Al Minhad Air Base
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Al Minhad Air Base قاعدة المنهاد الجوية |
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| Airport type | Military | ||||||||||
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United Arab Emirates Air Force Royal Air Force Australian Defence Force |
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| Location | Dubai, United Arab Emirates | ||||||||||
| Time zone | UAE Standard Time (UTC+04:00) | ||||||||||
| Elevation AMSL | 165 ft / 50 m | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 25°01′37″N 055°21′58″E / 25.02694°N 55.36611°ECoordinates: 25°01′37″N 055°21′58″E / 25.02694°N 55.36611°E | ||||||||||
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Al Minhad Air Base (Arabic: قاعدة المنهاد الجوية) (IATA: NHD, ICAO: OMDM) is a military installation in the United Arab Emirates. The base is located approximately 15 miles (24 km) south of Dubai and is operated by the United Arab Emirates Air Force. It is currently the headquarters of Joint Task Force 633 and supports Australian operations in the Middle East.
The airport resides at an elevation of 174 ft (53 m) above mean sea level. It has one runway, 09/27 which has an asphalt surface measuring 3,953 m × 45 m (12,969 ft × 148 ft). and a parallel taxiway with a width of 38 m (125 ft).
Several foreign countries allied to the United Arab Emirates are believed to have made use of Al Minhad Air Base since the early 2000s to support the logistics supply chain for their army operations in Afghanistan. Use of the Al Minhad Air Base is a sensitive matter for the Government of the United Arab Emirates, which imposes a diplomatic agreement stating that the militaries of foreign governments not advertise the host nation nor location of their operations in the United Arab Emirates due to "local sensitivities" about allowing a foreign military presence within its borders.
The British Armed Forces have operations at the base.No. 906 Expeditionary Air Wing RAF was stood up at the base on 15 January 2013. 906 Wing was an expansion of the RAF's presence; previously, prior to Christmas 2012, No. 6 Squadron RAF had exercised their Eurofighter Typhoons from the UAE.
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