1,710
edits
Woensdrecht: Difference between revisions
m
moved Woensdrecht (WOE/EHWO) to Woensdrecht: Bot: Moved page
m (moved Woensdrecht (WOE/EHWO) to Woensdrecht: Bot: Moved page) |
|||
| (9 intermediate revisions by 4 users not shown) | |||
| Line 1: | Line 1: | ||
{{categorybox|Europe|Netherlands}} | |||
{{ | |||
{{infobox|fullname=Woensdrecht|location=Hoogerheid, Netherlands|iata=WOE|icao=EHWO|aptype=Military|website=|mapurl=|mapsource=|atctower=|atcground=|atcclearance=|atcapproach=|atcdeparture= | {{infobox|fullname=Woensdrecht|location=Hoogerheid, Netherlands|iata=WOE|icao=EHWO|aptype=Military|website=|mapurl=|mapsource=|atctower=118.500|atcground=118.500|atcclearance=|atcapproach=|atcdeparture= | ||
|atcatis=|atcunicom=}} | |atcatis=|atcunicom=}} | ||
Woensdrecht is a small airport in the southwest of the Netherlands, located roughly halfway between Rotterdam (RTM) and Antwerp (ANR). It is mostly used by the Dutch military. However, Fokker Services has a large presence too with the largest Fokker Maintenance fascility in Europe. As such this | Woensdrecht is a small airport in the southwest of the Netherlands, located roughly halfway between Rotterdam (RTM) and Antwerp (ANR). It is mostly used by the Dutch military. However, Fokker Services has a large presence too with the largest Fokker Maintenance fascility in Europe. As such this airport attracts nice visitors going for heavy maintenance and/or conversion. Not a lot, but enough to make a short visit worthwhile when you are in the area. | ||
== Official Spotting Locations == | == Official Spotting Locations == | ||
No official locations. | No official locations. | ||
== | ==Other Spotting Locations== | ||
Fokker has a large storage area where planes are parked. Some long term, for instance there a Lina Congo F.27 has been here for years, some only a short while pending maintenance. A part of this storage area can been seen. Unfortunately there is a large concrete sound wall that can make photography hard. | Fokker has a large storage area where planes are parked. Some long term, for instance there a Lina Congo F.27 has been here for years, some only a short while pending maintenance. A part of this storage area can been seen. Unfortunately there is a large concrete sound wall that can make photography hard. | ||
| Line 28: | Line 27: | ||
=== Final Approach === | === Final Approach === | ||
To get into the final approach you must also get into the Zandfort street as desribed earlier. However, go immediately to the left into the "Antwerpsestraatweg". Follow it for a few 100 metres and that's it. Planes will be rather high though. | To get into the final approach you must also get into the Zandfort street as desribed earlier. However, go immediately to the left into the "Antwerpsestraatweg". Follow it for a few 100 metres and that's it. Planes will be rather high though. | ||
== Locations to Avoid == | == Locations to Avoid == | ||
== Facilities and Transportation == | == Facilities and Transportation == | ||
No fascilities. | |||