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Hilversum Airfield (EHHV) is a small grass-runway general aviation aerodrome in the Gooi region of North Holland, a few kilometres south-southwest of the town of Hilversum. It is a lively base for gliding, parachuting and light aircraft training and touring, with a history stretching back to the eve of the Second World War.
Hilversum Airfield, known locally as Vliegveld Hilversum, is a general aviation aerodrome operated by Stichting Vliegveld Hilversum. It serves light single-engine piston aircraft used for training and recreational flying, and also supports gliding and parachuting activity, making it a busy and varied field for a visiting VFR pilot to be aware of.
The airfield lies about 2.2 nautical miles south-southwest of Hilversum, a town in the Gooi region of the province of North Holland. Pilots operating in the area receive traffic and flight information from Amsterdam Information, with a separate frequency available for Dutch military information, reflecting the airfield's position within the wider Dutch FIS environment.
Hilversum has two grass runways. Runway 07/25 is 2,576 feet long, and runway 17/35 is 2,557 feet long; both are grass surfaces with no lighting or ILS provision, and field elevation is 0 feet.
Traffic and flight information in the area is available from Amsterdam Information on 124.3 MHz FIS, with Dutch military traffic information on 132.35 MHz FIS. Local aerodrome communication is provided by Hilversum Radio on 131.03 MHz INFO.
Hilversum Airfield was founded in 1939 with civil aviation in mind, but the unsettled state of Europe led the Royal Netherlands Air Force to take control of the field before it could be used commercially, basing Fokker C-5, Fokker C-10 and Koolhoven F.K.51 aircraft there. On 10 and 11 May 1940 the airfield came under heavy attack from Luftwaffe Messerschmitt Bf 109 fighters. Following the German occupation of the Netherlands later that month, the occupying forces expanded the airfield considerably for their own military use. As Allied forces advanced, German troops destroyed most of the field to deny its use to the Allies. The airfield remained under military control for a short time after the war before reopening to civil traffic in 1948.
Today Hilversum remains a general aviation field supporting gliding, parachuting, and training and recreational flying, with the majority of movements involving smaller single-engine piston aircraft. There have been rumours over the years of a hard-surfaced runway being built, but as of 2020 no concrete plans had been announced, and the field continues to operate on its three grass strips.
