Oostwold Airport
Encyclopedia
Oostwold Airport also known as Groningen Airport Oostwold, is a small general aviation
airport in Oostwold
, a village in municipality of Scheemda
in the province
of Groningen
in the Netherlands
. The airport is 3 NM north of the city and municipality of Winschoten
.
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.
General aviation
General aviation is one of the two categories of civil aviation. It refers to all flights other than military and scheduled airline and regular cargo flights, both private and commercial. General aviation flights range from gliders and powered parachutes to large, non-scheduled cargo jet flights...
airport in Oostwold
Oostwold (Scheemda)
Oostwold is a village in the municipality of Scheemda in the province of Groningen in the Netherlands. The village is home to the Oostwold Airport....
, a village in municipality of Scheemda
Scheemda
Scheemda is a former municipality and a town in the northeastern Netherlands. Since January 1, 2010 it forms a part of Oldambt.- Population centres :Heiligerlee, Midwolda, Nieuw-Scheemda, Nieuwolda, Oostwold, Scheemda, 't Waar and Westerlee....
in the province
Provinces of the Netherlands
A Dutch province represents the administrative layer in between the national government and the local municipalities, having the responsibility for matters of subnational or regional importance. The government of each province consists of three major parts: the Provinciale Staten which is the...
of Groningen
Groningen (province)
Groningen [] is the northeasternmost province of the Netherlands. In the east it borders the German state of Niedersachsen , in the south Drenthe, in the west Friesland and in the north the Wadden Sea...
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...
. The airport is 3 NM north of the city and municipality of Winschoten
Winschoten
Winschoten is a former municipality and city in the northeast of the Netherlands.Population : 18.497; area: 22,24 km2.The origin of the name of Winschoten is not known but it has received nicknames. One of these is Molenstad . It has also been known, in living memory, as Sodom...
.
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
Schengen Area
The Schengen Area comprises the territories of twenty-five European countries that have implemented the Schengen Agreement signed in the town of Schengen, Luxembourg, in 1985...
countries, no international flights are allowed.
External links
- Oostwold Airport, official website
- Photos taken at Oostwold (EHOW) from Airliners.netAirliners.netAirliners.net is an aviation website founded by Johan Lundgren, Sweden, in 1997, evolving from his previous Pictures of Modern Airliners site started in 1994...