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Maastricht Airport (EHBK)

Maastricht Tower

Maastricht combines the best bits of a big airport: lots of air traffic control, instrument landing systems and a long runway with the worst bits of a provincial small airport: no taxis when you want them and unnecessary bureaucracy.

You clear customs and immigration at one door, pay the landing fee in an office in the tower and get your met and file flight plans in another (typically well-equipped) room.  It takes about 30m to sort everything out so don’t expect a rapid departure.  Similarly, since we arrived between scheduled flights there were no taxis.  We called one from the information centre and it took twenty minutes to arrive.

[post-geocode zoom=”14″]Arround de Corner

We liked this sign: “Arround de corner”.  Since everyone spoke better English than we did, I think this is their idea of a joke.

Airport information

Tel.  +31 (0)43 358 9999 .

Runway 04/22, 2,500m (8,202ft)

Open: 06:00 and 23:00 hrs

Customs: Available

Instrument approaches: Available

Airport website: www.maa.nl

Services

Taxi Banens:  +31 (0)46 437 5252

AVIS Tel.  +31 (0)43 325 2377

Budget Rent A Car Tel.  +31 (0)43 364 0046

Europcar Autoverhuur Tel.  +31 (0)43 361 2310

Hertz Tel.  +31 (0)43 364 8585  or (0)43 325 1971

National Car Rental Tel.  +31 (0)43 365 3070

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  1. Mark says

    March 22, 2012 at 12:57

    Hello Matthew,

    I very much enjoy browsing through GolfHotelWhiskey every once in a while. I'm relatively new to flying powered aircraft (just got my PPL-A) and to golf, but it is always nice to explore a combination of the two, especially when there is good food to be found aswell. A nice tip I'd like to share with you is Texel Airport (EHTX) on the Wadden Isles in Holland. It's a (smooth) grass strip, so do not expect an ILS or other Nav aids. The golfcourse "The Texelse" is nearby the airport and in the South of Texel you'll find a very nice restaurant/hotel called "Bij Jef", they have a Michelin star and an exceptional sommeliere, so you'd best stay the night. The golfcourse and restaurant are reachable by bike that you can rent at the airport.

    Best regards,

    Mark

    Reply

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Matthew Stibbe is CEO of Articulate Marketing and Turbine, the easy, online way to deal with office paperwork. He has an FAA CPL/IR and an EASA PPL/IR and sometimes flies a Cirrus SR-22. He also writes about wine at Vincarta and being a better manager at Geek Boss.
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