Airport details

Ursel Air Base

Ursel, Belgium Europe

ICAO EBUL 1 runways
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Airport information

Dataset record
IATA
-
ICAO
EBUL
Elevation
95 ft / 29 m
Runways
1
Longest runway
9,777 ft / 2,980 m
Main surface
Concrete
Timezone
Europe/Brussels
Coordinates
51.144199371338, 3.4755599498749

Location

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Weather snapshot

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

Open-Meteo

Overcast now, with temperatures around 5°C to 8°C (40°F to 46°F) today and up to 63% rain risk.

Current
Overcast
Temperature
5°C
41°F
Humidity
98%
Wind
3 km/h 2 mph
Local time
04:11
Sunrise
07:48
Sunset
17:09

Today

Light drizzle

5°C to 8°C 40°F to 46°F

Rain 63%
Wind 8 km/h 5 mph

Sun

Overcast

2°C to 10°C 35°F to 50°F

Rain 46%
Wind 13 km/h 8 mph

Mon

Overcast

1°C to 10°C 34°F to 50°F

Rain 4%
Wind 9 km/h 6 mph

Airline service

Routes dataset

No airline route coverage data is currently available for this airport.

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About

From Wikipedia

Ursel Air Base

Ursel Air Base(ICAO:EBUL) is a joint public/military airport located 10 km (6 miles) southwest of Eeklo near Ursel, East Flanders, Belgium.

The airfield was established in the summer 1939 for the Belgian Air Force. The 14th Company Aviation-Auxiliary laid down a grass landing strip 2,950 feet (900 meters) long. On 11 May 1940, the Belgian Air Force moved Fairey Foxes and Renard R16s for attacking the German invaders here. Five days later the airfield was bombed for the first time by the Germans, that occupied the badly damaged base on the 27th of May. After the Battle of Belgium was over, it was taken over by the Luftwaffe and used as an airfield during the German occupation period. In July 1940, the runway was re-laid in concrete and hangars and operational buildings restored. In autumn 1940, the Germans assigned the airfield to the Corpo Aereo Italiano, the air corps sent by Regia Aeronautica for operations against Britain. Ursel was the base of 18°Gruppo, equipped with 50 Fiat CR.42 ...

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Ursel Air Base

Country

Belgium

Official name
Belgium

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