RAF Laarbruch
| RAF Laarbruch | |||||||
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| Weeze, North Rhine-Westphalia in Germany | |||||||
A Panavia Tornado GR1 of No. 16 Squadron. The unit was based at Laarbruch between 1958 and 1991. | |||||||
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| Site information | |||||||
| Type | Royal Air Force station | ||||||
| Owner | Ministry of Defence (UK) | ||||||
| Operator | Royal Air Force | ||||||
| Controlled by | British Forces Germany | ||||||
| Condition | Closed | ||||||
| Location | |||||||
| Coordinates | 51°36′09″N 06°08′32″E / 51.60250°N 6.14222°E | ||||||
| Site history | |||||||
| Built | 1945 & October 1954 | ||||||
| In use | 1945 – 30 October 1999 | ||||||
| Fate | Transferred to civilian use and became Weeze Airport in 2003. | ||||||
| Airfield information | |||||||
| Identifiers | IATA: LRC, ICAO: ETUL (EDUL pre 1 Jan 1995), WMO: 10405 | ||||||
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Royal Air Force Laarbruch, more commonly known as RAF Laarbruch ICAO EDUL (from 1 January 1995 ETUL) was a Royal Air Force station, a military airfield, located in Germany on its border with the Netherlands. The Station's motto was Eine feste Burg (German for 'A Mighty Fortress').
The site now operates as the civilian Weeze Airport, in the Lower Rhine region of Germany. The airport also happens to be less commonly known as Niederrhein Airport.