Groningen airport

Groningen Eelde Airport
Characteristics
ICAO code	EHGG
IATA code	GRQ
Coordinates	53 ° 7 '30 "  N , 6 ° 35' 0"  E Coordinates: 53 ° 7 '30 "  N , 6 ° 35' 0"  E
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
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

1. ↑ About us. GroningenAirport.nl, accessed on May 25, 2018 (English). 
2. ↑ ^{a b c} Aviation; monthly figures of Dutch airports. StatLine.CBS.nl , accessed June 25, 2020 (English). 
3. ↑ arent Toncko Schuitema Meijer: Zó what Groningen, 1919-1939 . Niemeijer, Groningen 1967, pp. 22-23.
4. ↑ arent Toncko Schuitema Meijer: Zó what Groningen, 1919-1939 . Niemeijer, Groningen 1967, p. 45.