Dreux Louvilliers Air Base

Use

• 1951: Start of construction
• 1952-1966: Base of the US Air Force (USAF)
• since 1967: Used by the French armed forces, including a base for the Nostradamus over-horizon radar
• Solar park

In the 1960s

NDB approach runway 24 (October 1960) - There is one runway - 060/240: length 2415 m, width 45 m (7923 feet x 148 feet). (Source: US DoD)

VOR approach runway 24 (October 1960) (Source: US DoD)

In the 1970s

Dreux Louvilliers Air Base as Dreux/Senonches on a map of the US Department of Defense from 1972 - The label has a typo, it was written "Druex" instead of "Dreux". (Source: ONC E-2 (1972), Perry-Castañeda Library Map Collection, University of Texas at Austin)

Index to the objects shown on the maps

Aerodromes / Aérodromes:

• Dreux
• Saint-André-de-l’Eure

Radio beacons / Radiophares aéronautiques:

• Dreux NDB "DE", VOR "DE"

Air traffic control / Contrôle de la circulation aérienne:

• Dreux Tower
• Evreux Fauville Approach Control

Source for all maps, if not marked otherwise: US Department of Defense (US DoD)