Gilze-Rijen Air Base

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Gilze-Rijen Air Base
Vliegbasis Gilze-Rijen
Gilze en Rijen, North Brabant in Netherlands
An AS532U2 Cougar Mk2 and AH-64D Apache (in background) of the Royal Netherlands Air Force at Gilze-Rijen Air Base
Gilze-Rijen Location in the Netherlands
Coordinates	51°34′02″N 004°55′54″E / 51.56722°N 4.93167°E / 51.56722; 4.93167
Type	Military airfield
Site information
Owner	Ministry of Defence
Operator	Royal Netherlands Air Force (RNLAF)
Condition	Operational
Website	Official website (Dutch)
Site history
Built	1910 (1910)
In use	1910–present
Airfield information
Identifiers	IATA: GLZ, ICAO: EHGR, WMO: 063500
Elevation	14.9 metres (49 ft) AMSL
Runways Direction Length and surface 10/28 2,767.5 metres (9,080 ft) Asphalt 02/20 1,995.8 metres (6,548 ft) Asphalt
Source: Military Aeronautical Information Publication Netherlands[1]

Gilze-Rijen Air Base (Dutch: Vliegbasis Gilze-Rijen, IATA: GLZ, ICAO: EHGR) is a military airbase in the south of Netherlands. It is known for having the hottest temperature ever measured in the Netherlands, with a temperature of 40.7 °C, on July 25, 2019. It is between the cities of Breda and Tilburg, which are both in North Brabant. The airport is mainly, but not exclusively, used as a base for Royal Netherlands Air Force helicopters. The airfield has two runways, the longest one is complete with an instrument landing system (ILS) and is 2,779 metres (9,117 ft) long by 45 m (148 ft) wide in the 10/28 direction. The shorter runway (without ILS) is 1,996 m (6,549 ft) by 30 m (98 ft) in the 02/20 direction.