OurAirports: Comments on airports in Germany

[EDFS] "Availability" by Anonymous Flier

Sat, 07 Jan 2012 11:24:21 -0500

Comment by an Anonymous Flier on Schweinfurt-Süd Airport, Germany:

Nearly daily open with enough Pre-Time for PPR. Gras Runway in good condition. Near to Schweinfurt-City. No restrictions to time. Be careful in direction 10 to turbulence near threshold.

[EDLG] "DEINN" by Anonymous Flier

Tue, 20 Dec 2011 03:25:24 -0500

Comment by an Anonymous Flier on Goch-Asperden Airport, Germany:

Hi, I am from Flightradar24.com,. Reciever EDLM,. We recieve all aircrafts equiped with the ADS-B Transponder.

The callsign DEINN I recieved on 17.12.2011 from 14:19 to 14:31UTC,. Nice seeing you,. hope to catch you again.

unfortunatly the recievers around you at Goch, isnt very many if none at all, and where no Reciever are,. then no

aircrafts are shown.

Look forward to meeting all who visit EDLM,. Hope you dont forget to switch on your ADS-B Transponders.

The sky,is the limit David FR24(EDLM)

[EDHB] "Nice field near beach" by ClausXVT

Mon, 05 Sep 2011 11:49:34 -0400

Comment by @ClausXVT on Grube Airport, Germany:

The field is only a few km from nice beaches.

Runway 27 downwards a bit, but runways always cut like a golf field!

[EDHB] "Grass strip north of Lübeck" by Anonymous Flier

Mon, 05 Sep 2011 11:35:20 -0400

Comment by an Anonymous Flier on Grube Airport, Germany:

Always very short grass strip, 500m light slope to the west

[EDLV] "Airport Beacon Location" by mbscjohnp

Sat, 03 Sep 2011 13:37:06 -0400

Comment by @mbscjohnp on Niederrhein Airport, Germany:

Where on the airport is the Aerodrome Beacon (to direct pilots to the airport from the air at night) located, does it rotate or flash, and what color(s) does it display?

[EDGN] "Nordenbeck Airport disused" by Anonymous Flier

Thu, 11 Aug 2011 10:00:18 -0400

Comment by an Anonymous Flier on Nordenbeck Airport, Germany:

Hello,

the Nordenbeck Airport is no longer available. The airstrip is now farmland.

[EDDM] "ONE VISIT" by PADDYWHACK

Mon, 13 Jun 2011 20:04:14 -0400

Comment by @PADDYWHACK on Munich International Airport, Germany:

EFFICIENT AND EASY TO USE ALSO KIND WORKERS

[XMUC] "re: Remaining runway" by ptomblin

Fri, 20 May 2011 14:41:21 -0400

Comment by @ptomblin on Munich-Reim Airport, Germany:

It looks like the foundations for the approach light system to me.

[XMUC] "Remaining runway" by Anonymous Flier

Fri, 20 May 2011 13:58:31 -0400

Comment by an Anonymous Flier on Munich-Reim Airport, Germany:

In the satellite image, there is a small section of runway remaining at the eastern edge of the development, beyond this there appears to be shadows which at first glance look like a continuation of the central markers, any ideas what this is? (zoom right in)

[EDLV] "re: Airport Weeze" by mbscjohnp

Mon, 25 Apr 2011 11:27:21 -0400

Comment by @mbscjohnp on Niederrhein Airport, Germany:

How right you are.

[EDLV] "Airport Weeze" by Anonymous Flier

Mon, 25 Apr 2011 11:17:25 -0400

Comment by an Anonymous Flier on Niederrhein Airport, Germany:

When will it be referred to by its correct name: Airport Weeze (EDLV)? It is no longer RAF Laarbruch, nor is it Niederrhein Aiport, nor is it in Goch. It belongs to the City of Weeze.

[EDWD] "flight training" by Anonymous Flier

Sat, 23 Apr 2011 18:21:40 -0400

Comment by an Anonymous Flier on Lemwerder Airport, Germany:

Do you know if this airport has a flight school? If so, do you know if it accepts American citizens or do I have to be a German citizen?

[ETHT] "re: Closing all operations" by ptomblin

Sat, 12 Mar 2011 16:51:34 -0500

Comment by @ptomblin on Cottbus (Cottbus Army) Airport, Germany:

Wikipedia says:

The airport is currently closed to air-traffic, although the concrete paved runway has been designated for use by cargo flights in the event of an emergency. There is an aerospace museum on site.

[ETHT] "Closing all operations" by Anonymous Flier

Fri, 11 Mar 2011 14:34:50 -0500

Comment by an Anonymous Flier on Cottbus (Cottbus Army) Airport, Germany:

As far as I know this airport is completely closed.

[EDDF] "busyness" by Anonymous Flier

Fri, 04 Feb 2011 11:42:53 -0500

Comment by an Anonymous Flier on Frankfurt am Main International Airport, Germany:

it is busyy

[EDPJ] "EDPJ" by Anonymous Flier

Tue, 18 Jan 2011 09:17:44 -0500

Comment by an Anonymous Flier on Laichingen Airport, Germany:

See also the homepage of the club 'FSV Laichingen', who runs the PPR airfield 'Jabob-Laur-Flugplatz', at URL ( www dot edpj dot de).

Karle3

[EDDI] "Berlin THF Airport" by NCOonRJ85

Mon, 03 Jan 2011 08:10:01 -0500

Comment by @NCOonRJ85 on Berlin-Tempelhof International Airport, Germany:

Other capitols BUILD airports to be fast in the centre (e.g. London)- this one was closed down....

[EDVP] "re: AirPort Status" by david

Wed, 29 Dec 2010 19:26:00 -0500

Comment by @david on Peine-Eddesse Airport, Germany:

That's bad news -- thanks for the update.

[ETSF] "Lebanon crisis of 1958, 11th Airborne /24th inf div. departu" by Anonymous Flier

Fri, 24 Dec 2010 00:40:35 -0500

Comment by an Anonymous Flier on Fürstenfeldbruck Airport, Germany:

This was the place where troops from these two US Army units departed Germany for operation Blue Bat. Largest NATO/ US operation between the Korean war and the Viet Nam war

[EDVP] "AirPort Status" by Anonymous Flier

Sat, 18 Dec 2010 02:20:13 -0500

Comment by an Anonymous Flier on Peine-Eddesse Airport, Germany:

Closed since 2010/04/06

[EDJA] "cost" by Anonymous Flier

Mon, 22 Nov 2010 06:47:53 -0500

Comment by an Anonymous Flier on Memmingen Allgau Airport, Germany:

Don´t go there with N reg unless you have a noice certificate from EU country....instead of the promised "80-90 €," it cost me 282!

[EDJA] "re transfer question" by Anonymous Flier

Mon, 22 Nov 2010 06:46:33 -0500

Comment by an Anonymous Flier on Memmingen Allgau Airport, Germany:

Order the bus in advance and it is there....otherwise, city bus to train and train direct to Munich every hour.

[EDCY] "Mig 21." by Anonymous Flier

Thu, 23 Sep 2010 11:41:17 -0400

Comment by an Anonymous Flier on Spremberg-Welzow Airport, Germany:

To whoever I'm trying to locate the owner, club for the Mig 21 that is preserved in an old military shelter at Wezlow. Any help greatly appreciated. I can be contacted at timjones007@hotmail.com

[EDAQ] "Halle Oppin" by Anonymous Flier

Fri, 10 Sep 2010 08:12:56 -0400

Comment by an Anonymous Flier on Halle-Oppin Airport, Germany:

Friendly airfield; ATC chap has private car hire. Restaurant "Schnitzell Tower" serves beer and more variety of schnitzell than you can eat in a year!

[EDLV] "RAF Laarbruch" by Hawk747

Tue, 03 Aug 2010 10:13:44 -0400

Comment by @Hawk747 on Niederrhein Airport, Germany:

I learned to fly sailplanes here while it was still RAF Laarbruch in 1987.

[ETAD] "My time at Spangdahlem Air Base" by Anonymous Flier

Sun, 01 Aug 2010 10:43:16 -0400

Comment by an Anonymous Flier on Spangdahlem Air Base, Germany:

I was stationed at Spangdahlem Air Base from February,1971 thru November,1973 and I would appreciate having a history of the base from that time frame . If anyone can help me with my request I certainly would appreciate your help . In addition to bringing back memories of my time spent at Spangdahlem Air Base I hope to be able to get in touch with the other Airmen that I was stationed with for a reunion . Thank You kpshedd@comcast.net

Kevin P Shedd

[DE-0002] "Already in database" by wyssp

Sun, 09 May 2010 13:41:45 -0400

Comment by @wyssp on Torgau-Beilrode Airport, Germany:

This airport is already in the database with ID EDOG, please delete this one.

[EDDF] "Free coffee and hot chocolate" by david

Mon, 15 Mar 2010 18:02:24 -0400

Comment by @david on Frankfurt am Main International Airport, Germany:

Lufthansa supplies free self-serve coffee and hot chocolate in their waiting area. The cups are tiny, but you can get as many refills as you want, and the machine makes a wide variety of coffee types. If only they offered free WiFi as well ...

[ETHA] "Training school" by david

Fri, 12 Feb 2010 10:36:44 -0500

Comment by @david on Altenstadt Army Airfield, Germany:

The German Army uses this field for their Airborne and Air School (Luftlande- und Lufttransportschule, LL/LTS).

[EDDS] "EDDS" by jmblanco430

Tue, 20 Oct 2009 08:15:36 -0400

Comment by @jmblanco430 on Stuttgart Airport, Germany:

RUNWAY 07---110.90---073º

[DE-0008] "Steinstuecken Helipad" by Anonymous Flier

Tue, 22 Sep 2009 02:45:54 -0400

Comment by an Anonymous Flier on Steinstücken Helipad, Germany:

I guess the US finally did something, where were they in June 1953 when we were totally cut off from West Berlin for about ten weeks when the Russians marched in during the East German uprising. It wasn't great to be treated as animals thereafter either nor hearing East Germans being shot by Russians soldiers either. May they rest in Peace.

Ray Rose - ray.rose@shawmail.com

[EDXJ] "Mooney Landing 04/10/08" by Anonymous Flier

Sun, 09 Aug 2009 13:57:53 -0400

Comment by an Anonymous Flier on Husum-Schwesing Airport, Germany:

Fly into Husum-Schwesing to see my brother at his birthday with my Mooney 252, N228RM. Very friendly airport staff serving us coffee.

I can really recommend this airport!

regards

Karl-Heinz Zahorsky (zahorsky.com)

Commercial Pilot, MEI

[ETUO] "Formerly RAF Gütersloh" by david

Wed, 08 Jul 2009 22:29:05 -0400

Comment by @david on Gütersloh Airport, Germany:

This airstrip was formerly RAF Gütersloh. The British Army took it over after the RAF's withdrawl, and now uses it as a helicopter and signals base.

[EDLM] "nice airport" by Anonymous Flier

Fri, 26 Jun 2009 17:43:21 -0400

Comment by an Anonymous Flier on Marl-Loemühle Airport, Germany:

Nice place. been skydiving there.

[DE-0008] "Helipad in Steinstücken" by Zoran

Fri, 15 May 2009 16:14:09 -0400

Comment by @Zoran on Steinstücken Helipad, Germany:

Steinstücken was west-exclave in DDR. This helipad was used by US army from 1961 to 1989.

[EDJA] "Bus transfers." by Anonymous Flier

Wed, 18 Mar 2009 16:40:28 -0400

Comment by an Anonymous Flier on Memmingen Allgau Airport, Germany:

Is it possible to get a bus from the airport to Munich? If not can you make a suggestion using public transport.

[EDTL] "CFB Lahr (EDAN?)" by 32Aret

Sat, 20 Dec 2008 20:35:25 -0500

Comment by @32Aret on Lahr Airport, Germany:

This airport used to be a Canadian Forces Base. The airport was used mostly for the frequent flights to and from Canada and for intra-Europe flights. In the 1980s and into the early 90s, the aircraft hardened shelters were used as an army garrison. One of the hard shelter areas was used by 444 Sqn, a tactical helicopter squadron flying the CH-136 Kiowa. I think that the ICAO code was EDAN at that time; I have no idea why it was changed. Even if the vocation of the airport changed drastically, I see no reason to change the ICAO code...

[EDLD] "EXTRA - Class" by Capitano.Nico

Mon, 06 Oct 2008 06:58:51 -0400

Comment by @Capitano.Nico on Dinslaken/Schwarze Heide Airport, Germany:

This is the home of Extra Flugzeugbau!

www.extraaircraft.com/

[DE-0004] "only for skydiving: contact gojump.de" by gseger007

Thu, 07 Aug 2008 09:47:31 -0400

Comment by @gseger007 on Gransee Airport, Germany:

only for skydiving: contact gojump.de

[EDLS] "Nice airport" by PH-SAB

Mon, 25 Feb 2008 07:08:04 -0500

Comment by @PH-SAB on Stadtlohn-Vreden Airport, Germany:

Nice little airport, with a gentle service of the airfield operators.

[ETOU] "History: Berlin Air Lift" by david

Tue, 05 Feb 2008 14:22:46 -0500

Comment by @david on Wiesbaden Army Airfield, Germany:

The Berlin Air Lift, "Operation Vittles", started here in 1948 with USAAF C-47 and C-54 cargo planes flying supplies into the now-closed Berlin-Templehof airport. Rhein-Main Air Base joined as the main C-54 depot, and the British flew missions from several bases in the Hamburg area. France joined the airlift later.

[EDDF] "History: Rhein-Main Air Base" by david

Tue, 05 Feb 2008 14:01:56 -0500

Comment by @david on Frankfurt am Main International Airport, Germany:

The southern half of the field was originally the Rhein-Main Air Base, which was the main hub for U.S. military airlifts in and out of Europe (it closed in 2005). It was also one of the main departure points for the Berlin Airlift, serving as the principal C-54 depot.

[EDMO] "Dornier and German Aerospace Centre" by david

Tue, 05 Feb 2008 12:01:55 -0500

Comment by @david on Oberpfaffenhofen Airport, Germany:

The aircraft manufacturer Dornier Flugzeugwerke (later Fairchild-Dornier) was located at Oberpfaffenhofen from the 1950s until 2002, when Fairchild-Dornier went bankrupt. This is still a major location for the German Aerospace Centre (DLR):

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oberpfaffenhofen

[ETSF] "History" by david

Sat, 02 Feb 2008 18:02:32 -0500

Comment by @david on Fürstenfeldbruck Airport, Germany:

This base figured prominently in 20th-century history. It was the primary pilot training centre for the Luftwaffe during World War II, and later, the site of the Munich massacre at the 1972 Olympic games:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Munich_massacre

[XMUC] "Munich Air Disaster, 1958" by david

Sat, 02 Feb 2008 17:41:24 -0500

Comment by @david on Munich-Reim Airport, Germany:

It's just about the 50th anniversary of the Munich Air Disaster, when 8 members of the British Manchester United football (soccer) team and 15 other people died during a failed takeoff from this airport on a slushy runway:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Munich_air_disaster

The airport closed in 1992 and has been redeveloped, with only the control tower and a terminal building left.

[EDJA] "Flying EDJA" by Pfaffenwinkel

Sat, 26 Jan 2008 10:59:07 -0500

Comment by @Pfaffenwinkel on Memmingen Allgau Airport, Germany:

Beautifull location in southern Germany, friendly relaxed ATC

[EDDR] "never been" by Anonymous Flier

Sat, 22 Dec 2007 10:31:12 -0500

Comment by an Anonymous Flier on Saarbrücken Airport, Germany:

never been

[EDFH] "Middle of flippin nowhere" by yaello

Fri, 30 Nov 2007 00:43:41 -0500

Comment by @yaello on Frankfurt-Hahn Airport, Germany:

I flew Ryanair out of this airport once. You have to take a bus from Frankfurt to get here -- it's about a two-hour ride -- and it leaves at 5am. I slept on a bench in the train station. Good times.

[EDDT] "Schedule to close" by david

Sat, 28 Jul 2007 19:05:33 -0400

Comment by @david on Berlin-Tegel International Airport, Germany:

Along with Berlin-Tempelhof (THF), Tegel is scheduled to be replaced by an expanded Berlin-Schönefeld (SXF -- to be renamed "Berlin-Brandenburg International" around 2011). Tegel and Tempelhof are actually in Berlin, while Schönefeld is further out of town, in the former East Germany.

[EDDB] "Expansion" by david

Sat, 28 Jul 2007 19:00:34 -0400

Comment by @david on Berlin-Schönefeld International Airport, Germany:

This airport (formerly in East Germany) is expanding to replace Berlin's other two principal airports. In 2011, when its new terminal is scheduled to open, it will be renamed "Berlin-Brandenburg International Airport". The historic Berlin-Tempelhof Airport (THF) is scheduled to close once the new terminal construction is underway, and Berlin-Tegel Airport (TXL) will close six months after the new terminal is complete and the airport is renamed.