{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"Airport","name":"Leeuwarden Air Base","iataCode":"LWR","icaoCode":"EHLW","city":"Leeuwarden","country":"NL","airportType":"medium_airport","cargoCapable":false,"cargoRank":null,"confidenceLevel":null,"coordinates":{"latitude":53.22859954833984,"longitude":5.760560035705566},"elevationMeters":1,"runwayLengthMeters":null,"description":"Home of 322 Squadron and its F-35A Lightning II jets, Leeuwarden Air Base (IATA: LWR, ICAO: EHLW) in Friesland is one of two operational fighter bases of the Royal Netherlands Air Force, fully converted to the F-35 since 2019. The site dates back to 1938 and was heavily expanded by German occupiers during the Second World War. In 2025 Leeuwarden hosted the large-scale NATO exercise \"Ramstein Flag\" with combat aircraft from several allied nations, and it continues to run the long-standing \"Frisia","url":"https://www.freight-academy.com/en/information/airports/leeuwarden-air-base-airport-lwr","markdownMirror":"https://www.freight-academy.com/api/md/airports/en/leeuwarden-air-base-airport-lwr","provider":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Frachtportal","url":"https://www.freight-academy.com"},"quickSummary":"Leeuwarden Air Base · (IATA: LWR) · Leeuwarden, NL · 1 m"}