1.1.1 Orders regarding the good order and safety at aerodromes

For the following aerodromes the orders regarding the good order and safety are approved by the Ministry of Infrastructure and Water Management.

The orders in question are available at the office of the airport authority and are obtainable upon payment.

2.1.1 General

The Minister of Defence has opened the following military aerodromes: BERGEN OP ZOOM/Woensdrecht, BREDA/Gilze-Rijen, DEN HELDER/De Kooy, EINDHOVEN/Eindhoven, LEEUWARDEN/Leeuwarden and UDEN/Volkel, which may be used by civil aircraft under certain conditions.

Use of these military aerodromes may only take place during normal operational hours.

At first radio contact with the air traffic control unit of a military aerodrome (Approach Control or Tower) the pilot in command shall report the number of persons on board of the aircraft. In case of omission the air traffic control unit will request this information.

2.1.2 Requests

Requests for civil use of the military aerodromes should be directed to the following addresses:

2.1.3 Request format

The Commanders of the Royal Netherlands Navy and the Royal Netherlands Air Force have stated that for each separate flight a request should reach the relevant Staff at least one week (but preferably two weeks) before the date of the intended use and should include the following:

1. Date of use.
2. Manufacture and type of aircraft.
3. Nationality and registration marks.
4. Departure aerodrome.
5. ETA at and ETD from the military aerodrome concerned.
6. Destination aerodrome.
7. Total landing weight (in LB).
8. Tyre-pressure of aircraft (in PSI).
9. Radio frequency available (channel 122.100 is required).
10. Reason of use of military aerodrome concerned.
11. Total number of persons on board.
12. Name of the Dutch agency or company1) to be visited including postal address, email address and telephone number.
13. The Dutch agency or company shall ask exemption of the Customs Decree at the relevant Office of Import and Excise duties. In case no prior arrangements have been made, flights into or from abroad shall be executed via a customs aerodrome in the Netherlands.

1. The landing fees will be charged to this agency or company afterwards, unless they have been collected by a local dispatch company.

2.1.4 Reply

The applicant will be informed in time of the decision on the request in writing. With regard to the permission granted by the above mentioned authorities, the General and Particular Conditions, as laid down by the Minister of Defence, apply, copies of these Conditions are available at the flight information offices of the civil and military aerodromes and will be supplied on written request by the Air Staff in Breda.

Special attention is drawn to the fact that day markings of the runways, taxiways and obstacles at RNLAF airfields differ from ICAO Standards.

2.1.5 Additional information

In the flight plans of flights to a military aerodrome the expected landing weight and tyre pressure, in PSI, shall be stated under item 18.

This does not apply for aircraft with an AUW of 6000 KG or less.

This permission does not entitle the licence holder to have covered housing space for aircraft be made available. Also no claim can be drawn to receive facilities in the form of the supply of aviation fuel, oil and lubricants or in the form of assistance, guard duties, etc. to be rendered by government personnel and/or material.

During the approach to a military aerodrome it is forbidden to continue the descent beyond the point at which it appears to the captain of the aircraft that the approach minima (minimum descent altitude, decision height and weather minima), established for the aerodrome concerned and listed in paragraph 2.2, are not met.

Due to the limited operational hours of the military aerodromes, through flight plans shall, in order to avoid delays, be filed at least 24 hours before the expected time of landing. If a through flight is required on Monday, the flight plan concerned has to be received on the preceding working day within the published operational hours (paragraph 2.1.1).

During wintry conditions or excessive rainfall, runway surface conditions at the military aerodromes are reported in accordance with the global reporting format (GRF). The military aerodromes use the runway condition assessment matrix (RCAM) to assess paved runway surfaces, report contaminants present, and determine the numerical runway condition codes (RWYCC) based on the RCAM. RWYCC values range from 0 (less than poor) to 6 (dry).

2.2.1 Aircraft approach categories

For military aerodromes the competent authorities have established the following aircraft approach categories which will be referred to with the designations A, B, C, D or E.

The approach minima for the military aerodromes are based on ICAO document 8168 OPS/611 (PANS-OPS) and NATO Standard agreement 3759.

2.2.2 Legend for approach minima tables

The following abbreviations and their meanings only apply to this paragraph.
CLG	Ceiling. The ceiling is expressed in feet (100 feet increments) above the published aerodrome/threshold elevation and is equal to or greater than the height of the associated DA or MDA.
HAA	Height above aerodrome elevation.
HAL	Height above landing elevation.
HAT	Height above touchdown zone or threshold elevation.
NA	Not authorised.
SRE	Surveillance radar equipment approach.

2.3.1 BERGEN OP ZOOM/Woensdrecht

AD ELEV 63 FT.

2.3.2 BREDA/Gilze-Rijen

AD ELEV 49 FT.

2.3.3 DEN HELDER/De Kooy

See EHKD AD 2.24.

2.3.4 EINDHOVEN/Eindhoven

See EHEH AD 2.24.

2.3.5 LEEUWARDEN/Leeuwarden

AD ELEV 4 FT.

2.3.6 UDEN/Volkel

AD ELEV 73 FT.

1. If the relevant runway is exclusively in use for ILS approaches, the visibility criterion of 5 KM may be reduced to a minimum of 3 KM.
2. At these weather criteria the approach and runway lighting may be switched on when deemed necessary by ATC or on request of the pilot (e.g. low altitude of the sun or in twilight).
3. The time for SR and SS is published in GEN 2.7.
4. A minimum light intensity of 0.3% for approach and runway lighting is available. This setting can be used on request of the pilot or initiated by TWR in good visibility conditions (normally CAVOK) at night.
5. On request these intensities can be changed.