Eisenach-Kindel airfield
| Eisenach-Kindel airfield | |
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| Characteristics | |
| ICAO code | EDGE |
| IATA code | EIB |
| Coordinates | |
| Height above MSL | 336 m (1102 ft ) |
| Transport links | |
| Distance from the city center | 12 km northeast of Eisenach |
| Street | Bundesstrasse 84 , Bundesautobahn 4 AS Eisenach-Ost |
| Local transport | Verkehrsgemeinschaft Wartburgregion bus route 150 |
| Basic data | |
| opening | 1933/1992 |
| operator | Flugplatzgesellschaft Eisenach-Kindel mbH |
| Terminals | 1 |
| Start-and runway | |
| 10/28 | 1720 m × 55 m concrete |
| Flugplatzgesellschaft Eisenach-Kindel mbH | |
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| Basic information | |
| Company headquarters | Hörselberg-Hainich |
| Web presence | www.flugplatz-eisenach.de |
| Reference year | 2018 |
| owner | Transport company Wartburgmobil gkAöR 54%, City of Eisenach 36%, Municipality of Hörselberg-Hainich 10% |
| legal form | GmbH |
| Managing directors | Thomas Doberstau |
The airport Eisenach-Kindel is located on the border of the Wartburg district to district Gotha on the territory of the municipality Hörselberg-Hainich . It is classified as a commercial airfield.
location
The elongated and flat ridge of the Kindel extends on the southern edge of the Hainich in an east-west direction over a length of about six kilometers and is considered a windy corner . The western part is in the Wenigenlupnitz district , the smaller eastern part in the Haina district in the Gotha district . The airfield with the directly adjacent Eisenach-Kindel industrial area have now reached a total area of 120 hectares, the area has been designated as the Eisenach-Kindel airfield district of the Hörselberg-Hainich community.
Transport links
Just two kilometers from the airfield is the Eisenach Ost junction of the A 4 near Großenlupnitz , which can be reached via the B 84 . Local public transport is served by a bus from the Wartburg Region Transport Association .
history
The extensive and uninhabited area between Wenigenlupnitz , Haina and Wolfsbehringen was already seized by the Prussian army during autumn maneuvers as a military maneuver and training area .
Until 1933, the Wenigenlupnitz part of the area was managed by the Counts of Ütterodt , Gut Neuscharffenberg and their tenants. After a provisional field airfield at Wartenberg near Eisenach had already been prepared during the First World War , planning began in 1934 for an operational airfield for the Gotha Air Base on Kindel, which was rated as cheaper. With the outbreak of the Second World War , the area was opened as an airfield by the Reich Air Force. The Kindel airfield was designed for training young people and for homeland security . The technical equipment corresponded to the needs of the aircraft types used at that time. On the night of September 11th to 12th 1944, Allied bomber groups approached the airspace over Eisenach in order to destroy the industrial facilities located there. 168 bomb craters were counted in the corridor of the neighboring town of Stockhausen alone . Kindel airfield was apparently spared from these attacks. With the advance of the American ground troops on April 1 and 2, 1945 north of Eisenach, the airfield was attacked by American low-flying aircraft on April 1, 1945 and all buildings and aircraft still in existence were set on fire with the help of incendiary bombs. The airfield was captured and occupied the following day. On August 1, 1945, the airfield was contractually handed over to the Red Army , which Thuringia took over as the occupying power on that day. The airfield, which is now near the border, acquired strategic importance. Since 1946, the site has been secured by additional units and the construction of a military settlement on the edge of the Künkelhof settlement began.
At the end of the 1950s, a modernized military airfield with a 2200 meter long and 60 meter wide runway was built next to the old airfield. It was connected to the Nessetalbahn to enable the supply of fuel by rail. With the approval of the Soviet military administration, the GDR aviation administration was given the opportunity from 1959 to 1961 to use the Kindel airfield as an alternate airport for the Erfurt-Bindersleben airport, which was being reconstructed and enlarged at the time. On May 16, 1960 Lufthansa took on the Eisenach – Berlin and Eisenach – Barth routes. The Eisenach – Dresden route was flown for a while. In 1960, 35,000 passengers were handled at the Kindel airfield. During the Cuba crisis , the airfield was a strategic goal for NATO. Starting in 1960, the runway was expanded again to the north as a 2400 hectare military training area with bunkers, accommodation, kindergartens, pigsties, etc.
The gradual withdrawal of the military and the evacuation of the airfield began on December 27, 1991. The entire area was assessed to be moderately to severely contaminated with ammunition and environmentally polluting substances, in particular the oil and fuel tanks as well as the ammunition remnants remaining everywhere in the area had to be located by specialist companies and disposed of. On June 30, 1992, the area was cleared for civil use by the Federal Ministry of Defense. In November 1993, the then Eisenach district temporarily took over the airport ownership and provided the first funds to purchase the equipment for a flight control in a container terminal and an urgently needed initial renovation.
In 1993 and 1994, the first joint renovations on the runways were carried out by a specialist company from Frankfurt am Main . On June 4, 1994 the Eisenach-Kindel airfield was opened for civil traffic. In 1994 there were 4606 aircraft movements, in 1999 there were 12,000 aircraft movements. On April 26, 1994, construction began on the 2,700 m² hangar; the inauguration took place on November 25, 1999, a few weeks later the airfield lighting system was also put into operation. The state development company had already been negotiated about further use in advance. The area of the airfield and military camp for commercial settlement ( Kindel industrial area ) and the training area to the west were intended as a nature reserve in the Hainich National Park . In 1998 the city of Eisenach became a partner in the airfield company. On December 6, 2000, the operating license was issued for aircraft up to 20 tons take-off weight.
Flight operations
The airfield is approved for aircraft and helicopter operations up to 20 t. There is a bistro and a gas station on the premises. Appropriate approach and runway lighting is also available for night flights . The current space frequency is 119.755 MHz.
deals
The airfield is used for private and business travel. Furthermore, pilot training courses, sightseeing flights and parachuting activities of a club are offered.
Events
On September 20 and 21, 2003, the first Auto-Speedway circuit race of the German Auto-Speedway Association took place on the airfield site.
Since 2004 privately organized car racing events have taken place on several weekends a year on the part of the airfield that is not used for aviation. The Thuringian Driving Safety Center has offered driving safety exercises and courses for professional drivers and private individuals at the same location since 1992 . The Kindel has also developed as a venue for trade fairs (garden and agricultural products) and air shows .
Since 2005, the airfield has hosted the demopark every two years .
Incidents
- On April 26, 2008, there was an aircraft accident at the airfield during an air show when an agricultural aircraft of the Czech Let Z-37A Čmelák type deviated sideways from the runway during take-off, moved into the spectator area with the engine running and only hit it on impact a stall came to a standstill, which was completely destroyed. 2 people died, 4 (including the pilot) were seriously injured and 14 others were slightly injured. The Eisenach district court sentenced the unfortunate pilot to two and a half years in prison for negligent homicide , bodily harm and endangering air traffic ; In the appeal, the Meiningen district court shortened the sentence to one year and ten months on probation . Based on this accident, the "Tatort" episode "Crash" was produced.
- On May 27, 2013, a Piper PA-39 Twin Comanche C / R crashed into a nearby forest shortly after takeoff. The pilot died.
- On May 8, 2019, a man was killed and a woman was seriously injured in a parachute formation jump.
economics
In the 2010 to 2018 financial years, the airline reported a loss each time, totaling € 557,851. That was an average of € 61,983 per year.
See also
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Business parks in the Wartburg region. (No longer available online.) In: Wartburgkreis-Online. Archived from the original on June 12, 2015 ; Retrieved March 25, 2010 . 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.
- ↑ Verkehrsgemeinschaft Wartburgregion http://www.vgw-tarif.info
- ↑ Heinz Rothhardt: On the history of the 6th Thür. Infantry Regiment No. 95 . In: Museum for Regional History and Folklore Gotha (Hrsg.): Gothaer Museumheft . tape 92 . Gotha 1992, p. 60-63 .
- ↑ Heiko Stasjulevics: Gotha, the city of flying . In: Museum for Regional History and Folklore Gotha (Hrsg.): Gothaer Museumheft . tape 92 . Gotha 1992, p. 72-78 .
- ↑ Harald Rockstuhl: Langensalza Air Base (1937–1947) . Rockstuhl, Bad Langensalza 2006, ISBN 3-938997-27-3 , p. 196 .
- ↑ Bernd Stichling: History and events of the place Stockhausen . Ed .: Stockhausen local council of the city of Eisenach. Media service Gunckel & Creutzburg, Friedrichroda, S. 30–31 (probably 2002 without the year).
- ↑ Harald Rockstuhl: Nessetalbahn - Kindelbahn Bufleben-Friedrichswerth (1954-1995) with the military station Kindel . Rockstuhl, Bad Langensalza 2007, ISBN 978-3-937135-55-7 , p. 176 .
- ^ History of Eisenach 1946-1988 , accessed on February 28, 2012
- ↑ a b c eisenachonline.de ( page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. accessed on April 19, 2012
- ↑ a b c again for 10 years - airfield on the Kindel. WartburgkreisOnline, June 4, 2004, archived from the original on March 5, 2014 ; Retrieved September 6, 2011 .
- ↑ District Office Wartburgkreis (Ed.): Leisure guide through the Wartburgkreis and the city of Eisenach . Bad Salzungen 1999, p. 49 .
- ^ BFU accident report , accessed on August 10, 2015.
- ↑ Flugschau mit Toten 2008 , hna.de from May 16, 2014, accessed on October 11, 2018
- ↑ Eisenach online, May 27, 2013 accessed on May 27, 2013.
- ↑ Tragic end of a parachute jump , accessed on May 10, 2019
- ↑ North Data retrieved on April 14, 2020
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