Airport Weeze

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Airport Weeze Flughafen Weeze-Laarbruch
IATA: NRN - ICAO: EDLV
Summary
Airport type		Public
Operator		Flughafen Niederrhein GmbH
Serves		Weeze
Elevation AMSL		106 ft (32 m)
Coordinates		51°36′08″N, 06°08′31″E
Runways
Direction	Length		Surface
Direction	ft	m	Surface
09/27	8,005	2,440	Concrete/Asphalt

Airport Weeze or Niederrhein Airport (IATA: NRN, ICAO: EDLV) is an airport situated in the small municipality of Weeze in the Niederrhein (Lower Rhineland) of western Germany. It lies approximately 30 km (18.75 miles) from Nijmegen, Netherlands and 80 km (50 miles) north of Düsseldorf. It is built on the site of the former military airbase RAF Laarbruch, and began operations as a civil airport in 2003.

Weeze Airport is used only by low-cost carriers. Its IATA-Code is "NRN" because of its former name Flughafen Niederrhein.

EDLV Frequency Tower 129.400 mHz.

The airport has undergone several changes of name; the operators originally wanting to name it after the city of Düsseldorf. As there were already three international airports closer to the city (Düsseldorf International, Düsseldorf-Mönchengladbach and Cologne Bonn), the name was blocked by a court decision which argued that naming the airport after Düsseldorf would be misleading to passengers.

On 3 January 2006 an administrative court ruled the permission for civil use of the airport invalid. Flight operations continue temporarily until the decision becomes final.

[edit] Destinations

Ryanair (Alghero [starts June 2], Alicante [starts June 1], Girona, Glasgow-Prestwick, London-Stansted, Rome-Ciampino, Shannon, Stockholm-Skavsta, Palma Mallorca [starts June 4], Venice-Treviso [starts June 1])

There are also charter flights to Turkey with SKYairlines.