Bonn / Hangelar airfield
| Bonn / Hangelar airfield | |
|---|---|
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| Characteristics | |
| ICAO code | EDKB |
| IATA code | BNJ |
| Coordinates | |
| Height above MSL | 60 m (197 ft ) |
| Transport links | |
| Distance from the city center | 1 km north of Hangelar, 6 km north-east of Bonn |
| Street | B56 Bonn - Sankt Augustin, then according to the signs to Richthofenstraße |
| Local transport | from Bonn or Siegburg Stadtbahn line 66 to Hangelar Mitte approx. 10 minutes on foot |
| Basic data | |
| opening | March 1909 |
| operator | Flugplatzgesellschaft Hangelar mbH |
| surface | about 76 ha |
| Flight movements |
71,774 (2017) |
| Start-and runway | |
| 11/29 | 800 m × 30 m asphalt |
The airfield Bonn / Hangelar ( ICAO code: EDKB) is a German airfield in St. Augustine area Hangelar , situated in southern North Rhine-Westphalia . The first flight attempts in the Hangelarer Heide were made as early as 1909; in both world wars Hangelar was used as a military airfield . The airfield is about six kilometers northeast of Bonn .
Motor flight in Hangelar
The ADAC Luftfahrt Technik GmbH waiting at the airport rescue helicopter . In addition, the company operates an integrated training center for air rescuers there . There is also a Federal Police helicopter squadron at Hangelar Airfield .
The Hangelar airfield serves as a focal point for company flights. In addition to some clubs and flight schools , many private pilots have stationed their planes at Hangelar airfield.
Every now and then, zeppelins or blimps can also be found at the airfield.
Glider flight in Hangelar
In Hangelar there are several glider clubs (Aeroclub Bonn Hangelar and LSV Bonn). The pilots are offered a varied landscape. From the densely populated area around the airfield it is not far to the Siebengebirge and into the Eifel . With its two glider clubs, the airfield offers good training and cross-country flying conditions.
History of the airfield
The Hangelar airfield can look back on a long and eventful history. On July 17, 1909, Fritz Pullig carried out the first successful flight attempt. The machine came free, rose to about 6 meters and covered a flight distance of 400 meters in 40 seconds. At the end of July the machine broke in an accident, whereupon Fritz Pullig stopped his attempts to fly on the Hangelarer Heide.
In 1911 a flight day with Bruno Werntgen and Joseph Hoos took place on the Hangelarer Heide . The flying company Bruno Werntgens moved from Cologne to Hangelar in 1912, which also built a flying hangar. Bruno Werntgen trained pilots and developed new aircraft designs. Bruno Werntgen died as early as 1913 while testing a flying machine. In the same year the airline moved from Reinold Hoos to Hangelar, which also trained pilots and built its own aircraft. During the First World War, the airfield was used as a field airport. After the occupation, civilian operations could be revived from the mid-1920s, and Hangelar carried out the first passenger flights in addition to flight school operations.
During the Second World War, the airfield also served as a military airfield. The following table shows a list of selected active flying units (excluding school and supplementary units) of the Air Force that were stationed here between 1939 and 1945.
| From | To | unit |
|---|---|---|
| August 1939 | November 1939 | I./JG 52 (I. Group of Jagdgeschwader 52) |
| October 1939 | May 1940 | Staff / JG 77 |
| November 1939 | January 1940 | I./ZG 2 (I. Group of Destroyer Squadron 2) |
| February 1940 | May 1940 | I./JG 3 |
| May 1940 | June 1940 | Staff, III./KG 76 |
| February 1941 | March 1941 | III./JG 26 |
| June 1943 | July 1943 | I./JG 300 |
| July 1944 | August 1944 | I./JG 76 |
| September 1944 | October 1944 | I., II./JG 6 |
| September 1944 | October 1944 | I./SKG 10 (I. Group of the Schnellkampfgeschwader 10) |
| December 1944 | January 1945 | Staff, I./SG 4 (Staff and I. Group of the battle squadron 4) |
| December 1944 | December 1944 | II./SG 4 |
| January 1945 | February 1945 | III./NJG 11 ( III.Group of Nachtjagdgeschwader 11) |
After the turmoil of the Second World War, the airfield was reopened with glider operations in 1951, and the Federal Border Guard came to Hangelar that year due to its proximity to Bonn ( seat of government from 1949 ). In 1952 the "Flugplatzgesellschaft Hangelar mbH" was brought into being. At the end of December of the year, the 1500th start was recorded. Various clubs gradually found themselves in Hangelar and made their first take-offs with gliders, some of which they had built themselves. After the Federal Republic had received air sovereignty on May 5, 1955, the German side could again operate motorized aviation. This was followed by dynamic development of the Hangelar airfield in the motor and glider areas; a preliminary high point was recorded in the mid-1970s with almost 92,000 flight movements.
On August 22nd and 23rd, 2009, the Hangelar airfield celebrated its 100th anniversary with a two-day airfield festival including an open house , at which around 50,000 visitors were guests.
Recently, with the new buildings of ADAC Luftfahrt Technik GmbH, the helicopter subsidiary of ADAC, and the establishment of the ADAC HEMS Academy, important impulses have been set for the economic development of the airfield and its vicinity.
However, the increased settlement of helicopter companies and the expansion of their use also led to the establishment of an initiative against the increasing noise at the airfield.
Police use
The Sankt Augustin Federal Police Directorate including the GSG 9 is located directly adjacent . The area of the airfield located on the western edge is used by the federal police flying group stationed there, including an aviation school, the central maintenance squadron and the federal police flying squadron west. The Federal Police operate their own hangars, their own helicopter landing pad and a separate tower. Although both flight operations can run in parallel and there is no obligation or technical necessity, the civil and police pilots and tower crews also inform each other about the traffic situation in the airspace and on the landing site. All helicopters of the federal police stationed there are suitable for day and night flights, the transport helicopters are also suitable for instrument flight.
Ownership
Flugplatzgesellschaft Hangelar mbH acts as the operating company and leaseholder of the airfield site, an approx. 76 hectare federal property. It belongs to the city of Bonn to 49.6 percent, the Rhein-Sieg district to 38.4 percent, the city of Sankt Augustin to 10 percent and the Fliegergemeinschaft Hangelar (FGH), as the umbrella organization and interest group for flight clubs, flight schools and private aircraft owners 2 percent.
Accidents
During the major flight day on August 27, 2006, several spectators were injured by lightning during a storm . Four people suffered serious injuries and one man died.
On November 1, 2011, a Piper PA-28 Cherokee aircraft crashed while approaching the traffic area to land at the Hangelar airfield near the Sankt Augustin district of Meindorf . The pilot of the plane died.
When a single-engine small plane crashed while taking off from the airfield, two people were killed on October 16, 2018. The two-seater machine from the manufacturer Tecnam , which had previously started in Hangelar, crashed into a field south of the residential area "Am Pleiser Wald".
On July 18, 2020, a 17-year-old pilot crashed while taking off with a glider on the winch and was seriously injured.
literature
- Hartmut Küper: Bonn-Hangelar - History of an Airfield , Vol. 2, 1926-1936. Rheinlandia Verlag, Siegburg 2004, ISBN 3-935005-93-8
Web links
- Official site of the airfield
- Official website of the aviation community
- Official website of the AK Helicopter Noise Initiative at Hangelar Airfield
Individual evidence
- ↑ website of the airfield http://edkb.de/Download%20Angebote/Langzeitstatistik.pdf
- ↑ Henry L. deZeng IV: Air Force Airfields 1935-45 Germany (1937 Borders) , pp 70-71 , accessed on September 11, 2014
- ↑ http://www.hubschrauberlaerm.de
- ↑ Information about the airport operator on the airport's homepage
- ↑ Lightning struck a crowd. In: ksta.de. Kölner Stadt-Anzeiger, August 27, 2006, accessed June 4, 2013 .
- ↑ Fatalities at Flugfest in Hangelar. Public prosecutor determined. In: oberberg-heute.de. Verlag GBM eK, September 4, 2006, accessed on June 4, 2013 .
- ↑ File number: BFU 3X176-11. (PDF) In: Investigation report. Federal Bureau of Aircraft Accident Investigation , March 9, 2012, accessed on July 18, 2016 .
- ↑ Article in the online edition of the Bonner General-Anzeiger from November 1, 2011
- ↑ Near Hangelar airfield - two dead in plane crash in Sankt Augustin . In: General-Anzeiger Bonn . October 16, 2018 ( general-anzeiger-bonn.de [accessed October 17, 2018]).
- ^ FW Sankt Augustin: Crash of a glider at the Hangelar airfield. In: presseportal.de. July 18, 2020, accessed August 25, 2020 .
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