Airports / Netherlands / LEY
Lelystad Airport
EHLE / LEYLelystad, NetherlandsELEV -13 FT
Based operators
Field elevation
Nearest alternate
Field standing
27 nm
To the nearest alternate
Deelen Air Base (EHDL) — 6 fields within 50 nm.
Overview
Lelystad Airport (EHLE / LEY) is a mid-sized airport serving Lelystad, Netherlands. The field lies at an elevation of -13 feet. The field has no airline schedules, which keeps it focused on private and general aviation flying.
Charter departments call it home: AIS Airlines bases aircraft at LEY. Useful alternates include Deelen Air Base (EHDL, 27 nm), Amsterdam Airport Schiphol (AMS, 29 nm), and De Kooy Airfield / Den Helder Naval Air Station (DHR, 39 nm).
Quotes for flights out of LEY vary with aircraft type, repositioning, and schedule flexibility. Use the cost estimator to model a trip from LEY, or browse verified operators serving the area.
Field capability
ICAO
EHLE
IATA
LEY
FAA / Local
EHLE
Elevation
-13 ft
Coordinates
52.4532° N · 5.5146° 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 -13 ft, LEY sits lower than 86% of the 14 Netherlands fields on the register.
Based charter operators1
Access & alternates
Closest alternate fields by great-circle distance — every listing links to its own field brief.
- 27nmEHDLDeelen Air BaseArnhem
- 29nmAMSAmsterdam Airport SchipholAmsterdam
- 39nmDHRDe Kooy Airfield / Den Helder Naval Air StationDen Helder
- 47nmLWRLeeuwarden Air BaseLeeuwarden
- 48nmUDEVolkel Air BaseUden
- 50nmRTMRotterdam The Hague AirportRotterdam
Location
Open the full mapEHLE · Lelystad Airport · Lelystad, Netherlands