GRQ — Groningen Airport Eelde
Large airport in Groningen, Netherlands.
- IATA code
- GRQ
- ICAO code
- EHGG
- Size
- large
- OurAirports class
- Passengers
- 103,760
- 2025 · −1.2% on the year before
- Nonstop routes
- —
- No open route data
- Time zone
- UTC+1 / UTC+2
- Europe/Amsterdam
- Elevation
- 5 m
- 16 ft
- Runways
- 1
- Longest 2,500 m
Jan–Jun 2026: 39,582 passengers, −6.7% on the same months of 2025 (Eurostat).
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About GRQ
Groningen Airport Eelde is a large airport serving Groningen, Netherlands. It opened in 1931. 103,760 passengers used it in 2025.
Wikidata (CC0) · Eurostat. Sources
Airports within 150 km
| Code | Airport | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| EME | Emden Airport | 53 km |
| BMK | Borkum Airport | 54 km |
| JUI | Juist Airport | 70 km |
| NOD | Norden-Norddeich Airport | 70 km |
| NRD | Norderney Airport | 78 km |
| BMR | Baltrum Airport | 86 km |
| AGE | Wangerooge Airport | 115 km |
| FMO | Münster Osnabrück Airport | 133 km |
| HGL | Helgoland-Düne Airport | 148 km |
| BRE | Bremen Airport | 148 km |
Distance from GRQ to the major hubs
Runways
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface |
|---|---|---|---|
| 05/23 | 2,500 m | 45 m | Asphalt |
OurAirports (public domain). Sources
Location
Groningen, Drenthe, Netherlands · 53.1191, 6.5777
Questions
Groningen Airport Eelde has the IATA code GRQ and the ICAO code EHGG. Airlines and tickets use the three-letter IATA code; pilots and air traffic control use the four-letter ICAO code.
GRQ is a large airport in Groningen, Drenthe, Netherlands, at 53.1191, 6.5777, 5 m above sea level.
GRQ is in the Europe/Amsterdam time zone, UTC+1 / UTC+2 (winter / summer).
103,760 passengers in 2025, according to Eurostat. Jan–Jun 2026: 39,582 passengers, −6.7% on the same months of 2025.
Groningen Airport Eelde opened in 1931.
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