Geilenkirchen

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NATO AWACS unit military air base town

Geilenkirchen is a town in western Germany best known for hosting a major NATO airbase that serves as the main hub for the alliance’s Airborne Early Warning and Control (AWACS) operations.

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Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form	Occurrences
NATO Air Base Geilenkirchen	0
NATO E-3A Component	0

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	NATO AWACS unit ⓘ military air base ⓘ town ⓘ
climate	temperate oceanic climate ⓘ
country	Germany NERFINISHED ⓘ Germany NERFINISHED ⓘ
dialingCode	+49 2451 ⓘ
distanceTo	approximately 15 km from Heinsberg ⓘ approximately 20 km from Aachen ⓘ
elevation	approximately 80 metres ⓘ
hasEconomicActivity	agriculture ⓘ defence-related services ⓘ services ⓘ small-scale industry ⓘ
hasLandUse	agricultural land ⓘ military installations ⓘ residential areas ⓘ
hasMilitaryBase	NATO Air Base Geilenkirchen NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasSubdivision	districts and villages around town centre ⓘ
hasTransport	railway station Geilenkirchen NERFINISHED ⓘ
headquartersLocation	NATO Air Base Geilenkirchen NERFINISHED ⓘ
hosts	NATO E-3A Component NERFINISHED ⓘ
knownFor	NATO AWACS operations hub ⓘ hosting NATO Air Base Geilenkirchen ⓘ
language	German ⓘ
localDialect	Ripuarian dialects NERFINISHED ⓘ
locatedIn	Geilenkirchen NERFINISHED ⓘ Lower Rhine region NERFINISHED ⓘ North Rhine-Westphalia ⓘ Regierungsbezirk Cologne NERFINISHED ⓘ western Germany NERFINISHED ⓘ
locatedOn	River Wurm NERFINISHED ⓘ
near	border with the Netherlands ⓘ
operatesAircraftType	Boeing E-3A Sentry NERFINISHED ⓘ
operator	NATO NERFINISHED ⓘ
partOf	Euregio Meuse-Rhine cross-border region NERFINISHED ⓘ Heinsberg district NERFINISHED ⓘ
postalCode	52511 ⓘ
primaryFunction	Airborne Early Warning and Control operations ⓘ
region	Cologne region NERFINISHED ⓘ
religion	Protestant Christianity ⓘ surface form: Protestantism Roman Catholicism ⓘ
state	North Rhine-Westphalia NERFINISHED ⓘ
timeZone	Central European Summer Time ⓘ Central European Time ⓘ
twinnedWith	Bistritz NERFINISHED ⓘ Quimperlé NERFINISHED ⓘ
vehicleRegistrationCode	HS ⓘ

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

NATO Airborne Early Warning and Control Force Command → headquartersLocation → Geilenkirchen ⓘ