Middenmeer Aerodrome is a small airfield in the town of Middenmeer

Middenmeer

Middenmeer is a town in the Dutch province of North Holland. It is part of the municipality of Wieringermeer, and lies about 18 km north of Hoorn....

, in the Wieringermeer

Wieringermeer

Wieringermeer is a municipality and a polder in the Netherlands, in the province of North Holland.- Population centres :The municipality of Wieringermeer consists of the following cities, towns, villages and/or districts: Kreileroord, Middenmeer, Slootdorp, Wieringerwerf.- History :Around the year...

 municipality of the North Holland

North Holland

North Holland |West Frisian]]: Noard-Holland) is a province situated on the North Sea in the northwest part of the Netherlands. The provincial capital is Haarlem and its largest city is Amsterdam.-Geography:...

 province in the Netherlands

Netherlands

The Netherlands is a constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, located mainly in North-West Europe and with several islands in the Caribbean. Mainland Netherlands borders the North Sea to the north and west, Belgium to the south, and Germany to the east, and shares maritime borders...

. It is just southeast of the city Den Helder

Den Helder

Den Helder is a municipality and a city in the Netherlands, in the province of North Holland. Den Helder occupies the northernmost point of the North Holland peninsula...

.

During the beginning of the Second World War a military airstrip existed in the area, from which the Royal Netherlands Air Force

Royal Netherlands Air Force

The Royal Netherlands Air Force , Dutch Koninklijke Luchtmacht , is the military aviation branch of the Netherlands Armed Forces. Its ancestor, the Luchtvaartafdeling of the Dutch Army was founded on 1 July 1913, with four pilots...

 deployed Fokker C.V

Fokker C.V

Fokker C.V was a Dutch light reconnaissance and bomber biplane aircraft manufactured by Fokker. It was designed by Anthony Fokker and the series manufacture began in 1924 at Fokker in Amsterdam.-Development:...

 and Fokker C.X

Fokker C.X

-Bibliography:*Taylor, H.A.. Airspeed Aircraft since 1931. Putnam. 1970. London. ISBN 370 00110 9...

 aircraft for bombing and reconnaissance missions against the German military.

Currently, the airport has one single grass runway, 05/23, with a length of 400 meters (1,312 feet). It is used exclusively by ultralight aviation

Ultralight aviation

The term "ultralight aviation" refers to light-weight, 1- or 2-person airplanes., also called microlight aircraft in the UK, India and New Zealand...

, with the short grass runway not being able to support heavier aircraft.

External links

Flying Club Wieringermeer (Dutch only)

• Photos taken at Middenmeer (EHMM) from Jetphotos.net