Hildesheim airfield

Hildesheim Airport
Characteristics
ICAO code	EDVM
IATA code	ZNO
Coordinates	52 ° 10 '52 "  N , 9 ° 56' 49"  E Coordinates: 52 ° 10 '52 "  N , 9 ° 56' 49"  E
Height above MSL	89 m (292  ft )
Transport links
Distance from the city center	3 km north of Hildesheim
Street	A 7 , B 6
Local transport	bus
Basic data
opening	1927
operator	Hildesheim Airfield Betriebs-GmbH
surface	50 ha
Flight movements	58,191 (2009)
Employees	2
Runways
07/25	1220 m × 23 m asphalt
07/25	1220 m × 30 m grass

The airport of Hildesheim is an airfield in Hildesheim . It is designed for aircraft , t to 5.7 Helicopter , Self-starting motor gliders , gliders , ultralight aircraft , airships , airplanes and manned free balloons admitted.

history

The airport opened in the 1920s, serving from 1935 as the air base of the Air Force , which here from July 1934 to October 1939, a reconnaissance school one and from October 1935 flyer image school operation.

At the beginning of April 1945 the airfield was occupied by the US Army , which designated it as Airfield R.16 . After the end of the war, the British Air Force of Occupation first became the host of the site for a short period of time: In the summer of 1945, the 146th Wing (squadron), which was equipped with Typhoon IB fighter bombers, was located here.

The British Army of the Rhine then used the barracks area. During the Cold War an air force was stationed again, the 1st Regiment of the Army Air Corps was here between 1973 and 1993 with Gazelle AH1 and Lynx AH7 helicopters.

expansion

• 1927: Foundation of the airfield
• 1958: Flugplatz Hildesheim GmbH is founded (75% City of Hildesheim, 25% AeroClub Hildesheim)
• 2000: Asphalt - runway and airfield Class II
• 2002: asphalt taxiways
• 2006: Runway lighting
• 2009: Operator: Airfield Hildesheim Betriebs-GmbH
• 2010: Aviation Authority
• 2010: self-service petrol station
• 2010: additional grass - Runway

Flight operations

The airfield Hildesheim Betriebs-GmbH has operated the field privately and economically since July 1, 2009. It is used by air sports enthusiasts (microlights, gyroscopes , gliders, parachutists ) and private and business pilots. The German Armed Forces , British Armed Forces in Germany and the police also regularly practice on this site. Flight operations usually take place from 10:00 am until sunset , but no more than 20:00 local time instead on Sundays and public holidays but not allowed to place rounds are flown.

One of the largest commercial microlight flight schools in Germany is located on the site, as well as a manufacturing and training company for gyroplanes and one of Germany's largest air sports clubs . For this reason, training takes a large part, especially in the area of ​​gyroplanes.

In 2015, measured by the number of take-offs and landings by non-commercial aviation, the airfield was the most frequented in the whole of Germany, with over 31,000 take-offs a year, ahead of the landing sites in Mainz-Finthen , Oerlinghausen and Hahnweide , with a large part of over 22,300 take-offs in the area Ultralight aircraft (including the gyroplane).

Since 2010 one of the two aircraft of the Lower Saxony fire brigade air service has been stationed at the Hildesheim site .

Infrastructure

Various hangars are available for the accommodation of aircraft . All common types of fuel ( Jet A-1 , AvGas , MoGas , diesel fuel and kerosene ) can be used.

Directions

The airfield is located on the northern edge of the city of Hildesheim between the A 7 , Hildesheim-Drispenstedt exit and the B 6 . It can be reached from Hildesheim by city bus routes.

Events

• Hang gliding day
• Airfield party
• LET'S MINI event
• 1/4 mile race @ Airport
• M'era Luna Festival
• Moto X-treme Days
• Technorama classic car market and classic car races

Aviation-related companies on site

• Airport Diner Airfield restaurant
• Konrad Deppe Free petrol stations
• AutoGyro GmbH
• MR Flugtechnik GmbH Aircraft Maintenance
• Thomas Kiggen gyroplane school
• Ultralight flight school Hildesheim GmbH

literature

• Hermann Meyer-Hartmann : A secret matter of command. The history of the Hildesheim air base , Gerstenberg Gebrüder Verlag, ISBN 3-8067-8530-9 .

Web links

Commons : Flugplatz Hildesheim  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

• Official website of Flugplatz Hildesheim GmbH
• Hildesheim Air Base
• Hildesheim Airport from the flight manual for the German Reich
• Hildesheim Tofrek Barracks
• Aeroclub Hildesheim

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Henry L. deZeng IV: Air Force Airfields 1935-45 Germany (1937 Borders). June 2014 edition, pp. 287–289 (PDF, accessed April 6, 2018).
2. ↑ Federal Statistical Office : Publication Air traffic at all airports, 2015. Fach Series 8, Series 6.2, Section 3.2.1, published on August 3, 2016.
3. ↑ City of Hildesheim: The fire brigade comes high! , accessed May 27, 2012.