Airports / Netherlands / LWR
Leeuwarden Air Base
EHLW / LWRLeeuwarden, NetherlandsELEV 3 FT
Field elevation
Nearest alternate
Field standing
30 nm
To the nearest alternate
Groningen Airport Eelde (GRQ) — 3 fields within 50 nm.
Overview
Located in Leeuwarden, Netherlands, Leeuwarden Air Base (EHLW / LWR) operates as a mid-sized airport. The field lies at an elevation of 3 feet. The field has no airline schedules, which keeps it focused on private and general aviation flying.
LWR has no resident charter fleet; trips here are typically flown by operators repositioning from surrounding airports. Useful alternates include Groningen Airport Eelde (GRQ, 30 nm), De Kooy Airfield / Den Helder Naval Air Station (DHR, 40 nm), and Lelystad Airport (LEY, 47 nm).
Quotes for flights out of LWR vary with aircraft type, repositioning, and schedule flexibility. Use the cost estimator to model a trip from LWR, or browse verified operators serving the area.
Field capability
ICAO
EHLW
IATA
LWR
FAA / Local
EHLW
Elevation
3 ft
Coordinates
53.2286° N · 5.7606° E
Airspace
G · GolfClass G — GolfUncontrolled field — no tower. Pilots self-announce and sequence themselves on the common traffic advisory frequency.Source: FAA NASR class airspace
Size
Medium
Scheduled svc
No
Elevation vs Netherlands fields
state range -15–375 ft
At 3 ft, LWR sits lower than 64% of the 14 Netherlands fields on the register.
Access & alternates
Closest alternate fields by great-circle distance — every listing links to its own field brief.
- 30nmGRQGroningen Airport EeldeGroningen
- 40nmDHRDe Kooy Airfield / Den Helder Naval Air StationDen Helder
- 47nmLEYLelystad AirportLelystad
- 66nmAMSAmsterdam Airport SchipholAmsterdam
- 70nmEHDLDeelen Air BaseArnhem
- 70nmENSTwente AirportEnschede
Location
Open the full mapEHLW · Leeuwarden Air Base · Leeuwarden, Netherlands