Base Aérea das Lajes

E1020055

Portuguese Air Force base military air base

Base Aérea das Lajes is a strategically important Portuguese air base located in the Azores, frequently used by both the Portuguese Air Force and allied militaries for transatlantic operations.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
Base Aérea das Lajes canonical	2
Portuguese Air Force Base No. 4	1

Statements (45)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Portuguese Air Force base ⓘ military air base ⓘ
allianceContext	NATO operations ⓘ US–Portugal defense cooperation ⓘ
civilianUse	yes ⓘ
continent	Europe ⓘ
country	Portugal ⓘ
garrison	Portuguese Air Force personnel ⓘ US military personnel ⓘ
governedBy	Portuguese Ministry of National Defence NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasAlternateName	Lajes Air Base NERFINISHED ⓘ Lajes Field NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasFunction	air refueling stop ⓘ emergency landing site ⓘ logistics support ⓘ transatlantic operations hub ⓘ
hasInfrastructure	air traffic control facilities ⓘ fuel storage facilities ⓘ long-range runway ⓘ military housing ⓘ
IATACode	TER ⓘ
ICAOCode	LPLA NERFINISHED ⓘ
languageUsed	English ⓘ Portuguese ⓘ
locatedInTimeZone	Azores Time NERFINISHED ⓘ
location	Atlantic Ocean NERFINISHED ⓘ Azores NERFINISHED ⓘ Terceira Island NERFINISHED ⓘ
militaryUse	yes ⓘ
nearbyCity	Angra do Heroísmo NERFINISHED ⓘ Praia da Vitória NERFINISHED ⓘ
operator	Portuguese Air Force NERFINISHED ⓘ
partOf	Autonomous Region of the Azores NERFINISHED ⓘ
runwaySurface	asphalt ⓘ
sharedWith	Lajes Airport NERFINISHED ⓘ
strategicImportance	North Atlantic air corridor NERFINISHED ⓘ link between Europe and North America ⓘ
usedBy	NATO NERFINISHED ⓘ Portuguese Air Force NERFINISHED ⓘ United States Armed Forces NERFINISHED ⓘ allied militaries ⓘ
usedFor	aerial refueling ⓘ airlift operations ⓘ maritime surveillance support ⓘ search and rescue support ⓘ

Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

LPLA → hasAlternateName → Base Aérea das Lajes ⓘ

Lajes Field → alsoKnownAs → Base Aérea das Lajes ⓘ

Lajes Field → partOf → Base Aérea das Lajes ⓘ

this entity surface form: Portuguese Air Force Base No. 4