{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"Airport","name":"Büchel Air Base","iataCode":null,"icaoCode":"ETSB","city":"Alflen","country":"DE","airportType":"medium_airport","cargoCapable":false,"cargoRank":null,"confidenceLevel":null,"coordinates":{"latitude":50.173801,"longitude":7.06333},"elevationMeters":478,"runwayLengthMeters":null,"description":"Roughly €1.2 billion originally budgeted and now expected to reach about €2 billion: those are the numbers behind the reconstruction of Büchel Air Base (ICAO: ETSB) in Rhineland-Palatinate, where Germany's Tactical Air Wing 33 is trading its Tornados for 35 F-35A fighters. Acceptance of the first aircraft in the United States is planned from 2026, with the Büchel infrastructure due to support flight operations from 2027; the cost increase is attributed to stringent security requirements and the ","url":"https://www.freight-academy.com/en/information/airports/buechel-air-base-airport-etsb","markdownMirror":"https://www.freight-academy.com/api/md/airports/en/buechel-air-base-airport-etsb","provider":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Frachtportal","url":"https://www.freight-academy.com"},"quickSummary":"Büchel Air Base · Alflen, DE · 478 m"}