Groningen Airport Eelde

Serving the northern half of the Netherlands, Groningen Airport Eelde (GRQ) has a core catchment of 1.7 million. This autonomous catchment area has no overlap with other airports within the Netherlands and Germany. GRQ’s larger catchment is 3.2 million. The airport is situated within a stone’s throw of the most innovative city in the Netherlands: Groningen (200,000 inhabitants). With its 55,000 students, of which 6,000 are foreign, the city of Groningen is a lively, young and international city that never sleeps. A fast bus shuttle connects the airport to the centre and the railway station of Groningen that has strong regional industries in shipping, energy, life sciences and health, and agribusiness. The ‘energy’ harbour of Delfzijl, home to Google’s largest European datacentre, is just a 30-minute drive away.

GRQ is served by Transavia, Flybe, AIS, Corendon and TUIfly, that offer services to London Southend (3× daily), Copenhagen (2× daily) Greece, Spain, Portugal and Turkey. GRQ is also the home of the KLM Flight Academy, two European aircraft dealers: Cirrus and Eclipse, and the University Medical Hospital helicopter operations. Its runway length is 2.5km. GRQ focusses on developing specific business-driven routes, such as Munich, Manchester, Dublin and Paris, and more leisure routes, such as Spanish mainland destinations. The GRQ Business Network and a regional Route Development Fund support the airport in its development.