Eindhoven Airport (IATA: EIN, ICAO: EHEH) is a small airport near Eindhoven, Netherlands. Runway 13R/31L of El Dorado International Airport, Bogotá, D.C. Aerial picture of a runway of Chennai International Airport, Tamil Nadu A runway is a strip of land on an airport, on which aircraft can take off and land. ... A foot (plural: feet) is any of several old units of distance or length, measuring around a quarter to a third of a meter. ... The metre, or meter (US), is a measure of length. ... An IATA airport code, also known an IATA location identifier or simply a location identifier [1], is a three-letter alphabetic code designating many airports around the world. ... The ICAO airport code (IPA pronunciation: ) is a four-letter alphanumeric code designating each airport around the world. ... Eindhoven is a municipality and a city located in the province of Noord-Brabant in the south of the Netherlands, originally at the confluence of the Dommel and Gender brooks. ...

The airport is being used for both civilian and military traffic. After World War II up until a few years ago, Eindhoven Airport was called Welschap. This article is becoming very long. ...

During WWII it was extensively bombed. When construction started of the new Meerhoven district in the vicinity of the airport, a lot of bombs were found and had to be defused. The Massive Ordnance Air Blast (MOAB) bomb, also known as Mother Of All Bombs, produced in the United States. ...

On July 15, 1996, a C-130 Hercules crashed at the airport. The plane caught fire and in the intense heat, 34 people died. July 15 is the 196th day (197th in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian Calendar, with 169 days remaining. ... 1996 (MCMXCVI) was a leap year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International Year for the Eradication of Poverty. ... The Lockheed C-130 Hercules is a four-engine turboprop cargo aircraft and the main tactical airlifter for military forces worldwide. ...

Airlines & Destinations

• Air France (Paris-Charles de Gaulle)
• Corendon Airlines (Antalya, Istanbul-Sabiha Gokcen)
• KLM Royal Dutch Airlines (London-Heathrow)
• Ryanair (Barcelona-Girona, Dublin, London-Stansted, Marseille [from November 8, 2006], Milan-Bergamo, Pisa, Rome-Ciampino)
• transavia.com (Alicante, Faro, Málaga [all routes start November 1, 2006])
• Wizz Air (Budapest)

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External links

• Eindhoven Airport Homepage
• Guide to Eindhoven Airport
• BOW.nl [[Belangenbehartiging Omwonenden Welschap}]]