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Ypenburg: Air Base

Vliegveld Ypenburg

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CoordinatesN520236 E0042225 (WGS84) Google Maps
Elevation -6 ft
RegionZuid-Holland
Location indicatorEHYB
Map with location of Ypenburg Air Base, Netherlands
The history of the Cold War airfields: Ypenburg

Use

Royal Netherlands Air Force (Koninklijke Luchtmacht, KLu) base

During World War II

Situation

Ypenburg Air Base, Netherlands, on a map 1943
Ypenburg Air Base in World War II on a US map from 1943
Source: McMaster University Library Digital Archive, License: Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 2.5 CC BY-NC 2.5 CA

During the 1950s

Situation

Ypenburg with surrounding airways and restricted areas in 1956
Ypenburg with surrounding airways and restricted areas in 1956

Radio beacons

  • NDB: 376 "PEY"

Radio communication

  • Tower 117.9, 257.8, 111.42, 121.5, 262.9, 100.26

During the 1960s

Overview

Ypenburg runways and taxiways on a map 1960
Runways and taxiways on a map from 1960
Source: DoD

Runways

  • 05L/23R: 2441 m x 23 m
  • 05R/23L: 2140 m x 45 m

Lights

Identification beacon with ident YP at the northwestern side of the field,
Approach lights runway 23L

Radio beacons

  • NDB: 376 "YBR", at field, in the southwestern corner

Radar

ASR, PAR

Radio communication

  • Ypenburg Approach Control 362.3, 136.35, 117.9
  • Ypenburg Tower 357.1, 257.8, 117.9

In the 1970s

Situation

Ypenburg Air Base, Netherlands, on a map 1972
Ypenburg Air Base on a map of the US Department of Defense from 1972
Source: ONC E-2 (1972), Perry-Castañeda Library Map Collection, University of Texas at Austin

Overview

Ypenburg Air Base, Netherlands, on a US satellite image 1977
Ypenburg and surroundings on a US satellite image from 29 August 1977 - 1: Airfield. Motorways A4, A12 und A13. a: Knooppunt Prins Clausplein interchange; b: Delftsche Vliet canal; c: Lake Bosplas (at the airfield); d: Lake Grote Plas. Places: Delft, Den Haag, Nootdorp.
Source: U.S. Geological Survey
Ypenburg Vliegveld
Ypenburg Air Base
Source: U.S. Geological Survey

In the 1980s

Runways

  • 05L/23R: 2442 m Concrete
  • 05R/23L: 2442 m Concrete

Radio beacons

  • TACAN: CH 49 "YBR", at field

Radio communication

  • Approach 122.1, 341.8, 362.3
  • GCA 123.3, 226.7, 260.1, 122.1, 280.4, 344.0, 385.4
  • Tower 122.1, 257.8, 337.3

Telephone

(070) 469335

In the early 1990s

Runways

The previous two parallel runways have been reduced to only one.
  • 05/23: 2440 m Asphalt/Concrete

Radio beacons

  • TACAN: CH 49, at field

Radio communication

  • Rotterdam Approach 127.025, 230.5, 362.3, 119.7
  • Final 399.35, 385.4, 257.5, 123.3, 122.1
  • Tower 122.1, 308.55, 257.8

Telephone

(015) 146441

Airspace and procedures

The airfield may only be used by special arrangement to the Ministry of Defence in the Hague in exceptional circumstances.

Today

Use

Closed. The area was used to build a housing area and an industrial estate. At the northwestern corner, the former control tower is preserved.

Links

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