Kbely Air Base
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Kbely Air Base is a major military airfield near Prague that serves as one of the principal operational and logistical hubs of the Czech Air Force.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| 24th Air Transportation Base Prague-Kbely | 1 |
| Kbely Air Base canonical | 1 |
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
airfield
ⓘ
military air base ⓘ |
| adjacentTo | Prague Aviation Museum Kbely ⓘ |
| basedAircraftType |
Airbus A319
ⓘ
surface form:
Airbus A319CJ
Bell 412 ⓘ CASA C-295 ⓘ
surface form:
CASA C-295M
Mi-17 ⓘ
surface form:
Mil Mi-17
Mi-17 ⓘ
surface form:
Mil Mi-171
Mi-8 ⓘ
surface form:
Mil Mi-8
Yakovlev Yak-40 ⓘ other Czech Air Force transport helicopters ⓘ |
| basedUnit |
24th Air Transport Squadron
ⓘ
Czech Air Force transport units ⓘ |
| continent | Europe ⓘ |
| country | Czech Republic ⓘ |
| elevationAboveSeaLevel | 280 metres ⓘ |
| garrison |
24th Air Transport Base
ⓘ
24th Air Transport Base ⓘ
surface form:
24th Transport Air Force Base
|
| hasFacility |
administrative buildings
ⓘ
air traffic control tower ⓘ fuel storage ⓘ hangars ⓘ maintenance facilities ⓘ military barracks ⓘ |
| hasICAOCode | LKKB ⓘ |
| hasNearbyFacility | Prague Aviation Museum Kbely ⓘ |
| hasRunway | Runway 06/24 ⓘ |
| historicalUse | Czechoslovak Air Force base ⓘ |
| locatedIn | Prague ⓘ |
| locatedInAdministrativeTerritory |
Kbely district
ⓘ
Prague 9 ⓘ |
| locatedNear |
Historic Centre of Prague
ⓘ
surface form:
Prague city centre
|
| notableFor |
hosting government and presidential flights
ⓘ
role in Czech military aviation history ⓘ |
| opened | early 20th century ⓘ |
| operator | Czech Air Force ⓘ |
| ownedBy | Ministry of Defence of the Czech Republic ⓘ |
| partOf | Czech Air Force air base network ⓘ |
| primaryFunction |
logistical hub of the Czech Air Force
ⓘ
operational hub of the Czech Air Force ⓘ |
| runwayLength |
2000 metres
ⓘ
approximately 6560 feet ⓘ |
| runwaySurface | concrete ⓘ |
| usedBy |
Czech government
ⓘ
NATO member state forces ⓘ |
| usedFor |
VIP transport
ⓘ
government flights ⓘ logistical support ⓘ military transport operations ⓘ training flights ⓘ |
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
24th Air Transportation Base Prague-Kbely