Netherlands Group Tour - Leg 8: EHAL - EHGG
We are on the home stretch of the PAPA HOTEL Virtual Flying Club Netherlands Group Flight! During our last leg we’ve arrived at EHAL Ameland aerodrome and we’ve got only 2 more legs to go. Leg 8 is the longest one of the tour and we’ll visit 2 small aerodromes, EHDR Drachten and EHOW Oosterwold, on our way to EHGG Groningen Eelde Airport.
Route
EHAL DCT 531503N0053041E DCT 531030N0052515E DCT 530336N0053034E DCT 530156N0053942E DCT 530511N0055148E DCT 531126N0060245E DCT EHDR DCT 532353N0061050E DCT 532854N0060954E DCT 533219N0063041E DCT 532715N0065001E DCT 532002N0065543E DCT VP100 DCT EHOW DCT 531458N0065704E DCT 531742N0065017E DCT 531642N0064155E DCT 531414N0063905E DCT 531003N0063523E DCT EHGG
Advised airport scenery packages
Departure Airport: Ameland Airport (EHAL) available at FlightSim.to
Intermediate Airport: EHDR Drachten Airport available at FlightSim.to
EHOW Oosterwold Airport available at FlightSim.to
Destination Airport: EHGG Groningen Eelde Airport available at FlightSim.to
Description
After flying over the town of Schiermonninkoog, we’ll follow the coastline of the island to the east. We’ll continue this heading until the small island of Rottumerplaat and turn right heading 13 degrees, aiming for the Eemsharbour on the coast of the mainland. From here it’s just a short flight, past the city of Delfzijl to visual reporting point NOVEMBER where we enter the circuit of EHOW Oosterwold. Circuit pattern altitude for Oosterwold is 700 feet. Build up areas surrounding the aerodrome shall be avoided at all times.
At the end of leg 7 of the Netherlands Group Tour, we found a parking spot near the little tower of EHAL Ameland aerodrome. This is a great place to spawn your new flight again. After take-off, we’ll turn out of the circuit to the south and fly a heading of approximately 205 degrees through the Wadden Sea Corridor. Avoid flying over the town of Hollum when exiting the circuit. Minimum altitude within the corridor is 1000 feet, outside the corridor 1500 feet due to the many birds living in the area.
At the city of Harlingen, we’ll follow part of the famous Eleven City ice skating tour in reverse. At the city of Grau we’ll head northeast towards the Burgumer Lake, so we can enter the circuit at EHDR Drachten aerodrome from the north. When flying your approach or departure, depending on the wind direction, avoid flying over the build up area and keep close to the road on the northeast of the city of Drachten. When the wind is coming from the east, this will make an offset final for RWY07 and you have to factor in a turn very close to the runway. Circuit pattern altitude for Drachten is 700 feet.
After your touch ‘n go or landing, exit the circuit to the northwest when RWY25 or northeast when RWY07 is in use and head northwards to the big lake, Lauwersoog, near the coastline of the Wadden Sea. Keep in mind that the Lauwersoog is a nature reserve, just like the Wadden Sea, and a minimum altitude of 1000 feet is mandatory. We recommend an altitude of at least 1500 feet, as we’re flying north towards the island of Schiermonnikoog next.
As leg 8 is the longest of the tour, I don’t think we’ll land at EHOW Oosterwold and just do a touch ‘n go instead. After exiting the circuit, we’ll depart the area to the north and fly around the CTR of EHGG Groningen Eelde Airport towards visual reporting point YANKEE. Here we’ll start to fly the YANKEE Arrival into Eelde. K apron, in front of the tower, is not the biggest, so when we’ve got a lot of participants during this flight, L apron, next to the KLM Flight Academy, might be a suitable option to park our aircraft after landing.
Schedule
Wednesday 4 March 2026
20:00 CET (1900Z)
20:20 CET (1920Z)
Parking in front of the tower
IVAO Network and Western European server (MSFS 2020)
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If you’ve joint us for all previous legs of the PAPA HOTEL Virtual Flying Club Netherlands Group Tour, well done! You’ve completed 924 nautical miles and 9 hours and 8 minutes of air time. We’ve only got 1 more leg of 135 nautical miles and 1 hour and 34 minutes of the tour left. We’re on schedule to make it in time before FlightSimWeekend 2026!
Live Stream
‘What happens if I can’t make it?’ Well, don’t you worry! We’ve designed and shared all information so that, if you can’t join us online, you can fly the route yourself. If you do want to take part, but rather not fly online, you can always join us during our live stream. That’s right! PAPA HOTEL Dutch Scenery Design will live stream ALL legs of the Netherlands Group Tour on our YouTube Channel!
