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About
Florennes Air Base (ICAO: EBFS) is a Belgian Air Component military airfield located in Florennes, a municipality of Belgium. It is home to the 2nd Tactical Wing, operating F-16 Fighting Falcons. It is also home to the Tactical Leadership Programme (TLP), a joint training program formed by 8 NATO members.
2nd Tactical Wing
 The
2nd Tactical Wing is a wing in the Air Component of the Belgian Armed
Forces. It comprises the 1st Squadron and the 350th Squadron of the Air
Component.
Florennes
Florennes is a Belgian municipality located in the Walloon province of Namur. On January 1, 2006 Florennes had a total population of 10,754. The total area is 133.55 km² which gives a population density of 81 inhabitants per km².
Florennes hosts a Belgian military airfield which is the home base for F-16 Fighting Falcon jets.
Each first week-end of July, it is the festival thanks to folk walk and these 2 thousands of valorous walkers.
Cyclists Firmin Lambot, who won the Tour de France in 1919 and in 1922 and Léon Scieur, who won the Tour in 1921, were born in Florennes.
Address:
2nd Tactical Wing
Kwartier Basis Jean Offenberg
Route Charlemagne 191
5620 Florennes
Tel: +32 071/68 22 09
Fax: +32 071/68 26 00
URL: http://www.mil.be/aircomp/units/index...
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| General Info
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| Country |
Belgium
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| ICAO ID |
EBFS
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| Time |
UTC+1(+2DT)
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| Latitude |
50.243333
50° 14' 36.00" N
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| Longitude |
4.645833
004° 38' 45.00" E
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| Elevation |
935 feet
285 meters
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| Type |
Military
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| Magnetic Variation |
000° W (05/06)
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| Operating Agency |
MILITARY
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| Operating Hours |
SEE REMARKS FOR OPERATING HOURS OR COMMUNICATIONS FOR POSSIBLE HOURS
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| International Clearance Status |
Airport of Entry
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| Daylight Saving Time |
Last Sunday in March to last Sunday in October
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| Communications
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| TWR |
122.1
234.8
257.8
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| GND |
122.1
308.775
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| GCA |
123.3
377.8
231.45
243.4
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| APP |
122.5
372.275
362.3
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| Runways
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| ID |
Dimensions |
Surface |
PCN |
ILS
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| 08R/26L |
7381 x 74 feet
2250 x 23 meters |
ASPHALT |
059FCWT |
NO
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| 08L/26R |
11105 x 148 feet
3385 x 45 meters |
ASPHALT |
058FBWT |
YES
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| Navaids
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| Type |
ID |
Name |
Channel |
Freq |
Distance From Field |
Bearing From Navaid
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| TACAN |
BFS |
FLORENNES |
052X |
- |
At Field |
-
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| Supplies/Equipment
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| Fuel |
JP-8, SemiKeroscene MIL Spec T-83133, without icing inhibitor
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| Oil |
O-128, 1100,(Dispersant)Reciprocating Engine Oil(MIL L 22851 Type II)
O-133, 1010, jet Engine Oil (MIL l 6081)
O-147, MIL L 6085A Lubrication Oil, Instrument Synthetic
SOAP Spectrometric Oil Analysis Program
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| Other Fluids |
SP, Single Point Refueling
DE-ICE, Anti-icing/De-icing/Defrosting Fluid (MIL A 8243)
LHOX, Low and high pressure oxygen servicing
LOX, Liquid oxygen servicing
OX, Indicates oxygen servicing when type of servicing is unknown
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| Remarks
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| CAUTION |
Rpt LDA Rwy 08L 8642', Rwy 26R 8758'. Rpt LDA Rwy 08R 5954', Rwy 26L 5971'. Not all twy avbl for use by transport and/or strategic transport acft. Adhere strictly to taxi instr due to WIP.
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| CSTMS/AG/IMG |
O/R Mon-Fri; O/R Sat, Sun, hol before Fri 1600Z++.
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| FLUID |
SP De-Ice LHOC LOX
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| FUEL |
100LL, A1+.
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| JASU |
1(Houchin 1 and 2) 1(A1 Atlas COPCO) 1(Macchi)
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| MISC |
S twy clsd to transport acft.
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| OIL |
0-128-133-135-138-147-150-SOAP
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| OPR HOURS |
Opr 0730-1630Z++ Mon-Fri; clsd Sat, Sun and hol.
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| RSTD |
Clsd to all foreign acft wo PPR. PPR mandatory for full stop due to limited parking place, PPR at C+3271682504 (H24). Rwy 08R-26L rstd to home based acft.
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