Jersey Airport
Jersey Airport |
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| Characteristics | |
| ICAO code | EGJJ |
| IATA code | JER |
| Coordinates | |
| Height above MSL | 84 m (276 ft ) |
| Basic data | |
| opening | 1937 |
| Terminals | 1 |
| Passengers | 1,554,390 (2015) |
| Air freight | 4,413 t (2015) |
| Flight movements |
46,822 (2015) |
| Start-and runway | |
| 08/26 | 1706 m × 46 m asphalt / concrete |
The Jersey airport is located in the town of Saint Peter on the Channel Island of Jersey .
history
Before 1937, flights to Jersey were only available with double-deckers and a few seaplanes using the beach at St. Aubin's Bay . Jersey Airways and Imperial Airways were among the airlines that offered these connections . But the conditions for landings and take-offs were difficult and the schedule was dictated by the tides. It had to be ensured that no passers-by were in the landing area during operation. If an aircraft was defective, it had to be laboriously pulled away from the beach before the tide set in.
The Parliament of Jersey therefore decided to build a separate airport. This took up his service in 1937. Four grass runways were used, the longest of which measured 896 meters (2940 feet) and had a concrete center line. During the occupation in World War II , the German Air Force built concrete taxiways and some hangars . One of them still exists today. In 1952 a 1280 meter long asphalt runway was inaugurated and the grass runways closed. In the following years the runway was lengthened several times, the last time in 1976 when it got its current length of 1706 meters.
In addition to the renovation of the runway in 2008/2009, the construction of a new control tower was completed in November 2010.
Terminal building
The terminal from 1937 was designed so that the tower stands between the arrival and departure areas. It was expanded in 1976 and 1997.
Airlines and Destinations
Jersey is connected to numerous destinations in the UK and Ireland, including London , Edinburgh and Dublin . In the German-speaking area, Jersey is seasonally served by Eurowings from Düsseldorf and Lufthansa from Munich . In 2013, Germania offered individual flights to Kassel-Calden , as well as in 2014 for Karlsruhe / Baden-Baden Airport . Cargo flights are from West Atlantic UK with destination East Midlands and Guernsey offered.
Incidents
- On November 4, 1938, a De Havilland DH.86 Express of Jersey Airways ( aircraft registration G-ACZN ) with destination Southampton crashed shortly after take-off on a field east of the airport, with all 13 aircraft occupants and one other man working in the field , were killed.
- On 14 April 1965 touched one of Paris-Orly coming Douglas C-47B of British United Airways (air vehicle registration G-ANTB , flight no. 1030X ) when landing a mast of the approach lights , rushed to a field and burst into flames. 26 of the 27 occupants died, one flight attendant survived the accident seriously injured. At the time of the crash, visibility was well below the minimum permissible for a landing.
- On August 6, 1970, a private Beagle B.206 (aircraft registration G-AVAM ) crashed shortly after take-off due to engine problems and burned out. The pilot, who was on a solo flight, was killed.
- December 24, 1974 suffered a Handley Page Dart Herald of British Airways Iceland (air vehicle registration G-BBXJ ), on a flight from Southampton to Guernsey had been diverted because of engine problems to Jersey in a crash landing irreparable damage. The 49 passengers and four crew members were uninjured.
- On October 1, 1980, a private Cessna Citation 500 (aircraft registration G-BPCP ) coming from Cardiff crashed into a house and went up in flames when the attempt to land was abandoned due to the weather. The pilot, who was alone on the plane, was killed; the four people in the house at the time of the crash suffered serious injuries.
- On June 16, 2012, when an ATR 42-320 of the Blue Islands airline (aircraft registration G-DRFC ) landed, the left main landing gear broke due to material fatigue . Four of the 40 passengers suffered minor injuries; the aircraft had to be written off as a total economic loss.
Web links
- Official website of Jersey Airport (English)
- Another website to airport Jersey (English)
- Jersey Aero Club (English)
- Jersey International Air Display (English)
- Airport data on World Aero Data ( 2006 )
- Airport data in the Aviation Safety Network (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Passenger 2015 statistics of the CAA (PDF, English), accessed on April 13, 2016
- ↑ Air freight 2015 statistics of the CAA (PDF, English), accessed on April 13, 2016
- ↑ Airmail 2015 statistics of the CAA (PDF, English), accessed on April 13, 2016
- ↑ Flight movements 2015 statistics of the CAA (PDF, English), accessed on April 13, 2016
- ↑ Jersey - EGJJ Website of the National Air Traffic Services for Jersey Airport with links to the latest AIPs and charts, accessed on April 13, 2016
- ↑ Ralf Euler: Eight take-offs and landings a day. Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung , March 6, 2013, accessed on May 9, 2013 .
- ^ Accident report in the Aviation Safety Network , accessed on April 13, 2016
- ^ Accident report in the Aviation Safety Network , accessed on April 13, 2016
- ↑ Accident report: 11/1972 G-AVAM, 6 August 1970 Accident report of the AAIB , PDF (English), accessed on April 13, 2016
- ↑ Accident report: 4/1976 Handley Page Dart Herald 203, G-BBXJ, 24 December 1974 Accident report of the AAIB , PDF (English), accessed on April 13, 2016
- ↑ Accident report: 4/1982 Cessna Citation 500, G-BPCP, 1 October 1980 Accident report of the AAIB , PDF (English), accessed on April 13, 2016
- ↑ Accident report: 10/2013 ATR 42-320, G-DRFC, June 16, 2012 ( Memento of the original from May 11, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Accident report of the AAIB , PDF (English), accessed on April 13, 2016
