Flensburg-Schäferhaus airfield
| Flensburg-Schäferhaus airfield | |
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| Characteristics | |
| ICAO code | EDXF |
| IATA code | FLF |
| Coordinates | |
| Height above MSL | 40 m (131 ft ) |
| Transport links | |
| Distance from the city center | 3 km west of Flensburg |
| Basic data | |
| opening | 1911 |
| operator | Flensburg airport operating company mbH |
| Runways | |
| 04/22 | 700 m × 45 m grass |
| 11/29 | 1220 m × 30 m bitumen |
| 11/29 | 1200 m × 60 m grass |
The Flensburg-Schäferhaus airfield is a commercial airfield in Flensburg - Weiche . The airfield , located three kilometers west of downtown Flensburg , is named after the neighboring Schäferhaus area , part of the Friesischer Berg district and in the immediate vicinity of the Schäferhaus Foundation .
history
In the 19th century, there was a large parade ground at the site of today's Flensburg airfield , which should not be confused with the older, smaller Exe with the same name , which is closer to the city center. On July 9, 1911, the Rostock businessman Carl Schall ( old eagle , pilot's certificate No. 89) carried out the first take-off of an aircraft from the parade ground with his grade monoplane in order to conduct sightseeing flights in front of an audience.
In 1917, the Flensburg flight operations were further expanded to include the Fahrensodde Seefliegerhorst , eight kilometers northeast of Schäferhaus on the outskirts of Mürwik . After the First World War , Germany was committed to extensive disarmament under the Versailles Treaty . The contract banned all military aircraft structures, so they had to be dismantled. As a result, the Flensburg-Schäferhaus airfield, as well as the Fahrensodde Seefliegerhorst, was largely dismantled. In the period between 1923 and 1932, Flensburgers began to carry out glider flights at the newly established Kielseng glider base .
On August 10, 1925, the Hamburg - Kiel - Westerland airline began operating .
When Adolf Hitler came to Flensburg on April 23, 1932 for his speech in the Flensburg Stadium for the Prussian state elections in the 4th electoral period , he ended up in Schäferhaus and stayed at the Bahnhofshotel (later: Hotel Europa ). On April 19, 1936, the airline Lufthansa started its summer traffic.
When the airfield was expanded in 1940, the area of the vineyard to the south was leveled. During the Second World War, the name of the place was “Fliegerhorst Flensburg-Weiche”, the Allies referred to it as Airfield B.166 , which was repeatedly the target of air raids on Flensburg . At the end of the war the airport was occupied by German fighter planes. On May 6, 1945, a British advance command, possibly with the participation of American soldiers, occupied the area and took control of the air traffic. Only then, from May 8th to 13th, was the actual city occupied by British troops, with the exception of the Mürwiker special area with the seat of the last imperial government , which was finally occupied on May 23rd.
After the end of the war, the British Air Force of Occupation continued to use the site for a short time. In the summer of 1945, up to three Typhoon IB squadrons of the 1st Canadian Air Division , a task force of the Canadian Air Force , were stationed there. On July 20, 1948, the occupiers blew up the runway .
On August 1, 1963, a machine flew for the first time on the Flensburg – Hamburg route. Two years later, on April 2, 1965, Lufthansa set up a pilot school. To the south and north, the airfield was largely enclosed by the Von-Briesen-Kaserne military training area . After the barracks were closed, the runway was extended.
In the 1970s there was a scheduled flight connection to Frankfurt am Main with a stopover in Kiel . In 2003, Northern Air Charter , which mainly offered cargo flights, ceased operations.
Flight operations
Seaplanes that fly to the Flensburg-Sonwik seaplane station belong to airlines that have settled in Schäferhaus. Originally, these flights were only offered by Clipper Aviation . In January 2015, Baltic Seaplane took over seaplane operations.
Terminal and hangars from a runway perspective
Approach from NW on 11/29
Lufthansa museum aircraft JU-52 D-AQUI as a guest at the 2014 Flugtag
Connection
The Autokraft buses stop at the Schäferhaus stop between Flensburg ZOB and Niebüll .
literature
- Manfred Bühring, Broder Schwensen (Ed.): Flensburg in flight . A journey through 100 years of airfield Flensburg-Schäferhaus (= Large Series . No. 74 ). 1st edition. Society for Flensburg City History, Flensburg 2011, ISBN 978-3-925856-65-5 (173 pages).
Web links
Individual evidence
- ^ Andreas Oeding, Broder Schwensen, Michael Sturm: Flexikon. 725 aha experiences from Flensburg !. Flensburg 2009, article: Exe
- ↑ F. Rasch (Ed.): Yearbook of the German Aviation Association 1913 . Pass & Garleb, Berlin 1913, DNB 012953865 , 7th guide list, c) flight guide, p. 126 ( limited preview in Google Book Search [accessed April 9, 2018]).
- ^ Writings of the Society for Flensburg City History (ed.): Flensburg in history and present . Flensburg 1972, page 406
- ↑ Gerhard Nowc: the beginning of the airfield history Schaferhaus: landing of the daredevil pilots sound. In: Flensburger Tageblatt . August 22, 2011. Retrieved April 9, 2018 .
- ^ Baltic Seaplane. Sea flight in Flensburg , accessed on: June 14, 2017
- ↑ Manfred Bühring, Broder Schwensen (Ed.): Flensburg in flight. A journey through 100 years of the Flensburg-Schäferhaus airfield , Flensburg 2011, p. 22 ff.
- ^ Writings of the Society for Flensburg City History (ed.): Flensburg in history and present . Flensburg 1972, page 407
- ^ A b Writings of the Society for Flensburg City History (Hrsg.): Flensburg in history and present . Flensburg 1972, page 409
- ↑ Jakob Röschmann : Prehistory of the Flensburg district . The prehistoric and early historical monuments and finds in Schleswig-Holstein, Volume 6. Neumünster 1963, page 194
- ↑ a b c Gerhard Paul u. Broder Schwensen (Ed.): May '45. End of the war in Flensburg , Flensburg 2015, p. 211.
- ^ A b Writings of the Society for Flensburg City History (Hrsg.): Flensburg in history and present . Flensburg 1972, page 410
- ^ A b Writings of the Society for Flensburg City History (Hrsg.): Flensburg in history and present . Flensburg 1972, page 412
- ↑ Water sightseeing flights with the seaplane. Baltic Seaplane , accessed on: June 14, 2017
- ↑ a b Clipper Aviation. Sightseeing flights over Flensburg and the fjord , accessed on: June 15, 2017
- ^ Baltic Seaplane. Water flights , accessed on: February 16, 2020
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