Eindhoven Airport

Compiled by Bill Gao

Eindhoven, Noord-Brabant (Netherlands)

IATA: EIN ICAO: EHEH

Longest Active Runway

9,843 ft

3,000 meters

Field Elevation

74 ft

23 m MSL

Runway Inventory

1 active

Lighted / Paved

Coordinates & Class

51.4501°, 5.3745°

LARGE AIRPORT

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Multi-Universe Rankings & Statistical Standing

How ranks work →

RunwayFacts Published Dataset

tied #603 of 650

In curated primary commercial index

Global Commercial Universe

#1,180 of 7558

Top 15.9% percentile worldwide

For airports with equal runway length, the worldwide order does not indicate a length difference.

National Standing (Netherlands)

#2 of 2 in NL

#3 of 12 in full national registry

vs Large Airport Median

-1.6%

Compared to 10,000 ft baseline

💡 EIN in numbers: 9,843 ft longest runway · tied #603 of 650 published · #1,180 of 7,558 worldwide (top 15.9%) · #2 in Netherlands.

🔬 Operational & Aerodrome Engineering Comparative Analysis

Longest runway 8,000–10,499 ft

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Elevation & National Context

Lowland Aerodrome (<2,000 ft)

EIN lies at 23 m (74 ft), #473 of 650 published airports by elevation and 23.8 percentile among 7,558 worldwide. It is 42 ft above the Netherlands median (32 ft, 2 airports) and the highest published airport in the country.

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Regional Density & Alternates (100 NM)

5 Qualifying Aerodromes in Vicinity

Closest of 5 paved-runway (≥5,000 ft) neighbours within 100 NM: Brussels Airport (BRU), 47 NM, 11,936 ft. Next: AMS 56.3 NM, CRL 68.7 NM, CGN 75.3 NM. CGN has the radius's longest runway, 2,673 ft more than EIN.

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Runway Inventory & National Standing

Primary Runway: 9,843 ft (3,000 m)

EIN runway: 03/21 9,843 × 148 ft asphalt (asp). National standing: #2 of 2 in Netherlands; AMS leads by 2,624 ft (12,467 ft). −1.6% vs the 10,000 ft baseline.

🛫 Physical Runway Inventory & Surface Engineering

Runway Designator	Length (ft / m)	Width (ft / m)	Surface Material	Lighting	Status
03/21	9,843 ft (3000 m / 3.000 km)	148 ft (45m)	`Asphalt (ASP)`	✅ Lighted	✅ Active

🧭 Comparative Aerodromes (100 NM Radius, ≥5,000 ft Paved)

Great-circle Haversine spatial proximity matching for commercial facilities with paved runway capacity within 100 NM.

Aerodrome Name	IATA	Distance	Longest Runway	Lighting
Brussels Airport (Zaventem)	`BRU`	47 NM (87 km)	11,936 ft	✅ Lighted
Amsterdam Airport Schiphol (Amsterdam)	`AMS`	56.3 NM (104.3 km)	12,467 ft	✅ Lighted
Brussels South Charleroi Airport (Charleroi)	`CRL`	68.7 NM (127.2 km)	10,023 ft	✅ Lighted
Cologne Bonn Airport (Köln (Cologne))	`CGN`	75.3 NM (139.5 km)	12,516 ft	✅ Lighted
Ostend-Bruges International Airport (Oostende)	`OST`	95 NM (175.9 km)	10,499 ft	✅ Lighted

🛡️ Source: OurAirports Open Aviation Database, snapshot 2026-09-01 · Provenance →