Maastricht Aachen Airport

Maastricht Aachen Airport
Characteristics
ICAO code	EHBK
IATA code	MST
Coordinates	50 ° 54 '42 "  N , 5 ° 46' 13"  E Coordinates: 50 ° 54 '42 "  N , 5 ° 46' 13"  E
Height above MSL	114 m (374  ft )
Transport links
Distance from the city center	10 km north-east of Maastricht, 30 km north-west of Aachen
Street
Local transport	bus
Basic data
opening	1944
operator	Maastricht Aachen Airport BV
Terminals	1
Passengers	430,030 (2019)
Air freight	108,831 t (2019)
Flight movements	14,186 (2019)
Start-and runway
03/21	2750 m × 45 m asphalt

The Maastricht Aachen Airport ( IATA : MST ; ICAO : EHBK ; also Vliegveld Zuid-Limburg / Beek ) is an international commercial airport in the town of Beek about 10 kilometers northeast of Maastricht and 30 kilometers northwest of Aachen . The airport can be reached by car and bus via Rijksweg 2 . It is particularly important for air freight traffic , but is also used by low-cost and charter airlines.

Next to the airport also is Upper Area Control Center Maastricht of Euro Control , which ft upper airspace from 24,500 (7,500 m) north-west Germany , the Benelux -countries and northern France monitored.

Airlines and Destinations

Maastricht Aachen Airport is used by low-cost and charter airlines for passenger traffic. Corendon Dutch Airlines and Transavia mainly serve holiday destinations in the Mediterranean region. Freight traffic is of greater importance; Royal Jordanian and Cargolux , among others, operate from Maastricht Aachen Airport worldwide.

In July 2012, Ryanair announced that it would open a base in Maastricht from December 2012 and initially station a plane there. In summer 2013, Ryanair flew to 15 destinations from Maastricht: London-Stansted , Dublin , Treviso , Bari , Bergamo , Pisa , Trapani , Girona , Alicante , Málaga , Palma , Tenerife , Faro , Porto and Brive-la-Gaillarde . In November 2013 it was announced that Ryanair would close the base again and cancel several routes.

expansion

Plans to expand the airfield, which was established in 1944 as an Allied air force base, repeatedly met with fierce opposition, as the approach path should lead over the center of several villages and towns in the Netherlands and neighboring Belgium . Since air freight traffic mainly takes place at night, there is a fear of excessive noise pollution.

Traffic figures

Source: CBS StatLine

Traffic figures for Maastricht Aachen Airport 1997–2019

year	Passengers	Flight movements	Air freight (t)
2019	430.030	14,186	108,831
2018	274.986	15,781	124,676
2017	167,544	18,359	86,770
2016	176,562	19,288	60,480
2015	195.180	24,030	56,622
2014	241,473	14,768	56,693
2013	429,545	13,515	54,029
2012	305,439	23,263	52,562
2011	333.910	26,110	65,402
2010	226,635	35,410	61,975
2009	135,696	43,148	53,351
2008	231,824	39,784	55,383
2007	134,579	23.208	57,898
2006	270.086	20,012	54,152
2005	304.191	19,340	54,569
2004	228.318	32,056	44,221
2003	273,347	40,688	34,255
2002	312,333	47.093	39,477
2001	359,559	58,534	33,463
2000	382,896	71,016	44,268
1999	293,288	73,572	36,029
1998	240,657	76,328	27,999
1997	231.908	78.043	33,261

See also

• List of commercial airports

Web links

Commons : Maastricht Aachen Airport  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Wikivoyage: Maastricht Aachen Airport  - travel guide

• Airport website (Dutch, German, English)
• Maastricht Aachen Airport . In: rondleidingenluchthavens.com (Dutch).

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b c d e} Aviation; monthly figures of Dutch airports. StatLine.CBS.nl , accessed June 25, 2020 (English). 
2. ↑ dutchnews.nl - Budget airline Ryanair to close Maastricht base (English) December 17, 2013