Hilversum Airport
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| Hilversium Airport | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| IATA: - ICAO: EHHV | |||
| Summary | |||
| Airport type | Public | ||
| Operator | Stichting Vliegveld Hilversum | ||
| Serves | Hilversum | ||
| Elevation AMSL | 3 ft (1 m) | ||
| Coordinates | |||
| Runways | |||
| Direction | Length | Surface | |
| ft | m | ||
| 00/18 | 2,297 | 700 | Grass |
| 07/25 | 1,772 | 540 | Grass |
| 13/31 | 2,165 | 660 | Grass |
Hilversum Airport (Dutch: Vliegveld Hilversum) is a general aviation airport located in Het Gooi near Hilversum in the Netherlands. It has three grass runways, 00/18, 07/25 and 13/31 with the respective lengths of 700 meters (2,297 feet), 540 meters (1,772 feet) and 660 meters (2,165 feet). An asphalt runway is planned in the near future. The majority of flights are with smaller single engine piston aircraft either for training or recreational purposes.
Though founded in 1939 with civil aviation in mind, because of the unrest in Europe, the Royal Dutch Air Force took control of the airfield, using it as a base for Fokker C-5, Fokker C-10 and Koolhoven FK-51 aircraft. On the 10th and 11th of May 1940, the airport came under heavy attack by Luftwaffe Messerschmitt Bf 109 aircraft. After Germany occupied the Netherlands later that month, they expanded the airport significantly for further military use.
As it became clear that Hilversum airport was going to be lost to allied forces, the German military destroyed most of airport to prevent use by the allied forces. After the end of the war, the airport remained under military control briefly, but became a civil airport again in 1948.
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