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Eindhoven Airport
Airport Directory » Netherlands » Eindhoven » Eindhoven AirportEindhoven Airport (IATA: EIN, ICAO: EHEH) is a regional airport turn up 4 NM (7.4 kilometre; 4.6 mi) due west of Eindhoven, Netherlands. In terms of the figure of assisted riders it is the 2nd biggest airport in the Netherlands, with 1.6 million riders in 2008 (good behind Schiphol, which assists more than 46 million riders).
The airport is used for both civilian and armed forces traffic. From World War II up until 1998, Eindhoven Airport was named Welschap.
During World War II, it was extensively bombarded. When building get down of the new Meerhoven land in the neck of the woods of the airport, many bombs were constitute and had to be defused.
On 15 July 1996 a Belgian Air Force C-130 Hercules crashed at the airport. The aeroplane catch fire and in the intense heat energy, 34 mortals expired.
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