EHLW · LWR

Leeuwarden Air Base

Leeuwarden Air Base (EHLW / LWR) is a general-aviation airfield serving Leeuwarden, Friesland. The field lies at 3 ft (1 m) above sea level and has two crossing runways, the longest 8,045 ft (2,452 m), asphalt and lit. Its nearest neighbour is Ameland Airport Ballum (EHAL), 14 nm NNW.

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Location

Elevation
3 ft (1 m)
Coordinates
53.2286, 5.7606
Serving
Leeuwarden
Region
Friesland
Time zone
Europe/Amsterdam

Runways2 · longest 8,045 ft

Surveyed positions · north up

Drawn from published thresholds — true bearings, separations and lengths. Widths are exaggerated; at true proportion a runway is a hairline. Not a chart to navigate by.

RunwayLengthWidthSurfaceLighting
05/238,045 ft2,452 m164 ftAsphaltLit
09/276,562 ft2,000 m164 ftAsphaltLit

Nearby airfields

Nearest paved 3,000 ft
GRQGroningen Airport Eelde · 30 nm ESE
Airfields within 25 nm
2

Field data: OurAirports, public domain. Positions: ADS-B, which does not carry every aircraft.