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Maastricht Aachen Airport is a regional airport near Maastricht, The Netherlands, and not far from Aachen, Germany. Its geographical location is in the municipality of Beek.
It is the second-largest hub for cargo flights in the Netherlands. As of 2008, the airport had a passenger throughput of 252,000 and handled 87,000 tons of cargo.
The Maastricht Upper Area Control centre (MUAC) of EUROCONTROL is also located on the airport.
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Maastricht Aachen Airport is a regional airport near Maastricht, The Netherlands, and not far from Aachen, Germany. Its geographical location is in the municipality of Beek.
It is the second-largest hub for cargo flights in the Netherlands. As of 2008, the airport had a passenger throughput of 252,000 and handled 87,000 tons of cargo.
The Maastricht Upper Area Control centre (MUAC) of EUROCONTROL is also located on the airport. Facilities available at the airport include a restaurant, hotel, sight-seeing flights, aviation medical centre, taxi company, viewing platform and long term parking.
The number of aircraft movements decreased significantly between 2005 and 2007 compared to previous years because the flight school, Nationale Luchtvaart School, which was based at the airport, moved all flight operations to Évora in Portugal. In the summer of 2007, flight training at the airport resumed as the Stella Aviation Academy moved into the facilities previously used by the NLS. In 2007, there were a total of 19,454 aircraft movements, up 35% from 2006
Airlines
Ryanair flies from Maastricht with a scheduled service to Alicante, Pisa and Girona . Especially during the summer season, the airport is also used by various charter airlines such as transavia.com. It is also frequently used by private jets, especially during the annual TEFAF (The European Fine Art Fair) in Maastricht.
Airlines Blue Air, easyJet, Ryanair and Volareweb previously had services to Bucharest, Berlin, Valencia and Milan respectively.
Various cargo airlines fly from Maastricht Aachen airport, such as Air Bridge Cargo, Atlantic Airlines, Cargolux and Turkish Airlines which have scheduled services. A significant amount of traffic is also related to the presence of aircraft maintenance and painting facilities at the airport.
Developments
In July 2004, a 100% share in the airport was acquired by OmDV, a consortium of airport investment company Omniport and the construction company Dura Vermeer, making it the first fully privatised airport in the Netherlands.
Substantial investments in the airport infrastructure have been made since the privatisation. Between August and October 2005, the runway was resurfaced and renamed to 03/21 (from 04/22) to compensate for changes in the earth's magnetic field. The airport originally had two runways; the second (shorter, 1.080m) runway (07/25) was closed and removed to make room for a new cargo terminal and additional aircraft maintenance facilities. Construction of the new facilities started in April 2008.
The Instrument Landing System (ILS) for runway 21 was upgraded to category III in 2008, which allows landings in very low visibility conditions. Amsterdam Airport Schiphol is the only other airport in the Netherlands that has category III ILS.
Airlines and destinations
| Airlines [scheduled flights] | Destinations |
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| Ryanair | Alicante [restarts April 1]
Pisa [starts April 1] | | Transavia | Tenerife |
| Airlines [charters] | Destinations |
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| Transavia | | Malaga, Mallorca
Kos, Crete, Rhodes
Faro
Dalaman | Sky Airlines | | Antalya
Ground Transport Connections
- The airport is located along motorway A2, exit 50.
- The nearest railways station is Beek-Elsloo railway station. There is a bus service (line 59), operated by Veolia, between station and airport. Additionally, there is a bus service to the city of Maastricht.
- Taxis are available at the airport.
External links
- , official site
- . Aircraft spotters website for MAA.
- (Dutch)
- - photos taken at Maastricht Aachen airport
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