{"id":374571,"date":"2023-07-07T20:09:59","date_gmt":"2023-07-07T20:09:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.lelystadairport.nl\/?page_id=374571"},"modified":"2026-03-02T14:08:34","modified_gmt":"2026-03-02T13:08:34","slug":"lelystad-airport-50-years","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.lelystadairport.nl\/en\/over-ons\/history\/","title":{"rendered":"History"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[et_pb_section fb_built=&#8221;1&#8243; fullwidth=&#8221;on&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.27.4&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; use_background_color_gradient=&#8221;on&#8221; background_color_gradient_stops=&#8221;rgba(81,36,121,0.18) 28%|rgba(81, 36, 121, 0.54) 64%|rgba(81,36,121,0.59) 100%&#8221; background_color_gradient_overlays_image=&#8221;on&#8221; background_image=&#8221;https:\/\/www.lelystadairport.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Lelystad-Airport-geschedenis.jpg&#8221; height=&#8221;400px&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_fullwidth_slider use_bg_overlay=&#8221;off&#8221; 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And has a future ahead with commercial traffic, flights to and from your holiday destination.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>[\/et_pb_text][et_pb_text _builder_version=&#8221;4.27.4&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;]<\/p>\n<h2>Lelystad Airport&#8217;s development in years<\/h2>\n<p>[\/et_pb_text][et_pb_blurb title=&#8221;1973&#8243; image=&#8221;https:\/\/www.lelystadairport.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Luchtfoto-22-augustus-1975-1-1024&#215;820.jpg&#8221; alt=&#8221;lelsytad Aiport https:\/\/www.lelystadairport.nl\/over-ons\/geschiedenis&#8221; content_max_width=&#8221;100%&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.27.4&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; header_level=&#8221;h3&#8243; header_font=&#8221;|700|||||||&#8221; header_font_size=&#8221;26px&#8221; body_font_size=&#8221;18px&#8221; body_line_height=&#8221;1.71em&#8221; border_radii=&#8221;off|15px|15px||&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;]<\/p>\n<p>Lelystad Airport opens for General Aviation.<br \/>Photo: Aerial view of Lelystad Airport, 22 August 1975.<\/p>\n<p>[\/et_pb_blurb][et_pb_blurb title=&#8221;1981&#8243; image=&#8221;https:\/\/www.lelystadairport.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Lelystad-Airport-Havengebouw-1980-1024&#215;719.jpg&#8221; alt=&#8221;Lelystad Airport Havengebouw 1980&#8243; content_max_width=&#8221;100%&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.27.4&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; header_font=&#8221;|700|||||||&#8221; header_font_size=&#8221;26px&#8221; body_font_size=&#8221;18px&#8221; body_line_height=&#8221;1.71em&#8221; border_radii=&#8221;off|15px|15px||&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;]<\/p>\n<p>Pavement of the runway.<br \/>Photo: Lelystad Airport, airport building 1980.<\/p>\n<p>[\/et_pb_blurb][et_pb_blurb title=&#8221;1991&#8243; image=&#8221;https:\/\/www.lelystadairport.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Lelystad-Airport-Havengebouw-1980-2-1024&#215;720.jpg&#8221; alt=&#8221;Lelystad Airport Havengebouw 1980&#8243; content_max_width=&#8221;100%&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.27.4&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; header_font=&#8221;|700|||||||&#8221; header_font_size=&#8221;26px&#8221; body_font_size=&#8221;18px&#8221; body_line_height=&#8221;1.71em&#8221; border_radii=&#8221;off|15px|15px||&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;]<\/p>\n<p>Extension of the runway.<br \/>Photo: Lelystad Airport, airport building 1980.<\/p>\n<p>[\/et_pb_blurb][et_pb_blurb title=&#8221;1993&#8243; image=&#8221;https:\/\/www.lelystadairport.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Lelystad-Airport-Havengebouw-2000-9-1024&#215;721.jpg&#8221; alt=&#8221;Lelystad Airport Havengebouw 1980&#8243; content_max_width=&#8221;100%&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.27.4&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; header_font=&#8221;|700|||||||&#8221; header_font_size=&#8221;26px&#8221; body_font_size=&#8221;18px&#8221; body_line_height=&#8221;1.71em&#8221; border_radii=&#8221;off|15px|15px||&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;]<\/p>\n<p>Lelystad Airport becomes part of Royal Schiphol Group. The name changes to Lelystad Airport.<br \/>Photo: Lelystad Airport, airport building 1990s.<\/p>\n<p>[\/et_pb_blurb][et_pb_blurb title=&#8221;2008&#8243; image=&#8221;https:\/\/www.lelystadairport.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Lelystad-Airport-Havengebouw-2009-1024&#215;756.jpg&#8221; alt=&#8221;Lelystad Airport Havengebouw 1980&#8243; content_max_width=&#8221;100%&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.27.4&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; header_font=&#8221;|700|||||||&#8221; header_font_size=&#8221;26px&#8221; body_font_size=&#8221;18px&#8221; body_line_height=&#8221;1.71em&#8221; border_radii=&#8221;off|15px|15px||&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;]<\/p>\n<p>The government adopts the advice of the Alderstafel commission, in which Lelystad Airport is named as an overflow airport of Schiphol, together with Eindhoven Airport.<\/p>\n<p>[\/et_pb_blurb][et_pb_blurb title=&#8221;2015&#8243; image=&#8221;https:\/\/www.lelystadairport.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Contractondertekening-voor-nieuwe-terminal-en-dienstverlening-Lelystad-Airport-1-scaled-1-1024&#215;683.jpg&#8221; alt=&#8221;Lelystad Airport Havengebouw 1980&#8243; content_max_width=&#8221;100%&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.27.4&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; header_font=&#8221;|700|||||||&#8221; header_font_size=&#8221;26px&#8221; body_font_size=&#8221;18px&#8221; body_line_height=&#8221;1.71em&#8221; border_radii=&#8221;off|15px|15px||&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;]<\/p>\n<p>Lelystad Airport gets official permission that it can expand by the adoption of the Airport Decree. By 2018, Lelystad Airport is ready for commercial air traffic (holiday flights).<\/p>\n<p>[\/et_pb_blurb][et_pb_blurb title=&#8221;2017&#8243; image=&#8221;https:\/\/www.lelystadairport.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/Verkeerstoren.jpg&#8221; alt=&#8221;Lelystad Airport Havengebouw 1980&#8243; content_max_width=&#8221;100%&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.27.4&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; header_font=&#8221;|700|||||||&#8221; header_font_size=&#8221;26px&#8221; body_font_size=&#8221;18px&#8221; body_line_height=&#8221;1.71em&#8221; border_radii=&#8221;off|15px|15px||&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;]<\/p>\n<p>The runway\u2019s extension is completed for code C aircraft (Airbus A320\/Boeing 737 etc.). The air traffic control tower is raised.<\/p>\n<p>[\/et_pb_blurb][et_pb_blurb title=&#8221;2019&#8243; image=&#8221;https:\/\/www.lelystadairport.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/R6__2896-Enhanced-NR-1024&#215;683.jpg&#8221; alt=&#8221;Lelystad Airport Havengebouw 1980&#8243; content_max_width=&#8221;100%&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.27.4&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; header_font=&#8221;|700|||||||&#8221; header_font_size=&#8221;26px&#8221; body_font_size=&#8221;18px&#8221; body_line_height=&#8221;1.71em&#8221; border_radii=&#8221;off|15px|15px||&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;]<\/p>\n<p>Installation of its own fire brigade and air traffic control. 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A decision on holiday flights has not yet been made.<\/p>\n<p>[\/et_pb_blurb][et_pb_blurb title=&#8221;2026&#8243; image=&#8221;https:\/\/www.lelystadairport.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Lelystad-Airport_passagiersterminal_02.jpg&#8221; alt=&#8221;Lelystad Airport_passagiersterminal_02&#8243; content_max_width=&#8221;100%&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.27.5&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; header_font=&#8221;|700|||||||&#8221; header_font_size=&#8221;26px&#8221; body_font_size=&#8221;18px&#8221; body_line_height=&#8221;1.71em&#8221; hover_enabled=&#8221;0&#8243; border_radii=&#8221;off|15px|15px||&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221; title_text=&#8221;Lelystad Airport_passagiersterminal_02&#8243; sticky_enabled=&#8221;0&#8243;]<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"31\" data-end=\"82\"><strong data-start=\"31\" data-end=\"82\">Lelystad Airport to open for passenger flights!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p data-start=\"84\" data-end=\"508\" data-is-last-node=\"\" data-is-only-node=\"\">On 30 January 2026, after more than ten years of discussion, the new coalition provided clarity about the future of Lelystad Airport. 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De naam wijzigt in Lelystad Airport. Het vliegveld is het drukste GA-vliegveld in Nederland.<\/p><p><strong>2008:<\/strong> Den Haag neemt het advies van de Alderstafel over, waarin Lelystad samen met Eindhoven als overloopluchthaven van Schiphol wordt genoemd.<\/p><p><strong>2015:<\/strong> Lelystad krijgt officieel toestemming voor uitbreiding. In 2018 moet het klaar zijn voor commercieel verkeer.<\/p><p><strong>2017:<\/strong> Verlengde baan is klaar en geschikt voor code C vliegtuigen (Airbus A320 \/ Boeing 737 etc) . De verkeerstoren is verhoogd naar 20 meter.<\/p><p>[\/et_pb_text][et_pb_image src=\"https:\/\/www.lelystadairport.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Lelystad-airport-50-jaar-pagina-1024x715.jpg\" alt=\"Lelystad Airport 50 jaar \" title_text=\"Lelystad airport 50 jaar pagina\" _builder_version=\"4.21.0\" _module_preset=\"default\" border_radii=\"on|14px|14px|14px|14px\" global_colors_info=\"{}\"][\/et_pb_image][et_pb_text _builder_version=\"4.20.0\" _module_preset=\"default\" text_font=\"Lato||||||||\" text_text_color=\"#000000\" text_font_size=\"13pt\" text_line_height=\"31px\" global_colors_info=\"{}\"]<\/p><p><strong>2019:<\/strong> Installatie van het brandweerkorps en verkeersleiding. Lelystad is een gecontroleerde luchthaven geworden.<\/p><p><strong>2018-2022:<\/strong> Diverse keren wordt de start van Lelystad Airport voor commercieel verkeer door Den Haag uitgesteld.<\/p><p><strong>2023:<\/strong> Lelystad Airport viert haar 50-jarig bestaan. Het hele jaar door zijn er feestelijke bijeenkomsten met diverse stakeholders. Een van de hoogtepunten: vanaf juni is Lelystad Airport op Madurodam te zien. Op de verjaardag zelf, 19 november, is er een groot feest voor de medewerkers.<\/p><h3>Wist je dat\u2026<\/h3><p><strong>Wist je dat Lelystad Airport er nog eerder was dan de stad Lelystad?<\/strong><br \/>Bij de inpoldering werd gebruik gemaakt van vliegtuigen, die werden ingezet om riet in te zaaien. 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