Eindhoven Airport

Eindhoven Airport IATA: EIN – ICAO: EHEH Summary Airport type Public Location Eindhoven Elevation AMSL74 ft/ 22.6 m Coordinates 51°26′00″N 005°23′00″E / 51.433333, 5.383333 Runways DirectionLength Surface ft m04/22 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.

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

Airlines and destinations

Ryanair Boeing 737-800 at Eindhoven Airport

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)

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)