Airport users The airport is used by Eindhoven Air Base, Eindhoven Airport and the Eindhoven Aeroclub Motor Aviation

Military Airport Eindhoven Airport uses the runway, control tower, fire department, meteorological service and bird watch of Eindhoven Air Base. This is because we use a military airport.

Welschap The airport has not always been called Eindhoven Air Base (the military part of the airport) and Eindhoven Airport (the civilian part of the airport). The airport used to be called Welschap.

Schiphol Group Eindhoven Airport is part of "the Schiphol company. Besides Amsterdam Airport Schiphol, in the Netherlands Rotterdam-The Hague Airport, Lelystad Airport, Maastricht Aachen Airport and thus Eindhoven Airport also belong to the Royal Schiphol Group. This group also has shares in Brisbane Airport and Groupe ADP.

Terminal and more

Eindhoven Airport has a terminal, parking garages and owns hotel Tulip Inn Eindhoven Airport. This hotel has 120 rooms.

Panorama terrace Eindhoven Airport has a beautiful panorama terrace at the terminal that is accessible via the escalator to the second floor. You can enjoy a wonderful view. Would you like to spot aircraft or see what is happening on our apron? Then the panorama terrace is the perfect location. The panorama terrace is free to enter and open every day during terminal opening hours. Please note that in bad weather conditions, the panorama terrace may be closed.

Former airport building The former airport building with control tower in the Meerhoven district of Eindhoven has been converted into a lunchroom.

Runway The runway is 3000 meters long and 45 meters wide.

No night flights Eindhoven Airport is closed at night because there are no flights at/from Eindhoven Airport then. Of course, passengers flying early in the morning or arriving later in the evening can book a room at hotel Tulip Inn Eindhoven Airport. This is of course also possible if you are flying at a different time or not flying at all.

Against the wind Aircraft take off and land against the wind as much as possible. This is necessary to get up at a certain speed. We call this elevator. It is created by a pressure difference between the air passing above and below the wing (higher pressure under the wing and less pressure above it). So the plane is lifted up, so to speak. This is why an airplane has flaps. These are wing sections that pilots can expand to give the plane enough elevator already at takeoff and landing. The more headwind, the sooner an aircraft takes off from the runway and the less runway length it needs. The same principle also applies to the landing of an aircraft. While an airplane can land with the wind in its favor, the wind must not exceed seven knots (one knot is 1852 meters per hour). If an airplane gets too much wind, it lands at too high a speed. The The aircraft then brakes less well and may get past the end of the runway.

Thunderstorms and lightning If there are thunderstorms near Eindhoven Airport (within 5 kilometers of the airport), no work will be done on the apron. No stairs will be installed on the aircraft then, so you will not be able to get in or out of the plane. Also, no suitcases will be loaded in or out of the plane then. The reason for this is so that employees and passengers are not in danger because of lightning strikes, for example.