GRQ

Groningen Airport Eelde

ICAO EHGG53.1191°N 6.5777°E5 m / 17 ftLarge airport
On the map

Groningen Airport Eelde (IATA: GRQ, ICAO: EHGG) is a large airport in Groningen, Drenthe, Netherlands. It opened on 23 May 1931. It has one runway, 2,500 m (8,202 ft) long, asphalt. In 2025 it handled 104 thousand passengers.

Timeline

1 event · 1931–1931
23 MAY 1931
OpenedGroningen Airport Eelde opens.
From WikidataEvery airfield, 1903–2026

Runways & airfield

Schematic · N · © OpenStreetMap
Groningen Airport Eelde
05/23052° / 232° · LIT
LENGTH2,500 m8,202 ftWIDTH45 m148 ftSURFACEAsphalt

Passengers per year

2014–2025
171K
182K
154K
203K
230K
177K
18K
28K
89K
110K
105K
104K
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Routes

6 destinations · 4 countries
Most destinationsTransavia 2Aurigny Air Services 1AirBaltic 1BRA Braathens Regional Airlines 1AlbaStar 1BH Air 1

Straight lines are great circles; rings mark true distance from GRQ. Dashed: seasonal or charter. From the Wikipedia article “Groningen Airport Eelde” (revision of 26 Jul 2026), CC BY-SA 4.0.

Records & rankings

Ranked among 48,011 open airports · world · region · country
Passengers104K (2025)1 · FEWER1 · FEWERMEDIAN · 64KMEDIAN · 64KMORE · 103MMORE · 103M#1,800of 3,974 · #380 Europe · #5 NLLongest runway2,500 m8,202 ft46 m · SHORT150 ft · SHORTMEDIAN · 975 mMEDIAN · 3,200 ftLONG · 5,300 mLONG · 17,388 ft=2,332of 29,823 · =387 Europe · #8 NLElevation5 m17 ft-386 m · LOW-1,266 ft · LOWMEDIAN · 240 mMEDIAN · 787 ftHIGH · 4,938 mHIGH · 16,200 ft=41,613of 43,341 · =5,603 Europe · =19 NLAgeOpened 19312026 · NEWEST2026 · NEWESTMEDIAN · 1976MEDIAN · 1976OLDEST · 1902OLDEST · 1902=452of 15,079 · =265 Europe · #5 NLRunways11 · FEWER1 · FEWERMEDIAN · 1MEDIAN · 1MORE · 8MORE · 8=4,360of 29,943 · =643 Europe · =13 NL
Scale: share of airports ranked below, best on the right · ties shown as = and a band · passengers are each airport’s latest year on record

Radio frequencies

4 channels
APPEelde Approach120.305
ATISATIS133.555
GCDEelde GND/CLNC DEL121.705
TWREelde Tower118.705