EHTW Twente Airport (PPR)
Enschede, Overijssel 7524 PK Netherlands Get Directions
Twente Airport (ICAO - airport identification code : EHTW) is located at the former Twenthe airbase and is located close to the border with Germany between the towns of Enschede, Hengelo and Oldenzaal. As of 1 January 2008, it was closed to all military and civilian air traffic.
Since 30 March 2017, Twente Airport has been reopened for private and business aircraft; gliding traffic through the Twentsche Gliding Club; motorized air traffic by the Vliegclub Twente. The field is also used for test flights with manned and unmanned aircraft. Planes that are at the end of their life are also coming to Twente to decommission. Until 2020, flight instruction took place by the Dutch Academy of Traffic Pilots. However, since this departure, the Twente Fly Club has a DTO (Declared Training Organisation) and provides training for the performance of the PPL or LAPL certificate. The airport area is part of the so-called Technology Base, a site for innovative companies.
The runway 05-23 (southwest/northeast) is 2987 meters (9801 ft) long and 45 meters (148 ft) wide and adapted to the most common wind directions in the Netherlands. A approximately 300-metre-long safety zone on both runway heads currently limits the operational length of the track to 2,406 metres (7893 ft); long enough for Airbus A320, Boeing 737, Boeing 757 or Boeing 767, for example.
Since the reopening of the airport in 2017, the operation remains loss-making. Because of the negative results, the public parties wanted to get rid of the airport, while the regional business community considered the survival of the site important. The province and municipality therefore investigated the possibilities for a public-private partnership between 2023 and 2025, together with regional entrepreneurs, including Reggeborgh and Demcon. In 2026, the public parties decided to definitively transfer the operation to a consortium of regional entrepreneurs. The governments are investing in the large runway maintenance at the runway once more. Twente Airport has started to realize a landing system in which aircraft can also land with the help of satellite navigation in bader weather conditions. Source: WikipediaTechnology Base
Technology Base is one of the five top work locations in Twente. Together, these innovation hotspots contribute to the positioning of Twente as a smart impact region. Organizations at Technology Base are part of an ecosystem of technological companies, knowledge institutions and public organizations. It is a vast terrain for unlimited testing of manned and unmanned aviation, autonomous systems and concepts in the field of advanced materials & manufacturing and safety & security. Technology Base is the testing ground for companies with a thirst for innovation, who want to develop, test and simulate.History
In the 1930s, Twente textile barons, in cooperation with the local government, set up the airport to improve the connection with the Randstad. In 1932, the first plane from Amsterdam landed on Twente soil. During World War II, the Germans saw potential in the airfield and expanded it to 2,000 acres. Complete with barracks and officers' housing that excelled in so-called "camouflage architecture. Later, the site also allowed co-use for civil aviation. In January 2008, the airport was closed to all military and civilian air traffic and only a few flying clubs were still allowed to use the field. Since March 30, 2017, Twente Airport is a civilian (regional) airport and the incubator for sustainable aviation and new forms of mobility. Source: Twente AirportAbout this airfield
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