Koksijde Air Base

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airfield military air base

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.

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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 NERFINISHED ⓘ
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 ⓘ

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Belgian Air Force → operatesBase → Koksijde Air Base ⓘ