Oostwold Airport
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Oostwold Airport | |||
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IATA: - ICAO: EHOW | |||
Summary | |||
Airport type | Public | ||
Operator | Stichting Vliegveld Oostwold / Oldambt | ||
Serves | Groningen | ||
Elevation AMSL | 3 ft (1 m) | ||
Coordinates | |||
Runways | |||
Direction | Length | Surface | |
ft | m | ||
07/25 | 2,887 | 880 | Grass, partial concrete |
Oostwold Airport (Dutch: Vliegveld Oostwold) is a small general aviation airport near the city of Groningen in the north of the Netherlands. The airport is limited by the Dutch aviation authorities to 4,800 aircraft movements a year (an aircraft movement being either a take-off or a landing) and has limited and irregular opening hours. The ICAO code EHOW has been reserved for the airfield.
It has one runway, 07/25, with a length of 880 meters (2,887) feet. It has a grass surface, with a narrow concrete strip available for the first 600 meters (1,968 feet) in the 25 direction. Except for flights from Schengen countries, no international flights are allowed.