Eindhoven Airport

Small and efficient airport, but it's growing rapidly and is experiencing some growing pains. For instance, some car parks are now quite far away and parking prices are rising. The waiting time for customs can be quite long as well (and the tend to be unfriendly), but generally, it is very easy to get in & out of the airport quickly. Impossible to get lost because it is so small. Facilities at the airport are ok, but nothing special. Restaurant is overpriced as is common at airports. Wifi is fine. Public transport is good as well, but for foreign travelers I guess it might be a bit confusing.

Eindhoven is a constantly growing airport, and therefore constantly under construction. Handling times much better than big brother Schiphol. Free seats in terminal building for waiting are sparse. Best choice is the restaurant on first floor. Kiss and ride (and drop off of co-passengers and luggage) is combined with the short term parking (P1). In case of rainy weather sheltered places are badly missing.

Bad transportation and impolite staff. It is not worth cheap fares.

My experience at Eindhoven was good. I arrived by car, and there is a free shuttle bus service which takes you to the terminal. The self service bag drop off worked fine, and the security procedure was good. As the airport is mostly served by low-cost airlines, the terminal's facilities are less than bigger airports (e.g. there are only a few toilets in the terminal), but that didn't really bother me. The staff are nice, and the tax-free shop is okay. Overall, Eindhoven is a good airport.

The airport closes at night and there is no way for passengers with a delayed flight to sit inside or even have access to a toilet. Phone calls were unanswered.

We 3 older ladies flew on Sunday 31/8/2014 with Wizzair to Kracow. We got into a snaking queue at Eindhoven Airport. There were several other flights at the same time. Ours had been delayed by another hour. 20.00 there was only one security check! With hundreds of people trying to get through security. The flights were called out as boarding! There was a scramble to get through and a panic scenario! People pushing and shouting! It was awful! I really don't need that at the start of my holiday. Poor organisation and bad planning.

Cheap tickets but a lot of inconveniences. One of the major ones is that there is no passenger dropping area (Kiss and Ride). You may get easily a traffic ticket for dropping passengers in the yellow painted sidewalk area.

Proven to be an excellent local airport for travelling around Europe whilst on exchange in the Netherlands especially with Ryanair and Transavia using it heavily so cheap prices guaranteed. Flown to Seville Budapest and Prague through this airport recently. Admittedly it is a bit of a shed but it is apparently undergoing major work and has been for over a year. My advice is to do everything you want before security because the last time I used this airport even the Duty Free was closed for refurbishing. No airbridges or really any queues quiet and efficient. If there are more than two flights within a short period it gets very busy at security though.

Disorganized airport in the middle of nowhere. Currently a construction site. No air bridges walk to and from aircraft.

Overcrowded waiting rooms lacking sufficient seat facilities. Uninterested personnel. Volume and understandability of messages are inadequate. Unclear directions where and when to pass the security and customs. Together with fellow passengers we succeeded in finding out. We were called for boarding while the passengers of the former flight of our plane were not even yet de-boarding. So we had to queue for another unnecessary hour. Exaggerated intimate search at the security. They seem to lack the customary electronic equipment to detect metals at Eindhoven. The parking lot machine accepted neither Meastro card nor chip card. Fortunately I was warned for that. Otherwise I could have walked for another 2 Kms back to the arrival hall for cash. Picking-up passengers is seriously discouraged. Sidewalks near the arrival hall are supplied with yellow curbstones and crush barriers. Military police watches sharply that nobody stops for boarding a car.