Airports / Germany / RMS
Ramstein Air Base
ETAR / RMSRamstein-Miesenbach, GermanyELEV 776 FT
Field elevation
Nearest alternate
Field standing
23 nm
To the nearest alternate
Saarbrücken Airport (SCN) — 6 fields within 50 nm.
Overview
Ramstein Air Base (ETAR / RMS) is a mid-sized airport serving Ramstein-Miesenbach, Germany. The field lies at an elevation of 776 feet. The field has no airline schedules, which keeps it focused on private and general aviation flying.
RMS has no resident charter fleet; trips here are typically flown by operators repositioning from surrounding airports. Useful alternates include Saarbrücken Airport (SCN, 23 nm), Frankfurt-Hahn Airport (HHN, 33 nm), and Mannheim-City Airport (MHG, 36 nm).
Quotes for flights out of RMS vary with aircraft type, repositioning, and schedule flexibility. The airport is also known as Landstuhl Air Base. Use the cost estimator to model a trip from RMS, or browse verified operators serving the area.
Field capability
ICAO
ETAR
IATA
RMS
FAA / Local
ETAR
Elevation
776 ft
Coordinates
49.4369° N · 7.6003° 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 Germany fields
state range 14–2,231 ft
At 776 ft, RMS sits higher than 60% of the 75 Germany fields on the register.
Access & alternates
Closest alternate fields by great-circle distance — every listing links to its own field brief.
- 23nmSCNSaarbrücken AirportSaarbrücken
- 33nmHHNFrankfurt-Hahn AirportFrankfurt am Main (Lautzenhausen)
- 36nmMHGMannheim-City AirportMannheim
- 38nmEDFZMainz-Finthen AirfieldMainz
- 43nmLFQPPhalsbourg-Bourscheid Air BaseBourscheid
- 44nmFKBKarlsruhe Baden-Baden AirportRheinmünster
Location
Open the full mapETAR · Ramstein Air Base · Ramstein-Miesenbach, Germany