Braunschweig-Wolfsburg Airport
| Braunschweig-Wolfsburg Airport | |
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| Characteristics | |
| ICAO code | EDVE |
| IATA code | BWE |
| Coordinates | |
| Height above MSL | 84 m (276 ft ) |
| Transport links | |
| Distance from the city center | 8 km north of Braunschweig, 24 km south-west of Wolfsburg |
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| Local transport | Bus route 436, 413 |
| Basic data | |
| opening | 1936 |
| operator | Braunschweig-Wolfsburg Airport GmbH |
| Terminals | 1 |
| Passengers | 161,000 (2017) |
| Air freight | 26.3 t (2011) |
| Flight movements |
27,238 (2017) |
| Start-and runway | |
| 08/26 | 2300 m × 45 m asphalt |
The Braunschweig Airport is one of two airports in the country Lower Saxony . It is located about eight kilometers north of the city of Braunschweig on the A 2 Hanover-Berlin. It serves industry, tourism and aviation in the region and is at the same time an important center for aeronautical research; therefore it is also called the “research airport”.
Location and transport links
The airport in the Waggum district is connected to the city center of Braunschweig and the main train station by bus lines 413 and 436. The airport is located directly on the A 2 and also has a direct connection point . There is also a taxi rank in front of the airport terminal.
On August 2, 2018, the newly built multi-storey car park with 650 parking spaces was opened at the “research airport”.
history
The airport, located south of the Waggum district in the north of Braunschweig, was built in 1934/1935 during the National Socialist era , because the Broitzem airfield, which was also used for transport purposes in the west of the city, was now used by the Air Force exclusively for its own purposes. The new airport was originally only half the size, which explains the line of sight of the first reception building and the associated hall to the northwest. It was expanded to the east as early as 1937 . The station building, which is still in use today, was not built until 1939. On May 18, 1936, the first airplane landed after the air office in Hanover had accepted the space. It was a Heinkel He 70 from Deutsche Lufthansa , which included Braunschweig in its route network. There were direct connections to Berlin, Halle and Hanover. The airport's fuel supply was also of technical interest. From the Thune canal port , underground pipelines led to the Ehmen large tank farm , which was located in an abandoned salt dome in Ehmen . From there, a line brought the fuel directly to the airport, which was initially able to dispense with its own storage facilities.
In 1935 the Institute for Air Measurement Technology and Flight Meteorology was built on the south-eastern edge of the field on what is now the DLR site . This was followed by buildings for three further institutes, which formed the aeronautical training center of the Braunschweig Technical University . At around the same time, the German Research Institute for Aviation was established in Braunschweig-Völkenrode . Until 1939, the airport, whose grass landing area of 1000 m × 1600 m allowed aircraft up to 14 t to land , was the venue for many major air sports events.
In 1939, an air base for the Luftwaffe was set up on the airfield, with which the military use of the area began and certain extensions were made. Splinter protection boxes, a shooting range for guns, halls and workshops were built. In January 1940, the gliding school of the Air Force was equipped with Junkers Ju 52 and gliders of the type DFS 230 , set up here. However, the school was moved to Neuhausen in East Prussia in September of the same year . The successor to the gliding school was the III. Luftlandegeschwader 1 group , which were also equipped with Ju 52s. In the following time there were various task forces and pilot schools on the airfield. Despite the bombing, the airfield remained active until the end of the war. On April 12, 1945, units of the US Army occupied Braunschweig and the airfield, which ended military use.
After the war, flight operations could not be resumed until 1955 under the old and new airport director Wilhelm Sondermann , an aviator from the First World War . At the same time, on February 1st, work began at the Federal Aviation Office (LBA), the seat of which the Federal Minister of Transport at the time , Hans-Christoph Seebohm , had determined to be Braunschweig and Waggum Airport . However, the asphalt runway was not built until 1967, which meant that heavier aircraft could also fly to Braunschweig. The DLR, LBA and VW were the main beneficiaries of this.
The airline Naske Air (HC) has been operating from Braunschweig since 1976 with some cargo and passenger flights. Several charter flights were also operated from Braunschweig Airport. However, the private airline ceased operations after the company's founder was killed in a plane crash with a Falcon 20C on August 5, 2001 in southern Greenland .
Shareholder
The shareholders of the operating company Flughafen Braunschweig-Wolfsburg GmbH are the city of Braunschweig (42.6%), the city of Wolfsburg (17.8%) and the districts of Gifhorn and Helmstedt with 2% each. Volkswagen AG transferred its shares to the airport company in 2010, but continues to pay subsidies in the amount of its original stake of 35.6 percent. The shareholders pay operating subsidies of EUR 2.8 million annually.
Airport facility
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Runways
The paved track is 2300 m long and 45 m wide. In the north there is also a glider strip with a length of 950 m and a width of 150 m.
Flight operations
Braunschweig-Wolfsburg Airport is the home airport for Volkswagen Airservice . The company operates business flights from Braunschweig with its own aircraft. In addition to Ingolstadt and Posen , there are direct flights to Moscow from Braunschweig twice a week . Czech Airlines flies twice a day from Prague to Braunschweig. Iberia also flies from Barcelona to Braunschweig at regular intervals .
A regional tour operator has been flying to destinations in the Mediterranean region since 2015. New destinations are being offered for spring / summer 2019.
There are also opportunities for gliding and skydiving . Research aircraft from DLR and TU Braunschweig are also stationed here.
Resident Organizations
The German Aerospace Center in Cologne is testing the use of the Galileo navigation system in aviation at Braunschweig-Wolfsburg Airport . Furthermore, u. a. researched by a network consisting of university and private sector actors on the citizen-oriented aircraft. This includes 40 small and medium-sized companies from the aerospace and transport technology sectors. Among them are some world market leaders, such as Aerodata AG in the field of flight inspection systems or Simtec simulation technology GmbH in the field of system providers for the realistic simulation of complex motion processes in both aerospace and vehicle traffic and the entertainment industry. Rolls-Royce and Lufthansa Technik as well as Volkswagen Truck & Bus are also located in the vicinity of the airport. The Federal Bureau for Aircraft Accident Investigation , which is the national investigation authority for disruptions in civil aviation in Germany, is located at Braunschweig-Wolfsburg Airport.
Airport expansion
planning
A specific reason for extending the runway was the use of the new larger research aircraft ( Airbus A320 ) from DLR. The demand for an expansion was also supported by Volkswagen AG because the planes of the Group subsidiary Volkswagen Airservice occasionally had to switch to Hanover Airport, 60 km away, as a result of the short runway . However, the expansion requirements met with resistance from some residents of the neighboring and noise-affected districts of Bienrode , Dibbesdorf , Waggum , Bevenrode and Hondelage as well as the BUND and NABU .
The plan approval procedure, in which nature conservation and residents issues were discussed, was nevertheless concluded on January 15, 2007 by the Lower Saxony state authority for road construction and traffic with the issue of the plan approval decision (building permit). In January 2007, opponents of the airport filed a lawsuit at the Lüneburg Higher Administrative Court against the planning approval decision for the expansion of Braunschweig-Wolfsburg Airport . Two lawsuits were filed by NABU Braunschweig and two initiatives. A complaint should have a suspensive effect so that construction - which is theoretically possible through the issuing of the planning approval decision - could not begin before the actual complaint had been decided. Therefore, the Higher Administrative Court asked the Lower Saxony State Authority for Road Construction and Transport as the developer not to start work for the time being.
Finishing works
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In May 2009 the Lüneburg Higher Administrative Court cleared the way for the expansion of the airport. Among other things, the runway could thus be extended to 2,300 m. However, by the end of 2009 the decision on the construction of the eastern road relocation of the L293 and the associated clearing of the forest was still pending. In total, investments of around 38 million euros were planned, 40% of which should be borne by the EU . The runway was to be extended to 2300 m by mid-2011 (there was also planning to 2600 m) in order to enable take-offs and landings of medium-sized aircraft at all take-off weights. For this purpose, 60,000 trees in the EU bird sanctuary had to be felled.
In January 2010, the tree felling, which the airport expansion required, began. This affected 33 hectares. In addition, another 28 hectares of high forest were planned for clearing. The mechanical clearing, which mainly affected the areas overgrown by young pole forest, was completed in February 2010. From March to June 2010, the tree stumps were removed from the cleared areas. The trees were felled as planned, despite the sustained peaceful resistance of the opponents of expansion, by means of daily protest marches (around 75 until mid-March 2010), which were accompanied by smaller police operations.
The local forest losses in some 200-year-old oaks and beeches are to be compensated for with replacement afforestation around Braunschweig. Around 160 hectares are planned for this purpose on around 200 small sub-areas. On July 27, 2010, the first step of the “airport expansion” project was completed. The existing airport area including the apron was enlarged. The taxiways and the runway were widened according to the specifications. Airport operations were completely shut down from July 2nd to July 27th, 2010.
The further expansion of the airport resulted in a construction delay, as there was a suspicion that the conditions of the planning approval decision might have been violated and therefore no building rights exist yet for the new road and traffic routing as a south-east bypass of the airport area extended by the cleared areas. For the time being, the cut road connection from Grassel to Braunschweig was identified as a dead end.
Release of flight operations
The remaining work and thus the expansion could be completed by the summer of 2011: On August 29, 2011, the extended runway was handed over, which, however, has not yet been released for air traffic by the authorities. The official approval was given on October 18, 2012. By November 15, 2012, the runway was only opened 28 times (23 times for VW, 4 times for research flights by the DLR and another company) as part of what are known as " Outside starts ”according to § 25 LuftVG , as a request from the BIBS city council group in Braunschweig revealed. The total cost of the airport expansion was around 39 million euros. The grass runway parallel to the main runway, 900 meters long and 30 meters wide, has not been available for safety reasons since the apron and taxiways were expanded.
The targeted expansion of the avionics cluster also provides for the designation of further industrial areas with an area of around 289,000 m². The commercial areas are designated for companies from the aerospace and traffic engineering sectors. With the support of Forschungsflughafen Braunschweig GmbH, Volksbank Braunschweig-Wolfsburg is realizing the central “visitor and service center for aerospace and mobility” on Lilienthalplatz opposite the airport reception building as a joint project. It should give service providers, engineering offices and scientific institutions from the field of mobility research the opportunity to work in the central area of the research and technology location. It was also announced that a multi-storey car park at the airport will be expanded into a “research car park”, which will give companies and institutes the opportunity to research autonomous parking.
In an article in the taz on December 20, 2015, the expansion of the Braunschweig airport was described as "for the cat" after it became known that VW wants to abolish its A319 , the main user of the extended runway. For 2016 a minus of 5.1 million euros was forecast for the airport (source: BIBS newspaper Unser Braunschweig No. 15, April / May 2016).
Traffic figures
| year | Passenger volume | Flight movements | Air freight ( tons ) |
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| 2018 | 132,000 | 26,858 | - |
| 2017 | 161.014 | 27,238 | - |
| 2016 | 164,898 | 29,236 | - |
| 2015 | 186,827 | 32,724 | - |
| 2014 | 192,000 | 34,790 | - |
| 2013 | 183,000 | 31,858 | - |
| 2012 | 167,000 | 33,536 | - |
| 2011 | 138,815 | 31,954 | 26.3 |
| 2010 | 105,622 | 27,212 | 45.9 |
| 2009 | 112,000 | 29,060 | - |
| 2008 | 114,000 | 27,354 | - |
| 2007 | 108,000 | 26,442 | - |
| 2006 | 97,000 | 26,542 | - |
| 2005 | 102,000 | 28,590 | - |
| 2004 | 103,000 | 28,512 | - |
| 2003 | 105,000 | 31,180 | - |
| 2002 | 89,000 | 26,868 | - |
| 2001 | 89,000 | 30,664 | - |
| 2000 | 97,000 | 33,998 | - |
See also
literature
- City of Braunschweig from March 11, 2019: Strengthening the synergies of research and flying A description of the economic situation and prospects for Braunschweig-Wolfsburg Airport
- City of Braunschweig from March 8, 2019: Economic situation and prospects for Braunschweig-Wolfsburg Airport
- The public must be honestly informed about the future of the Braunschweig-Wolfsburg Airport Wolfsburgerblatt dated Nov. 6, 2018
- Ernst-Johann Zauner: Flying and research: 75 years Braunschweig-Wolfsburg Airport . Ed .: Braunschweig-Wolfsburg Airport GmbH. Joh. Heinr. Meyer GmbH, Braunschweig 2011, ISBN 978-3-926701-82-4 , p. 128 .
- Planning approval decision of January 15, 2007: Extension of the runway at Braunschweig-Wolfsburg Airport ( Memento of May 12, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) (PDF file; 917 kB)
- Burkhard Straßmann: Innovation Flying: Braunschweig takes off. In: The time . No. 23/2006, June 1, 2006. (zeit.de)
- Helmut Weihsmann : Building under the swastika. Architecture of doom. Promedia Druck- und Verlagsgesellschaft, Vienna 1998, ISBN 3-85371-113-8 , p. 317.
- 25 years of Braunschweig Airport. Braunschweig, Gersbach, 1959, brochure 30 pages in the Braunschweig City Library
- Airport, magazine of the Reich Association of German Airports eV, Berlin, Limbach, 1939 in the Braunschweig City Library
- Braunschweig, the city of aviators, publishing house "German Airports", 1936, 51-page brochure in the Braunschweig city library
Web links
- Braunschweig-Wolfsburg Airport website
- Internet presence of the Flugförderungsgemeinschaft eV
- Internet presence of the Braunschweig research airport
- Internet presence of the Aviation Technology Association (IGF)
- Internet presence of the Lower Saxony Research Center for Aviation of the TU Braunschweig, the DLR and other partners
- Insider and knowledge site about Braunschweig-Wolfsburg Airport
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c d e Annual reports of the aircraft noise protection officer. MW.Niedersachsen.de , accessed on August 13, 2018 .
- ↑ Website Braunschweig-Wolfsburg ( Memento from August 29, 2015 in the Internet Archive )
- ↑ Parking garage at the research airport is opened. Retrieved November 10, 2018 .
- ↑ Braunschweig-Waggum Air Base at relict.com
- ↑ history. Retrieved January 5, 2017 .
- ↑ Braunschweig Airport becomes a gateway to the Orient. Retrieved January 5, 2017 .
- ↑ Naske Air | title = Naske AirWikipedia
- ^ Website of the Lower Saxony Ministry of Economics, Labor and Transport
- ↑ Income statement for the 2017 financial year of Flughafen Braunschweig-Wolfsburg GmbH
- ^ Braunschweig-Wolfsburg Regional Airport. In: OpenNav. Retrieved October 19, 2017 .
- ↑ New destinations from Braunschweig airport
- ↑ aviationGATE. Retrieved January 5, 2017 .
- ↑ location. Retrieved January 5, 2017 .
- ↑ Company. Retrieved January 5, 2017 .
- ^ Federal agency data. In: Federal Office for Aircraft Accident Investigation. Retrieved July 1, 2020 .
- ↑ The airport expansion begins , Braunschweiger Zeitung of January 8, 2010
- ^ Braunschweig: Conservationists block clearing work , Braunschweiger Zeitung of January 10, 2010
- ↑ Why a pilot does not want to give up his property for the airport , Braunschweiger Zeitung of January 7, 2010
- ^ City of Braunschweig - statement of the administration. (PDF) Retrieved January 5, 2017 .
- ↑ Commercial space. Retrieved January 5, 2017 .
- ↑ Lilienthalhaus. Retrieved January 5, 2017 .
- ↑ die-region.de
- ↑ a b Fewer flights at Braunschweig airport. RegionalBraunschweig.de, January 11, 2017, accessed on July 7, 2017 .
