Oostwold Airport

EHOW · Groningen, Netherlands

About Oostwold Airport

ICAO EHOW
FIR Amsterdam FIR
Region Groningen
Country Netherlands
Runways 6/24
Type Small airport
Coordinates (ARP) 53.20976, 7.03652   531235N 0070211E
Coordinates (Center) 53.20885, 7.03331   531232N 0070160E
Variation 3.1° E (2024)
Timezone Amsterdam (+2 h)
Local time Apr 16, 2024 07:45

Runways

ID True Heading Magnetic Heading Length Width Surface Latitude Longitude
6 065° 061° 800 m 20 m Asphalt 53.2104 7.0388
24 245° 241° 53.2073 7.0278

Do not use for flight planning
The airport may be closed or require prior permission. True headings and the coordinates of runway ends may be an estimation. Magnetic headings are calculated from true headings using the WMM 2020 model.

Oostwold Airport

Oostwold Airport is a small airport in Groningen, Netherlands. The airport is located at latitude 53.20885 and longitude 7.03331. The airport has one runway: 6/24. The ICAO airport code of this field is EHOW. Nearby other airfields are Stadskanaal Airfield, Emden Airport, Flugplatz Leer-Papenburg, Groningen Airport Eelde and Flugplatz Dankern.

Oostwold Airport does not publish a METAR, the nearest weather station is Emden Airport, which is 24 km away. The flight information region (FIR) is Amsterdam.

Oostwold Airport is in the timezone of Europe/Amsterdam. Difference with UTC is +2 h. Today the sun rises at 06:28 and sets at 20:34. This applies to Oostwold Airport, the universal daylight period may be different. The difference between the local time and UTC is +2 hour. Daylight saving time is currently in progress.

Things to do at this airport

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On this airport you can find skydive centers. Companies on this airport are Vliegbedrijf Tom van der Meulen and Skydive Blauwestad.

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Nearby airports

Airport ID Distance Direction
Noord Nederlandse Zweefvliegclub NL-0036 20 km 225°
Emden Krhs DE-0636 22 km 033°
Stadskanaal Airfield EHST 24 km 181°
Emden Airport EDWE 24 km 032°
Alte Ems Airfield DE-0095 27 km 137°
Flugplatz Leer-Papenburg EDWF 28 km 075°
Papenburg Marienkrankenhaus DE-0895 28 km 121°
Klinikum Leer DE-0773 28 km 083°
Universitair Medisch Centrum Heliport NL-0006 30 km 272°

Navigational aids

Name Ident Type Distance Direction
Eelde SO NDB 17 km 272°
Emden ENW DME 24 km 032°
Emden EMD NDB 25 km 033°
Eelde EEL VOR-DME 25 km 258°
Stadskanaal STK NDB 25 km 201°
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