Jever Air Base

Jever Air Base
RAF Jever
Advanced Landing Ground (ALG) B-117
Jever Air Base; RAF Jever; Advanced Landing Ground (ALG) B-117
Jever, Lower Saxony in Germany
	Fliegerhorst Jever in 1986
	Jever Air Base Shown within Lower Saxony, Germany
Coordinates	53°32′02″N 007°53′05″E
Site information
Owner	Federal Defence Forces of Germany
Operator	Luftwaffe (National Socialist), 1936–1945; Royal Air Force, 1945–1961; German Air Force (FRG), 1961–Present;
Site history
Built	1936
In use	1936-present
Airfield information
Identifiers	ICAO: ETNJ
Elevation	7 metres (23 ft) AMSL
Runways
10/28	2,480 metres (8,136 ft) Concrete

Jever Air Base is a former German Air Force military air base, located 4.3 km west-southwest of Schortens in Lower Saxony, Germany. It was the home of parts of the German Air Force Regiment. Military flying ceased in September 2013.

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