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Lelystad Aerodrome (EHLE)

I flew to Lelystad, Holland on Saturday. It’s a purpose-built GA airport about 30m east of Amsterdam. The flight from Denham was fabulous in good weather – we flew right over the top of Schiphol at 9,000 feet.

The airport is very welcoming. They have customs and immigration officers on site (although the book says to give four hours notice) and there is a cafe in the small terminal building. The landing fee was around €50 which compares well with about €300 for the same Cirrus at Schiphol the week before.

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Although Lelystad has NDB approaches, they are only active outside daylight hours. Arriving in daylight, you have to end your IFR flight plan just past Amsterdam and descend below 1,500 feet.

The best part about Lelystad is that there is a aviation-themed cafe (with staff in pilot uniforms!) called Flantuas and an excellent aircraft museum – the Aviodrome. Both are a few minutes walk from the terminal.

Flantuas – with aircraft models and a view of the runway

Lelystad’s reconstruction of the Schiphol’s terminal building from the 30s

Outside the Aviodrome with a view of their KLM 747

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  1. Christian says

    May 22, 2011 at 19:57

    Did you also have to pay for entrence?

    If yes, how much?

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    • Matthew Stibbe says

      May 23, 2011 at 05:56

      The museum was something like 10-15 euros and the landing fee at Lelystad for the plane was 35-45 euros (if I recall correctly). You could check both the airport and the museum's website for the latest, accurate figures. Matthew

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