Monte Real Air Base

Monte Real Air Base Air Base 5
Base Aérea de Monte Real Base Aérea Nº 5
Monte Real, Leiria in Portugal
A Portuguese Air Force F-16B Fighting Falcon at Monte Real AB
Alcança quem não cansa (Portuguese for 'He/she who never tires, reaches')
Monte Real Location in Portugal
Coordinates	39°49′42″N 008°53′15″W / 39.82833°N 8.88750°W / 39.82833; -8.88750
Type	Military airfield
Site information
Owner	Ministry of National Defence
Operator	Portuguese Air Force
Controlled by	Air Command
Condition	Operational
Website	Official website
Site history
Built	1957–1959
In use	4 October 1959 (1959-10-04) – present
Garrison information
Current commander	Colonel João Paulo Nunes Vicente
Garrison	51st Operational Group
Airfield information
Identifiers	IATA: QLR, ICAO: LPMR, WMO: 085400
Elevation	26.5 metres (87 ft) AMSL
Runways Direction Length and surface 01/19 2,743 metres (8,999 ft) Concrete

Monte Real Air Base, officially designated as Air Force Base No. 5 (Portuguese: Base Aérea Nº 5, BA5), is a Portuguese Air Force (PoAF) air base located in Monte Real, Leiria, Portugal. Its mission is to guarantee the readiness and deployment of the air force units based there. Since its opening in October 1959, the base has been home to the air force's jet fighter aircraft, with several of the units based there being equipped with F-86F Sabre, Fiat G.91, T-33 Shooting Star, T-38 Talon and A-7 Corsair II aircraft.

The base is currently home to two F-16 Fighting Falcon squadrons.