{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"Airport","name":"Geilenkirchen Air Base","iataCode":"GKE","icaoCode":"ETNG","city":"Geilenkirchen","country":"DE","airportType":"medium_airport","cargoCapable":false,"cargoRank":null,"confidenceLevel":null,"coordinates":{"latitude":50.9608,"longitude":6.04242},"elevationMeters":90,"runwayLengthMeters":null,"description":"NATO's airborne early-warning fleet has its home at Geilenkirchen Air Base (IATA: GKE, ICAO: ETNG) in North Rhine-Westphalia, the alliance's only permanent main operating base on German soil, with 14 Boeing E-3A AWACS aircraft that have flown since 1982 and are due to retire around 2035. After several NATO nations dropped the planned purchase of six Boeing E-7A Wedgetail successors in November 2025, eleven allies — Belgium, Canada, Denmark, Germany, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, the Netherlands","url":"https://www.freight-academy.com/en/information/airports/geilenkirchen-air-base-airport-gke","markdownMirror":"https://www.freight-academy.com/api/md/airports/en/geilenkirchen-air-base-airport-gke","provider":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Frachtportal","url":"https://www.freight-academy.com"},"quickSummary":"Geilenkirchen Air Base · (IATA: GKE) · Geilenkirchen, DE · 90 m"}