Oostwold Airport ( nl, Vliegveld Oostwold), also known as Groningen Airport Oostwold, is a small

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airport in Oostwold, a village in municipality of Oldambt in the

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of Groningen in the

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. The airport is north of the city of

Winschoten Winschoten (; gos, Winschoot) is a city with a population of 18,518 in the municipality of Oldambt in the northeast of the Netherlands. It is the largest city in the region of Oldambt in the province of Groningen which has 38,213 inhabitants. ...

.Distance and heading from Winschoten (53°09'N 07°02'E) to Oostwold Airport (53°12'29"N 007°01'54"E)
/ref> The ICAO code EHOW has been assigned to the airfield. It has one runway, 07/25, with a length of 880 meters (2,887) feet. It has a grass surface, with a narrow concrete strip available for the first 600 meters (1,968 feet) in the 25 direction. Except for flights from

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countries, no international flights are allowed.

References

External links

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Oostwold Airport
official website
Photos taken at Oostwold (EHOW)
from

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