De Kooy

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Den Helder Airport Marinevliegkamp De Kooy

IATA: DHR – ICAO: EHKD
Summary
Airport type		Public / Military
Operator		Government / Schreiner Airways Rotary Wing
Location		Den Helder, Netherlands
Elevation AMSL		3 ft / 1 m
Coordinates		52°55′28″N 004°46′51″E / 52.92444, 4.78083
Website		www.DenHelderAirport.nl
Runways
Direction	Length		Surface
Direction	ft	m	Surface
04/22	4183	1275	Asphalt

De Kooy (Dutch: Vliegveld De Kooy) (IATA: DHR, ICAO: EHKD) is an airfield in Den Helder, the Netherlands, named after the nearby hamlet De Kooy. It serves as both a civilian airport under the name Den Helder Airport and a naval airport under the name Marinevliegkamp De Kooy (Dutch for Naval Air Base De Kooy).

Most movements on the De Kooy are made by helicopters, bringing workers to and from offshore oilrigs and naval helicopters such as the Westland Lynx of the Royal Netherlands Navy. But fixed wing aircraft visit and operate from the airport as well. Skyline Aviation operates from De Kooy, who mainly operate business aircraft but also do airwork such as aerial photography for both civilian and military contractors. Amongst their fleet of aircraft most noticeable are several Aero L-39 Albatros jets, one of which was used in the James Bond movie Tomorrow Never Dies.

1 Future
2 See also
3 References
4 External links

[edit] Future

The oil fields in the North Sea will eventually be depleted and when that happens the airport would lose most of its helicopter movements and thus alternative markets are being looked at, such as business and holiday flights. At the moment, there are no scheduled flights from De Kooy, but the possibility of a scheduled flight from De Kooy to a destination in the United Kingdom is being looked at. The navy may move its helicopter operations from De Kooy too Gilze-Rijen Air Base.