Namur-Suarlee Airport

Namur-Suarlee Airport
Namur-Suarlée Airport
IATA: QNMICAO: EBNM
Summary
Airport type Public
Location Namur, Belgium
Elevation AMSL 594 ft / 181 m
Coordinates 50°29′22″N 004°46′11″E / 50.48944°N 4.76972°E / 50.48944; 4.76972
Runways
Direction Length Surface
ft m
06/24 2,215 675 Grass
Namur-Suarlée Airport is located in Belgium
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Namur-Suarlée Airport
Location of Namur-Suarlée Airport, Belgium

Namur-Suarlée Airport (IATA: QNMICAO: EBNM) is a regional airport in Belgium, located about 5 miles north of Namur (Province de Namur); about 35 miles southeast of Brussels

It supports general aviation with no commercial airline service scheduled.

History

The airport was opened on 26 Oct 1944 by the United States Army Air Force IX Engineering Command as a grass liaison airfield for use by the by Det 112, 112th Liaison Squadron and its light observation aircraft to support the numerous command and control organizations in Namur. Designated as Advanced Landing Ground "Y-47". In February 1945 the airfield received had an 3,450' all-weather Pierced Steel Planking surface to allow operations during the winter of 1944-1945. [1]

American military units remained in Namur until November 1945 before returning to the United States and the airfield was turned over to Belgian authorities.[2] The metal runway was eventually removed and today a modern grass airfield is used by light aircraft and sailplanes.

References

  1. ^ IX Engineering Command ETO Airfields General Construction Information
  2. ^ Johnson, David C. (1988), U.S. Army Air Forces Continental Airfields (ETO), D-Day to V-E Day; Research Division, USAF Historical Research Center, Maxwell AFB, Alabama.

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