Torrejón Air Base
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Torrejón Air Base (IATA: TOJ, ICAO: LETO) (Base Aérea de Torrejón de Ardoz) is both a major Spanish Air and Space Force base and the co-located Madrid–Torrejón Airport, a secondary civilian airport for the city and metropolitan area of Madrid, east-northeast of the city center in central Spain.
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Base Aérea de Torrejón | |||||||
Near Torrejón de Ardoz, Comunidad de Madrid in Spain | |||||||
Coordinates | 40°29′48″N 003°26′45″W | ||||||
Type | Military airfield | ||||||
Site information | |||||||
Owner | Ministry of Defence | ||||||
Operator | Spanish Air and Space Force | ||||||
Controlled by | General Air Command | ||||||
Condition | Operational | ||||||
Website | Official website (in Spanish) | ||||||
Site history | |||||||
Built | 1957 (1957) | ||||||
In use | 1957 – present | ||||||
Garrison information | |||||||
Garrison | Torrejón Air Base Group | ||||||
Airfield information | |||||||
Identifiers | IATA: TOJ, ICAO: LETO, WMO: 082270 | ||||||
Elevation | 618 metres (2,028 ft) AMSL | ||||||
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Source: Spanish Aeronautical Information Publication[1] |
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