Airports / Netherlands / DHR
De Kooy Airfield / Den Helder Naval Air Station
EHKD / DHRDen Helder, NetherlandsELEV 3 FT
Field elevation
Nearest alternate
Field standing
37 nm
To the nearest alternate
Amsterdam Airport Schiphol (AMS) — 3 fields within 50 nm.
Overview
De Kooy Airfield / Den Helder Naval Air Station (EHKD / DHR) is a mid-sized airport serving Den Helder, Netherlands. The field lies at an elevation of 3 feet. The field has no airline schedules, which keeps it focused on private and general aviation flying.
DHR has no resident charter fleet; trips here are typically flown by operators repositioning from surrounding airports. Useful alternates include Amsterdam Airport Schiphol (AMS, 37 nm), Lelystad Airport (LEY, 39 nm), and Leeuwarden Air Base (LWR, 40 nm).
Quotes for flights out of DHR vary with aircraft type, repositioning, and schedule flexibility. Use the cost estimator to model a trip from DHR, or browse verified operators serving the area.
Field capability
ICAO
EHKD
IATA
DHR
FAA / Local
EHKD
Elevation
3 ft
Coordinates
52.9234° N · 4.7806° E
Airspace
G · GolfClass G — GolfUncontrolled field — no tower. Pilots self-announce and sequence themselves on the common traffic advisory frequency.Source: FAA NASR class airspace
Size
Medium
Scheduled svc
No
Elevation vs Netherlands fields
state range -15–375 ft
At 3 ft, DHR sits lower than 64% of the 14 Netherlands fields on the register.
Access & alternates
Closest alternate fields by great-circle distance — every listing links to its own field brief.
- 37nmAMSAmsterdam Airport SchipholAmsterdam
- 39nmLEYLelystad AirportLelystad
- 40nmLWRLeeuwarden Air BaseLeeuwarden
- 59nmRTMRotterdam The Hague AirportRotterdam
- 65nmEHDLDeelen Air BaseArnhem
- 66nmGRQGroningen Airport EeldeGroningen
Location
Open the full mapEHKD · De Kooy Airfield / Den Helder Naval Air Station · Den Helder, Netherlands