Zutendaal

50°56'59"N 005°35'36"E

Runway: 06/24 - 9777x148feet/2980x45meters - concrete/asphalt

Reserve air base Zutendaal (Dutch: Reserve vliegveld Zutendaal, ICAO EBSL), near Genk in the province of Limburg,
It was built ca. 1953 in reponse to a NATO requirement for reserve air bases. The airfield is not in active use, and has never had units assigned to it.
In the winter of 1944/1945 the logistics site north of the runway was the location of airfield Y-29 (Asch), which is not to be confused with the much earlier airfield of As, which was a about 3.5 kilometers to the northwest.
Zutendaal has been used in support of ReForGer and similar exercises. A few years ago the Belgian Air component had some F-16s land at the runway, but the pilots found it to be in such a state they left and never returned.

Zutendaal supports the US Army depot on the north side of the runway.
As of 2009 the airfield also has a civilian glider club, the LZC (Limburg Glider Club, or "Limburgse Zweefvlieg Club" in Dutch).


Map of Zutendaal airfield ca. 1996 (Source).




Zutendaal reserve air base, ca 2009 (Via GoogleMaps).