Chambley-Bussières Air Base

Use

• Short-term use during the 2nd world war
• 1952: Start of construction of the new air base as NATO airfield (LFQY)
• 1953 - 1967: Used by the US Air Force (USAF)
• Afterwards airfield of l'Armée de l'Air (French Air Force)
• Since 2009 also general aviation (LFJY)

In the 1960s

NDB approach (October 1960) - There is one runway - 05/23: length 2438 m, width 45 m (8000 feet x 148 feet). (Source: US DoD)

TACAN approach runway 05 (October 1960) (Source: US DoD)

In the 1970s

Chambley-Bussières Air Base on a map of the US Department of Defense from 1972 - The field is shown as closed. (Source: ONC E-2 (1972), Perry-Castañeda Library Map Collection, University of Texas at Austin)

Index to the objects shown on the maps

Radio beacons / Radiophares aéronautiques:

• Chambley NDB "ME"
• Etain TACAN "ER"

Air traffic control / Contrôle de la circulation aérienne:

• Chambley Tower
• Moselle Control

Source for all maps, if not marked otherwise: US Department of Defense (US DoD)