{"@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":"Tactical Air Wing 33 of the German Air Force flies from Büchel (ICAO: ETSB), the Eifel base widely reported to store around 20 American B61 bombs under NATO nuclear sharing — the last nuclear weapons on German soil. The wing's Tornado jets are to be replaced by 35 F-35A Lightning II fighters, with the first operational F-35A expected at Büchel from the second half of 2027 as the site undergoes a roughly €10 billion infrastructure overhaul. Sitting at about 480 metres in Rhineland-Palatinate, 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"}