Airport details

Chièvres Air Base

Chievres, Belgium Europe

ICAO EBCV 1 runways
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Airport information

Dataset record
IATA
-
ICAO
EBCV
Elevation
194 ft / 59 m
Runways
1
Longest runway
8,197 ft / 2,498 m
Main surface
Asphalt
Timezone
Europe/Brussels
Coordinates
50.575801849365, 3.8310000896454

Location

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Weather snapshot

Europe/Brussels · Updated Sat 7 Nov, 04:00

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Light drizzle now, with temperatures around 5°C to 8°C (41°F to 47°F) today and up to 57% rain risk.

Current
Light drizzle
Temperature
6°C
42°F
Humidity
98%
Wind
6 km/h 4 mph
Local time
04:11
Sunrise
07:45
Sunset
17:10

Today

Drizzle

5°C to 8°C 41°F to 47°F

Rain 57%
Wind 10 km/h 6 mph

Sun

Overcast

5°C to 10°C 40°F to 49°F

Rain 28%
Wind 17 km/h 11 mph

Mon

Partly cloudy

1°C to 11°C 34°F to 52°F

Rain 6%
Wind 12 km/h 7 mph

Airline service

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About

From Wikipedia

Chièvres Air Base

Chièvres Air Base(ICAO:EBCV), also referred to asSHAPE Airfield at Chievres Air Base, is a NATO airfield operated by the United States Air Force. It is located 2 km (1 mile) east-southeast of the Walloon town of Chièvres in the province of Hainaut, Belgium and about 19 km (12 miles) from Headquarters, Supreme Headquarters Allied Powers Europe (SHAPE), in Casteau. It is mainly used to provide logistic support to NATO and SHAPE. Infrastructure support is provided by the United States Army Garrison Benelux for NATO.

The first airfield at Chièvres was established in 1914 by the German Empire during their occupation of Belgium in World War I.

The current airfield was built by the Belgian Army in the 1930s, and at the end of 1939, the Belgian military began converting Chièvres into a diversion airfield. It was captured during the Battle of Belgium by the invading German Wehrmacht in May 1940.

Shortly after its capture, the airfield was turned over to the Luftwaffe, and Chièvres became a major ...

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Chièvres Air Base

Country

Belgium

Official name
Belgium

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