Koksijde Air Base

E49438

Koksijde Air Base is a Belgian military airfield on the North Sea coast, best known as a key search-and-rescue and helicopter operations base for the Belgian Air Force.

Try in SPARQL Jump to: Surface forms Statements Referenced by

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Koksijde Air Base canonical 9

Statements (45)

Predicate Object
instanceOf airfield
military air base
basedAircraftRole naval helicopter
search and rescue helicopter
basedAircraftType NH90 helicopter
surface form: NH90 NFH

Westland Sea King
continent Europe
country Belgium
elevation (feet) 20
formerOperator Belgian Air Force
garrison 40th Squadron
surface form: 40th Helicopter Squadron

40th Squadron
hasFacility SAR operations center
control tower
helicopter apron
maintenance hangars
hasHelipads yes
hasNavigationAid NDB
VOR/DME
hostsEvent Koksijde International Airshow
IATA code KJK
ICAO code EBFN
location Koksijde
North Sea coast
West Flanders
near Oostduinkerke
Veurne
opened World War II era
operator Belgian Air Force
surface form: Belgian Air Component
ownedBy Belgian Ministry of Defence
partOf Belgian Armed Forces
surface form: Belgian Defence
primaryUse helicopter operations
search and rescue operations
role military
search and rescue
training
runway 11/29
runwayLength (meters) 2495
runwaySurface asphalt
serves Belgian Naval Component
surface form: Belgian Coast Guard

North Sea
surface form: North Sea search and rescue region
timezone Central European Time
timezoneDST Central European Summer Time
usedBy NATO
usedDuring Cold War

Referenced by (9)

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

Belgian Air Force operatesBase Koksijde Air Base
Koksijde hasMilitaryBase Koksijde Air Base
Koksijde hasAirport Koksijde Air Base
KJK IATA code for Koksijde Air Base
EBFN ICAOCodeFor Koksijde Air Base
40th Squadron garrison Koksijde Air Base
40th Squadron basedAt Koksijde Air Base
Koksijde International Airshow location Koksijde Air Base