Bremerhaven-Luneort airfield
| Bremerhaven Airport | |
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| Characteristics | |
| ICAO code | EDWB |
| IATA code | BRV |
| Coordinates | |
| Height above MSL | 3 m (10 ft ) |
| Transport links | |
| Distance from the city center | 2 km southwest of Bremerhaven |
| Basic data | |
| opening | 1956 |
| closure | March 1, 2016 |
| operator | Flugplatzbetriebsgesellschaft Bremerhaven mbH |
| Terminals | 1 |
| Passengers | 23,000 (2007) |
| Runways | |
| 07/25 | 658 m × 19 m asphalt |
| 16/34 | 1200 m × 30 m asphalt |
The airfield Bremerhaven (also Bremerhaven Airport or regional airport Bremerhaven ) was a German airfield in Bremerhaven , which was shut down on March 1, 2016th It was located in the Fischereihafen district on a small island in the south of the city between the harbor in the east, the Lune in the west and southwest and the Weser in the north.
history
Aviation history at Luneort began in 1956 with glider flights by the Unterweser air sports club. In 1959 the airfield received a license for powered flights and was initially used by the Aero Club Bremerhaven. Five years later the license was extended to helicopters and on June 15, 1964 the Flugplatzbetriebsgesellschaft Bremerhaven mbH was founded. From 1965 the OLT was the first commercial airline to fly to the airfield. The airfield was used for occasional parachute jumps.
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In September 1991 its expansion began with the aim of further developing it into a commercial regional airport. In October 1992 a new runway with a length of 920 meters was put into operation and in August work began on the construction of a new terminal building and a new control tower . The expanded airfield was reopened on July 21, 1995. By 2002, runway 16/34 was extended to its current length, the operating time was extended to 24 hours and the airport was also approved for night and instrument flight . After the Bremerhaven Airline accident on the way to Wangerooge in December 2001 (see below), the number of passengers on scheduled flights fell by five percent from 9,000 in 2002 to 8,400 in the following year. As a result, the Bremerhaven Airline had to file for bankruptcy, which resulted in the final loss of the Wangerooge line. During the same period, the number of commercial take-offs and landings rose by six percent to 6900. The OFD connected Bremerhaven with Helgoland for on- demand traffic according to fixed times, i.e. scheduled flights . In addition, the Alfred Wegener Institute used the Bremerhaven airfield as the home base for its polar aircraft POLAR 5 of the Basler BT-67 type .
In September 2011, the Bremerhaven city administration decided to close the airfield in favor of the offshore terminal (OTB) . Instrument flight traffic (IFR) at the airfield ceased on November 30, 2015. Limited visual flight operations (VFR) were still possible until February 29, 2016. The square has been closed since March 1st, 2016. Part of the flight operations moved to the Cuxhaven-Nordholz military airfield, which is around 35 kilometers to the north, and its civilian terminal uses the military airfield infrastructure. The OTB has not yet been built (as of December 2019).
Incidents
- On December 26, 2001 , a Britten-Norman BN-2B-26 of the Bremerhaven Airline crashed into the Weser shortly after take-off due to inadequate deicing . Eight people died in the process.
Web links
- www.aero-club-bhv.de - Official website of the Bremerhaven Aero-Club eV
- www.msc-bremerhaven.de - Official website of the Motorsegler- u. Glider Club Bremerhaven eV
Individual evidence
- ↑ Deutsche Flugsicherung (DFS): Nachrichten für Luftfahrer (NfL), No. 1-665-16 of February 2, 2016: Change in permit for the Bremerhaven airfield ( page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically defective marked. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , accessed on May 15, 2017.
- ^ Article in the Nordsee-Zeitung about the closure , accessed on September 22, 2011.
- ^ Accident report of the Federal Aircraft Accident Investigation Bureau , accessed on May 12, 2013 (PDF, 3 MB)
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