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RAF Laarbruch
Former Royal Air Force station in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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For the current civilian use of this facility, see Weeze Airport.
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]
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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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Coordinates | 51°36′09″N 06°08′32″E | ||||||
Type | Royal Air Force station | ||||||
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Owner | Ministry of Defence (UK) | ||||||
Operator | Royal Air Force | ||||||
Controlled by | British Forces Germany | ||||||
Condition | Closed | ||||||
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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. | ||||||
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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.[2]