Eindhoven Airport
Eindhoven Airport
Eindhoven Airport (IATA: EIN,
ICAO: EHEH) is an airport located 7.6 km (4.7 mi) west of Eindhoven, North
Brabant, Netherlands. In terms of the
number of served passengers it is the second largest airport in the
Netherlands, with 5.7 million passengers in 2017 (well behind Schiphol, which
serves more than 68 million passengers).
The airport is used by both
civilian and military traffic.
History
The airport was founded in 1932
as a grass strip under the name Vliegveld Welschap (Welschap Airfield). In 1939
the airfield was acquired for use by the Air Force, as concerns over a military
conflict with Germany increased. The airfield was quickly captured by German
forces during the Battle of the Netherlands and re-used by them under the name
Fliegerhorst Eindhoven. The airfield was expanded and improved by the Germans,
with three paved runways and numerous hangars and support buildings being
constructed.
The airfield was captured by
American paratroopers during Operation Market Garden. Damage to the airfield
was repaired and the airfield was re-used as an Advanced Landing Ground by both
US and British forces under the designation B-78.
The airfield was returned to the
Royal Netherlands Air Force in 1952. It was home to crews flying the Republic
F-84G Thunderjet, Republic F-84F Thunderstreak, Northrop NF-5A/B, and finally
the General Dynamics F-16A/B Fighting Falcon. 316 Squadron flew the F-16 and
was inactivated in April 1994
Development since the 1980s
In 1984 a terminal building for
civilian air traffic was constructed, based on a design of Leo de Bever. After
the end of the Cold War, Eindhoven was transformed into a military transport
base. Initially it was home to F27-300M Troopship aircraft. Over the years to
come, Fokker 50, Fokker 60, McDonnell Douglas KDC-10, Lockheed C-130 Hercules
and Gulfstream IV aircraft were stationed at the air base. The Fokker aircraft
have been retired.
On 15 July 1996, a Belgian Air
Force C-130H Hercules crashed at the airport – known as the Herculesramp (Hercules
disaster). The plane caught fire and in the intense heat, 34 people died. As a
result of communication problems within the emergency services the fire
services were not aware that the C-130 carried many passengers, which likely
caused more people to die than if the emergency services had known about this.
On the civilian side, the airport
has continued to grow and is now the second largest airport in the Netherlands.
To accommodate this, in early 2012 work to further expand Eindhoven airport was
started including the addition of a 120-room Tulip Inn Hotel.
On the 27 May 2017, the
Multi-Purpose building collapsed, this building that was need to serve as a
parking garage of Eindhoven Airport. This building was still in construction,
the cause of the collapse was a construction error. The floors were made of
prefabricated concrete slabs, the connection between the slabs did not meet
safety requirements and were not strong enough and with combination with the
heat that day the parking building is collapsed. By the collapse nobody injured
and died.
In October 2018, Ryanair
announced it would be closing its base at the airport on 5 November 2018.
Construction of a 4-star hotel by Holiday Inn was started in 2018 and is
expected to open in 2019
Facilities
Passenger facilities available
include: exchange office, lost property office, luggage lockers, baby changing
area, health centre and various shops. A business centre is available too.
There are 1,500 parking spaces for long and short term parking.
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