Maastricht Aachen Airport (IATA: MST, ICAO: EHBK) is a regional airport in Beek in Limburg, the Netherlands, located 5 NM (9.3 km; 5.8 mi) northeast of Maastricht and 15 NM (28 km; 17 mi) northwest of Aachen, Germany. It is the second-largest hub for cargo flights in the Netherlands. As of 2016, the airport had a passenger throughput of 176,000 and handled 60,000 tons of cargo.
Maastricht Aachen Airport (The Netherlands)
Aeropuerto de Maastricht Aquisgrán (Los Países Bajos)
马斯特里赫特-亚琛机场 （荷兰人）
Aéroport de Maastricht-Aix-la-Chapelle (Les Pays-Bas)
The field was built in less than 2 months and was operational on 22 March 1945, and was designated Y-44. The first unit to be based at the field was the 31st Tactical Reconnaissance Squadron, flying the F-6, a reconnaissance version of the P-51 Mustang. The unit arrived on 22 March 1945. As Nazi Germany was rapidly collapsing, the front was already well into Germany by the time the field was ready, and no direct combat sorties were operated from Y-44. 31st TRS was moved to Y-80 near Wiesbaden on 19 April 1945.
Authority over what was to become known as Beek airfield (vliegveld Beek), was officially transferred to the Dutch government on 1 August 1945. It was decided to keep it open rather than re-open the pre-war debate over the location of an airport in the Maastricht area. The first civilian aircraft landed on 26 September 1945 and were operated by the Regeeringsvliegdienst, a government service with the purpose of carrying government officials and other people with urgent business, because the war had left many roads and railroads heavily damaged. The service used six de Havilland Dragon Rapides made available by the British government. In 1946, the service was taken over by KLM, using DC-3 Dakotas. However, as repairs to the Dutch infrastructure progressed, demand for the service dropped and it was stopped in 1949. The first semi-permanent airport terminal was completed in 1947.
Port Lotniczy Maastricht Aachen (Holandia)
Аеропорт Маастрихт/Аахен (Нідерланди)
The late 1950s and early 1960s brought significant expansion in commercial operations at the airport. The airport was also used as an intermediate stop for services from London and Manchester to Switzerland, Austria, Italy and Yugoslavia. A local airline based at the airport, Limburg Airways, had a contract with the International Herald Tribune for distributing the newspaper’s European edition, which was printed in Paris. Limburg Airways was taken over by Martin’s Air Charter (later Martinair) in 1962.
Around 1980 the airport changed its name to “Maastricht Airport”. In 1994 the board of trade or chamber of commerce of the nearby German city of Aachen became shareholder. This interest eventually became prominent and the airport’s name was changed to “Maastricht-Aachen Airport”.
Aeroporto di Maastricht Aquisgrana (Paesi Bassi)
مطار ماستريخت آخن (هولندا)
In July 2004, a 100% share in the airport was acquired by OmDV, a consortium of airport investment company Omniport and the construction company Dura Vermeer, making it the first fully privatised airport in the Netherlands. In 2013 the airport was helped by the province of Limburg with a 4.5 million euro contribution. The airport was very close to bankruptcy during this period and they decided that they would like to take over the airport.
Maas Aviation has operated an aircraft painting facility at the airport since the late 1980s. The Maastricht Upper Area Control Centre (MUAC) of the European Organisation for the Safety of Air Navigation (EUROCONTROL) is located next to the airport. Samco Aircraft Maintenance B.V. operates from a hangar on the east side of the airport and supports a wide range of aircraft maintenance activities. The Aviation Competence Centre (ACC) is a training organization for aircraft mechanics and is also located at the airport.
Mestreech Aoke Airport (Nederlandj)
Lapangan Terbang Maastricht-Aachen (Belanda)
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