base Aérea de Torrejón | |||||||||||
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Airport type | Military/Public | ||||||||||
Operator | Civil: Aena, Military: Spanish Air and Space Force (Ejército del Aire y del Espacio) | ||||||||||
Elevation AMSL | 2,026 ft / 618 m | ||||||||||
Coordinates | 40°29′48″N 003°26′45″W | ||||||||||
Website | aena-aeropuertos.es | ||||||||||
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The airport was formerly home to U.S. Air Force squadrons at Torrejón Air Base and is located fifteen miles (24 km) northeast[1] of Madrid, five miles (8 km) west of Alcalá de Henares, and one mile (1.6 km) NE of Torrejón de Ardoz.