Groningen airport
Groningen Eelde Airport |
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Characteristics | |
ICAO code | EHGG |
IATA code | GRQ |
Coordinates | |
Height above MSL | 5 m (16 ft ) |
Transport links | |
Distance from the city center | 15 km south of Groningen |
Street | (Exit 37) |
Local transport | Bus No. 52 |
Basic data | |
opening | 1931 |
operator | Groningen Airport Eelde |
Terminals | 1 |
Passengers | 176,022 (2019) |
Air freight | 0 t (2019) |
Flight movements |
31,917 (2019) |
Runways | |
05/23 | 2500 m × 45 m asphalt |
01/19 | 1500 m × 45 m asphalt |
The airport Groningen Eelde ( IATA : GRQ ; ICAO : EHGG ; actually Groningen Airport Eelde ) is an international commercial airport near the Dutch town of Groningen in the area of the village Eelde (province of Drenthe ). It is mainly used by low-cost airlines.
Airlines and Destinations
As of March 2020, the following five airlines are flying to Groningen Airport Eelde:
airline | Destinations |
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Blue Islands | Seasonal charter: Guernsey |
Corendon Airlines | Seasonal: Antalya (via Rotterdam The Hague ) and Bodrum (via Maastricht Aachen , starts on April 21, 2020) |
Corendon Dutch Airlines | Seasonal: Heraklion (via Rotterdam The Hague ) |
Transavia | Seasonal: Heraklion , Palma de Mallorca |
TUI Airlines Nederland | Gran Canaria |
history
In 1920 the flight service between Groningen and Amsterdam was started. In 1931 the airfield was opened at its current location.
Web links
Commons : Groningen Airport - collection of images, videos and audio files
- Airport website (German, Dutch, English, Polish)
Individual evidence
- ↑ About us. GroningenAirport.nl, accessed on May 25, 2018 (English).
- ↑ a b c Aviation; monthly figures of Dutch airports. StatLine.CBS.nl , accessed June 25, 2020 (English).
- ↑ arent Toncko Schuitema Meijer: Zó what Groningen, 1919-1939 . Niemeijer, Groningen 1967, pp. 22-23.
- ↑ arent Toncko Schuitema Meijer: Zó what Groningen, 1919-1939 . Niemeijer, Groningen 1967, p. 45.