EHSE
Seppe Airfield
VFR
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Name
Seppe Airfield
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ICAO / GPS
EHSE / EHSE
- Type
- Restriction
- Region
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Timezone
10:24 pm (CET)
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Municipality
Hoeven
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Coordinates
51° 33′ 16″ N 4° 33′ 9″ E
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Elevation
30 ft (9 m MSL)
About Seppe Airfield
Breda International Airport, until 2015 Seppe Airfield, (ICAO: EHSE) is a small general aviation aerodrome located next to the A58 motorway on the outskirts of Bosschenhoofd, a village in the municipality of Halderberge in the province of North Brabant in the Netherlands. It is located 2 NM (3.7 km; 2.3 mi) southwest of Hoeven, 7.5 NM (13.9 km; 8.6 mi) west from Breda and 4 NM (7.4 km; 4.6 mi) east-northeast of Roosendaal.
The airport has a single asphalt runway, 06/24 (previously 07/25), with a length of 830 m (2,723 ft) and a significantly displaced threshold (meaning an area at the beginning of the runway that is not to be used for landing) on either side.
Originally called Seppe Airfield (after the nickname of Bosschenhoofd), the airport started in 1949 as a glider field and has been used by powered aircraft since 1969. In 2002, the grass runway surface was replaced with asphalt. The airfield is not used by aircraft using jet engines. Around 50,000 airplane movements (take-offs or landings) are made at Seppe annually. In February 2014, it was announced that the name of the airport would be changed to Breda International Airport. The airport was officially renamed on 1 January 2015. Its ICAO designation remained "Seppe".