Rügen airport
| Rügen airfield | |
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| Characteristics | |
| ICAO code | EDCG |
| IATA code | GTI |
| Coordinates | |
| Height above MSL | 21 m (69 ft ) |
| Transport links | |
| Distance from the city center | 8 km south of Bergen on Rügen |
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| Basic data | |
| opening | 1982 |
| operator | Ostsee-Flug-Rügen GmbH |
| Terminals | 1 |
| Passengers | between 15,000 and 20,000 annually |
| Start-and runway | |
| 08/26 | 900 m × 20 m asphalt |
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The Rügen airfield ( ICAO : EDCG ) is the only airfield on the island of Rügen . It is located in the municipality of Dreschvitz in the Güttin district, about eight kilometers south of the city of Bergen directly on the B 96 . The use of the asphalt runway has so far been limited to aircraft with a maximum weight of 5.7 t. The runway can be illuminated for night flight operations.
The nearest commercial airport is Barth Airport , the nearest airports with international destinations are Rostock-Laage and Heringsdorf (Usedom Island).
Directions
Street
The airfield is only a few hundred meters away from federal highway 96 .
rail
The airfield is close to the Stralsund – Sassnitz railway line , the nearest train station is Teschenhagen , about three kilometers by road. From there there is an hourly connection with Regional Express trains to Stralsund and Bergen on Rügen during rush hour . There are also connections to Rostock , Sassnitz and Binz .
history
Beginnings
The airfield was created as an agricultural airfield in Güttin with a grass landing area. After the exclusive use for agricultural flights from 1982 to 1990, sightseeing flights over the island were offered for the first time in the summer of 1990 with Let Z-37 and Antonow An-2 machines .
Development from 1990
In the years after 1990 the first flights to Bornholm , Berlin-Tempelhof and Hamburg were added. In May 1993 the 750 m long grass runway was replaced by a 900 m long asphalt runway with associated taxiways . In 1995, a hangar with a floor area of 20 m × 30 m was built and runway lighting with PAPI was installed. In July 1998 the inauguration of a terminal building with tower and restaurant took place. There is also a stationary above-ground tank system for AvGas .
Events
Since 1995, the resident flying club has been holding flight days on the second weekend in July.
See also
Web links
Individual evidence
- ^ OFR - Rügen Airfield. Retrieved May 12, 2017 .
