Friedrichshafen Airport

Friedrichshafen Airport
Characteristics
ICAO code	EDNY
IATA code	FDH
Coordinates	47 ° 40 ′ 17 "  N , 9 ° 30 ′ 41"  E Coordinates: 47 ° 40 ′ 17 "  N , 9 ° 30 ′ 41"  E
Height above MSL	417 m (1368  ft )
Transport links
Distance from the city center	3 km north of Friedrichshafen
Street
Local transport	Südbahn , Bodensee-Oberschwaben-Bahn (BOB), Friedrichshafen city traffic, bus line 7586 FN-Stadtbahnhof - Tettnang (- Meckenbeuren Ravensburger Spieleland )
Basic data
opening	1913
operator	Friedrichshafen Airport GmbH
surface	150 ha
Terminals	1
Passengers	approx. 540,000 (2018)
Air freight	6 t (2016)
Flight movements	41,395 (2016)
Capacity ( PAX per year)	1,500,000
Start-and runway
06/24	2356 m × 45 m asphalt

The airport Friedrichshafen ( IATA code : FDH , ICAO code : EDNY ; also Bodensee-Airport ) is a regional commercial airport in Friedrichshafen on Lake Constance .

Friedrichshafen Airport is the southernmost commercial airport in Germany, but its catchment area also extends to Vorarlberg and (by ferry to Romanshorn ) to Eastern Switzerland .

The operator is Flughafen Friedrichshafen GmbH, or FFG for short. The shareholders are the city of Friedrichshafen and the Bodenseekreis with 39.38% each, the state of Baden-Württemberg with 5.74%, ZF Friedrichshafen AG with 4.32%, Technische Werke Friedrichshafen GmbH with 4.11%, and Luftschiffbau Zeppelin GmbH with 3.54%, IHK Bodensee-Oberschwaben with 1.57%, DADC Luft- und Raumfahrt Beteiligungs GmbH ( Airbus / Dornier) and MTU Friedrichshafen GmbH with 0.98% each.

Friedrichshafen Airport also serves as the home base for the German Zeppelin shipping company. It is right next to the grounds of the New Friedrichshafen Exhibition Center .

Location and transport links

The airport is located on the northeastern outskirts of Friedrichshafen on Lake Constance , about half in the area of ​​the city of Friedrichshafen and the municipality of Meckenbeuren .

At the station Friedrichshafen airport to the railway line Ulm Friedrichshafen holding IREs and the trains of the Billy Goat train .

The airport can be reached via the federal highways B 30 from the direction of Ulm and B 31 from the direction of Überlingen and the Lindau exit of the federal motorway 96 .

history

View of a French vampire

Today's Zeppelin hangar at Friedrichshafen Airport

The history of the airport goes back to 1913. At that time, the German Reich was looking for a site near the Zeppelin works on which the airship crews could be trained. The first airship hangar was completed there in 1915, which is considered to be the birth of Friedrichshafen Airport. In the same year the maiden voyage of the first completed airship took place. Flughafen Friedrichshafen GmbH was officially founded in 1928 . In 1929, Deutsche Lufthansa began its first scheduled flights in Friedrichshafen. In 1934, Dornier Metallbauten (DMB), the predecessor company of Dornier-Werke, built a new shipyard with a test department and flight operations at the airport.

In 1945 the French armed forces occupied what the Allies called Airfield R.58 and in November relocated three Spitfire XVI- equipped squadrons of the Forces françaises libres , which had been part of the British Air Force of Occupation , from RAF Fassberg to Friedrichshafen. This also began the expansion of the runway and the construction of many airport buildings. The French referred to their base from then on as Base aérienne Tactique 136 (BAT.136), in the first nine months of 1950 the 4ème Escadre Chasse of the Armée de l'air was located here , initially with American P-47 Thunderbolt . Later this unit flew jets, first British Vampire Mk.1 and later the Dassault Ouragan from their own country. In 1954, the French air forces moved their base to the newly built military airfield near Bremgarten . From 1966 to 1973 positions of the anti-aircraft missile battalion 33 ( MIM-23 HAWK ) of the Bundeswehr were on the premises. The troops were housed in the Luitpold barracks (Lindau) . From September 1973, the French army aviators used the place. This is where the aviation group of the 2nd French Corps, Groupe d'aviation légère du 2ème corps d'armée (GALCA 2) lay, and from September 1978 the resulting 2e régiment d'hélicoptères de combat (2 ° RHC). The main types of helicopters stationed were SA319 Alouette III , SA330 Puma and SA341 / 342 Gazelle . After the fall of the Berlin Wall, the stationing of French military machines ended in 1992.

In 1994 the airport got a new runway and the technology was brought up to date. The airfield, which was previously approved as a commercial airfield, has thus also been reclassified as an airport for general traffic. In 1998 the airport was sold by the Federal Republic of Germany to Flughafen Friedrichshafen GmbH.

Since 1997, the airport has had its own stop on the neighboring Ulm – Friedrichshafen railway line .

During the International Bodensee Airshow (IBAS) in 1998 at the St. Gallen-Altenrhein airfield on the Swiss side of Lake Constance, the two aerobatic teams Red Arrows and Frecce Tricolori were stationed in Friedrichshafen.

In winter 1999 and summer 2000, Britannia Airways flew every 14 days from Friedrichshafen to Puerto Plata in the Dominican Republic with a Boeing 767, with a stopover in Geneva (winter) and Munich (summer) .

In spring 2010 the low-cost airline Ryanair , which had previously flown from Friedrichshafen to London Stansted and Alicante , withdrew from Lake Constance. Since then, it has concentrated its flight operations in the region at Memmingen Airport .

Since the handling terminal was originally only designed for 500,000 passengers a year, the airport was expanded to a capacity of 1.5 million passengers with an investment of over 30 million euros. On September 1, 2010, after a 20-month construction period, the 5500 m² new terminal was opened. Sales rose in 2010 by 14 percent to 10.6 million euros, and operating profit by 15 percent to 1.5 million euros. The annual depreciation of around 3 million euros plus interest resulted in a loss of 2.6 million euros in the 2010 financial year.

Turkish Airlines has been flying to the airport directly from Istanbul since May 2, 2013, allowing the area a direct international connection. It also offers direct flights to Ankara and Antalya.

British Airways has been flying to London (Gatwick) twice a week on a seasonal scheduled basis since December 14, 2014 .

The air freight operation with the company Apron Airline Support Services from Stuttgart, which began in 2014, was discontinued at the end of September 2015 because despite great efforts it was not possible to direct air freight traffic via Friedrichshafen Airport in the desired volume.

When Intersky ceased operations on November 5, 2015, the airport lost the most important regional airline, which was responsible for 19% of the passenger volume (115,000 passengers, mainly business travelers). As a result, the number of passengers fell below the critical mark of 500,000. This no longer enables the airport to operate profitably. The situation is exacerbated by “considerable cannibalization effects from Memmingen Airport ”.

On February 15, 2016, VLM Airlines opened a new base in Friedrichshafen and flew twice a day to Düsseldorf, Berlin-Tegel and Hamburg. On June 22nd, all flights were suspended as VLM Airlines filed for bankruptcy.

Friedrichshafen Airport has gradually reduced its deficit over the years since its expansion, but was still unable to post a profit in the 2017 financial year. The reason for this was that the number of flights and passengers handled is growing only slowly and the existing capacities are not being fully utilized.

At the beginning of June 2018, Sun-Air of Scandinavia stationed a Dornier 328 at Friedrichshafen Airport and began with eleven weekly flights to Düsseldorf ; At the beginning of 2020 there were nine flights a week. With the stationing of further Dornier machines, Hamburg has been served nine times a week and Toulouse four times a week since January 2019 . However, the connection to Hamburg was discontinued on February 11, 2020 due to lack of capacity.

Destinations

As of 2020, domestic German flights to Frankfurt and Düsseldorf as well as flights to several other major European cities and, especially in the summer months, to holiday destinations in the Mediterranean region will be offered from Friedrichshafen .

AERO aviation fair

The international trade fair for general aviation, AERO, takes place annually on the airport grounds and the adjacent New Friedrichshafen Exhibition Center. It is a trade fair for business travel and private aircraft, similar to the much larger EBACE .

statistics

Friedrichshafen Airport has achieved the following passenger numbers in recent years:

year	Clearance	change
2005	596.089	+ 11.5%
2006	657.749	+ 10.3%
2007	658.104	+ 0.1%
2008	649,646	−1.3%
2009	578,478	−11.0%
2010	590,648	+ 2.1%
2011	571,709	−3.2%
2012	545.121	−4.7%
2013	536.030	−1.7%
2014	596.108	+ 11.2%
2015	558.418	−6%
2016	523.888	−7%
2017	517.209	−2%
2018	540,782	+ 5%
2019	489.921	−9.4%

Busiest flight routes from FDH

rank	target	Passengers 2017	change	Passengers 2016
1	Frankfurt / Main	74,728	▲ 18.5%	63,053
2	Palma de Mallorca	30,998	▼ -19.2%	38,385
3	Skopje	16,256	▲ 5.9%	15,352
4th	Istanbul Ataturk	13,987	▼ -44.0%	24,958
5	Tuzla	13,099	▲ NEW	0
6th	London Gatwick	11,358	▼ -11.6%	12,885
7th	Belgrade	8,984	▲ NEW	0
8th	Gran Canaria	8,158	▼ -0.5%	8,200
9	Antalya	7,700	▼ -56.0%	17,490
10	Fuerteventura	6,879	▲ 8.1%	6.361
This statistic only includes starts. (No landings)

Busiest flight routes by country from FDH

rank	target	Passengers 2017	change	Passengers 2016
1	Germany	77,537	▼ -3.4%	80.237
2	Spain	51,930	▼ -12.0%	58,988
3	Turkey	21,694	▼ -50%	43,408
4th	North Macedonia	16,256	▲ 5.9%	15,352
5	Bosnia Herzegovina	13,099	▲ NEW	0
This statistic only includes starts. (No landings)

Business figures

year	Profit / loss in euros
2002	−334,000
2003	−1,420,000
2004	−803,000
2005	−65,000
2006	294,000
2007	−216,000
2008	−997.162
2009	−2,765,753
2010	−2,659,201
2011	−2,663,297
2012	−4,644,529
2013	−1.198.729
2014	−480.185
2015	−1,592,710
2016	−1,550,000
2017	−1,340,000
2018	−1,918,000

Furnishing

View of the airport from the north

The runway is approved in main landing direction 24 with an approach procedure of all-weather flight operation level CAT IIIb , in secondary landing direction 06 only up to CAT I.

Due to the foggy layers often encountered on Lake Constance during the winter months , the technical standard at Friedrichshafen Airport has been steadily increased. This enables scheduled flight operations even in poor visibility.

To achieve this, the existing runway and taxiway lighting was expanded to include touchdown zone and taxiway centerline lighting. With around 600 underfloor lamps, a total of around 1,300 lamps have now been installed to mark the flight operations areas.

Much emphasis is also placed on protecting nature. For example, the surface water of the entire paved operating area including the runway and taxiways is collected and forwarded separately. In addition, airports are popular relaxation and rest areas for passing migratory birds. In order to rule out any possible danger to air traffic, the green areas have been intelligently laid out: the animals are only offered a little interesting terrain directly on the runway. Quite different from the outskirts of Friedrichshafen Airport.

The airport runway was completely renovated in 1994 and provided with a particularly non-slip surface (anti-skid). This reduces both the braking distance and the wear on brakes and tires to a minimum.

In addition, Friedrichshafen Airport has the necessary infrastructure to carry out maintenance and service work (C-Checks) for short and medium-haul aircraft from the manufacturers Airbus and Boeing .

Trivia

• Since the first scheduled Zeppelin line trips started from this very place in Friedrichshafen before 1908, this airport is occasionally referred to as the first airport in Germany in competition with the August Euler airfield in Griesheim, which was founded in 1908 .
• One of the largest cargo planes in the world, the Antonow An-124 , occasionally visits Friedrichshafen to transport satellites from Airbus Defense and Space , which have a location nearby.
• The southern part of the control zone at Friedrichshafen Airport extends into the airspace on Lake Constance, which is controlled by the Swiss air traffic control system Skyguide .
• In the 2016/2017 winter flight schedule, People's Vienna Line flew the world's shortest international scheduled flight from Altenrhein in Switzerland on the opposite side of Lake Constance to Friedrichshafen in just eight minutes .

• On September 23, 2017 landed Antonov An-124 in Friedrichshafen to the hull and other components of a Boeing 737-200 to transport Dornier Museum in the machine is the " Landshut " which on 13 October 1977 by Terrorist was kidnapped.
• Also on September 23, 2017, an Ilyushin il-76 cargo aircraft with the wings, engines and other parts of the Landshut landed in Friedrichshafen.

Aeronautical radio frequencies

• Tower : 120.080 MHz and 134.305 MHz
• Approach control: 119.925 MHz
• ATIS : 129.605 MHz
• INFO : 122.500 MHz (not in use, only on special occasions such as trade fair operations ( Aero Friedrichshafen ))

See also

• List of commercial airports
• List of commercial airports in Germany

Web links

Commons : Friedrichshafen Airport  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• Airport data on World Aero Data ( 2006 )
• Official website of Friedrichshafen Airport

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Press release Bodensee-Airport January 2019 (php) 01/2019. In: bodensee-airport.eu. Bodensee-Airport Friedrichshafen, accessed on January 11, 2019 . 
2. ↑ ^{a b} ADV monthly statistics. (PDF) 12/2016. In: adv.aero. Arbeitsgemeinschaft Deutscher Verkehrsflughäfen , p. 12 , accessed on February 11, 2017 . 
3. ↑ Shareholder. (php) In: bodensee-airport.eu. Bodensee-Airport Friedrichshafen, accessed on June 26, 2020 . 
4. ↑ On the traffic sign 310 placed there ( place- name sign on the front ), under the place name "Airport" is partly Friedrichshafen and partly Meckenbeuren
5. ^ History of ALAT in Friedrichshafen in French
6. ↑ airliners.de - Ryanair: Withdrawal from Lake Constance Concentration on Memmingen February 15, 2010
7. ↑ Airport increases passenger numbers . In: Südkurier of February 3, 2011
8. ↑ Annual Report 2014. (PDF) Flughafen Friedrichshafen GmbH, p. 10 , accessed on August 7, 2015 . 
9. ↑ Annual Report 2015. (PDF) Flughafen Friedrichshafen GmbH, p. 13 , accessed on October 28, 2016 . 
10. ↑ Wolfgang H. Schulz and Judith Kurte: Macroeconomic losses in the Lake Constance region due to the insolvency of the Intersky airline - an initial assessment by the Center for Mobility Studies at Zeppelin University and KE-CONSULT Kurte & Esser GbR, November 29, 2015
11. ^ Information from the airport , accessed on November 22, 2015.
12. ^ Information from the airport , accessed on February 21, 2016.
13. ↑ Red numbers for the airport in Friedrichshafen. SWR, accessed on May 19, 2019 . 
14. ↑ Sun-Air will also be flying from Friedrichshafen to Hamburg from January , Südkurier, December 14, 2018, accessed on February 8, 2019
15. ↑ Sun-Air ceases flight operations between Friedrichshafen and Hamburg , Südkurier, January 28, 2020, accessed on January 28, 2020
16. ↑ Friedrichshafen Airport flight plan , accessed on June 19, 2020.
17. ↑ ADV monthly statistics 12/2015. Retrieved November 3, 2018 . 
18. ↑ ADV monthly statistics 12/2017. Retrieved February 28, 2018 . 
19. ↑ Germania-Aus ensures a decrease in passengers at Friedrichshafen Airport. In: Stuttgarter Zeitung . January 14, 2020, accessed January 14, 2020 . 
20. ^ ^{A b} Publication - Transport & Traffic - Air traffic at major airports - Federal Statistical Office (Destatis). Retrieved February 28, 2018 . 
21. ↑ Annual reports 2006 - 2015 in FFG publications. Retrieved October 16, 2016 .  Results 2002 - 2006 in 2006 on page 19
22. ↑ Annual balance sheet 2017. Accessed on July 6, 2018 .  Results 2017 on page 2
23. ↑ Annual balance sheet 2018. Accessed on September 12, 2019 .  Results 2018 on page 10
24. ↑ Shortest international scheduled flight: A mini flight over Lake Constance. In: aerotelegraph.com. Retrieved November 2, 2016 . 
25. ↑ Hagen Schönherr: Fundraising campaign planned for “Landshut”. In: Schwäbische Zeitung. July 27, 2017, accessed July 31, 2017 . 
26. ^ "Landshut" comes to Friedrichshafen. In: SWR aktuell. July 27, 2017. Retrieved July 27, 2017 .