Hoogeveen Airport Explained

Hoogeveen Airport
Nativename:Vliegveld Hoogeveen
Icao:EHHO
Type:Public
Operator:Stichting Vliegveld Hoogeveen
City-Served:Hoogeveen, Netherlands
Elevation-F:40
Elevation-M:12
Website:vliegveldhoogeveen.nl
Coordinates:52.7308°N 6.5161°W
Metric-Rwy:y
R1-Number:9/27
R1-Length-M:1,080
R1-Length-F:3,543
R1-Surface:Grass
Footnotes:Sources: AIP

Hoogeveen Airport (Dutch: Vliegveld Hoogeveen) is a small general aviation airfield located 0.6NM northeast of Hoogeveen, a town in the northeastern Netherlands. There are several flying clubs and flying schools located at the airport. It has one grass runway with a length of 1080m (3,540feet). Once per year the special event Wings and Wheels is hosted here. It is a show with classic planes and cars. Special aircraft from all over The Netherlands, Germany and Belgium come to show them to the people. There is also a steakhouse on the grounds.

Fokker

The Airport was initially intended for the Fokker company when they made their older Propeller airplanes.

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