About The Airport
Groningen Airport (GRQ) serves the Northern half of The Netherlands, 2.1 million inhabitants within an hours' drive, and is the only airport in the densely-populated Benelux/NW-Germany region that does not overlap catchment areas with other airports. GRQ is served by Corendon, TUI, Transavia and Blue Islands.
GRQ is not slot constrained and has capacity for growth.
As 'Energy Valley' the region is thé national Energy Supplier; it is the largest Gas producing region in Europe and a centre of Renewable Energy. All this energy laid the path for Google and others to build their largest datacenters in the World in the Eemsharbour.With the 'Innovation Cluster Drachten', lead by companies as Philips, Photonis and Neopost, The Northern Netherlands is the heart of the Smart Factory Region of North-West Europe. Other strong drivers of business travel are shipbuilding & shipping, life sciences & health & the agri/food sector; with its 280.000 cows, the region is known as 'The Milk Reservoir of Europe'. 75.000 students (incl 14.000 foreign) lead to a young and high educated workforce and lively cities.
Facts and Figures
- List of Top 5 Airlines: Stobart Air, Flybe, Nordica, LOT, Transavia, TUI Airlines Netherlands, Corendon Airlines, Wizz Air
- Number of Serving Airlines: 7
- Number of Direct Destinations: 11
- Number of Terminals: 1
- Number of Runways: 1
- Length of Main Runway (m): 2,500m
- Passenger Numbers (mppa): 220,710
- Ownership: Regional Government
- Operational Opening Hours: Monday / Friday 06:30 to 23:00 Weekends and holidays 7:30 to 21:30
- Total Catchment Population: 1,7 million
- Urban Population: 220.000
- Aircraft Parking Stands: 5