Eindhoven Airport

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Eindhoven Airport
IATA: EIN – ICAO: EHEH
Summary
Airport type		Public
Location		Eindhoven
Elevation AMSL		74 ft / 22.6 m
Coordinates		51°26′00″N 005°23′00″E / 51.433333, 5.383333
Runways
Direction	Length		Surface
	ft	m
04/22	9,842	3,000	Asphalt

Eindhoven Airport (IATA: EIN, ICAO: EHEH) is a regional airport near Eindhoven, Netherlands. In number of served passengers it's the second largest airport in the Netherlands, with 1,5 milion passengers in 2007 (well behind Schiphol, more than 48 millions of passengers).

The airport is used for both civilian and military traffic. From World War II up until a few years ago, Eindhoven Airport was called Welschap.

During WWII, it was extensively bombed. When construction started of the new Meerhoven district in the vicinity of the airport, many bombs were found and had to be defused.

On July 15, 1996, a C-130 Hercules crashed at the airport. The plane caught fire and in the intense heat, 34 people died.

From 1 July 2007 Eindhoven is the location of the new NATO Movement Coordination Centre Europe, a fusion of the former European Airlift Centre (EAC) and the Sealift Coordination Centre (SCC). The founding MCCE countries are: Belgium, Canada, Denmark, France, Germany, Hungary, Italy, Latvia, The Netherlands, Norway, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Turkey and United Kingdom. The Centre is staffed by 30 military and civilians personnel from the participating countries.

Contents 1 Airlines and destinations 1.1 Scheduled 1.2 Charter 2 External links

[edit] Airlines and destinations

[edit] Scheduled

• Air France
  • operated by Airlinair (Paris-Orly)
  • operated by Cityjet (London-City)
• OLT (Hamburg)
• Iceland Express (Reykjavík-Keflavik)
• Ryanair (Dublin, Girona, London-Stansted, Madrid, Marseille, Milan-Bergamo, Pisa, Rome-Ciampino, Stockholm Skavsta, Valencia)
• transavia.com (Alicante, Faro, Málaga)
• Wizz Air (Budapest, Katowice)

[edit] Charter

• Corendon Airlines (Antalya)
• Dubrovnik Airlines (Pula)
• Freebird Airlines (Dalaman)
• Jetran Air (Lourdes)
• Onur Air (Bodrum, Antalya)
• Pegasus Airlines (Antalya)
• Sky Airlines (Antalya)
• transavia.com (Corfu, Kos, Rhodos, Heraklion, Dalaman, Bodrum, Antalya, Palma de Mallorca, Las Palmas, Tenerife, Hurghada)

[edit] External links

• NATO MCCE
• Eindhoven Airport Homepage
• Guide to Eindhoven Airport
• BOW.nl Belangenbehartiging Omwonenden Welschap