ICAO Code | EHVB/LID |
Last Validated | |
City | Leiden |
Position | 52°10'11"N 004°25'34"E |
Runway(s) | 05/23, 16/34 |
Elevation | 0 ft |
This base used to be the home of the Dutch Navy MARPAT squadron with the Lockheed P-3C Orion. However this base is about to close completely. In the future the area will be used to build houses. The VIP and Royalty flights that normally came to this base now moved to primarily Rotterdam and to some degree to Schiphol airport. A good sight at the flightline and platform is possible due to the fact that there are very few trees and buildings obstructing the view. Until summer 2006 regular test flight of Orions can be seen here on Tuesday and Thursdays.
A bus service (90) from Haarlem to Den Haag stops at the main gate junction and near spot 3 and 4. Another bus (32) runs from Leiden to Valkenburg and calls in the village. Just get out after passing the landing lights and walk a little towards the airfield for spot 1 and 2 (5 minutes).
Altough the base is about to close, you can still see some Orions now and then performing training flights. This picture taken at spot 1 on 19 march 2006, Photo Iwan Bogels
Jaco Haasnoot
235.2 | Ground |
134.15 | Tower |
235.2 | Tower |
122.1 | Tower |
127.025 | Rotterdam Approach |
281.05 | Rotterdam Approach |
121.2 | Schiphol Approach (outside Rotterdam hours) |
339.475 | Schiphol Approach (outside Rotterdam hours) |
INFO ON THIS PAGE NOT UPDATED SINCE CLOSURE ! | |
SVVS | The Valkenburg spotters society |
P-3 Orion Research Group | Everything about the Orion |
Valkenburg Tower | Live Air Traffic Control of Valkenburg Tower |
Royal Netherlands Air Force/Navy |
Coast Guard Netherlands |
Ameland | |
Amsterdam/Schiphol | |
Breda/Seppe | |
Budel (Kempen Airport) | |
De Peel | |
Deelen | |
Den Helder/De Kooy   | |
Eindhoven   | |
Gilze-Rijen | |
Groningen/Eelde   | |
Hilversum | |
Hoogeveen | |
Leeuwarden | |
Lelystad   | |
Maastricht-Aachen | |
Midden-Zeeland | |
Rotterdam-The Hague   | |
Soesterberg - CLOSED | |
Teuge | |
Texel | |
Twente   | |
Valkenburg - CLOSED | |
Volkel | |
Woensdrecht |
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