Lemwerder airfield
| Lemwerder special airport | |||
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| Characteristics | |||
| ICAO code | EDWD | ||
| IATA code | XLW | ||
| Coordinates | |||
| Height above MSL | 6 m (20 ft ) | ||
| Transport links | |||
| Distance from the city center | 2 km southeast of Lemwerder | ||
| Start-and runway | |||
| 16/34 | 1900 m × 45 m asphalt | ||
The airfield Lemwerder was a special airfield in Lemwerder near Bremen.
The airfield can look back on a long history. It was set up in the 1930s by Weser-Flugzeugbau GmbH (Weserflug) . The neighboring Weserflug plant in Lemwerder became the VFW final assembly plant in 1961 . a. built the VFW 614 and Transall C-160 in the 1960s and 1970s . VFW became part of Messerschmitt-Bölkow-Blohm , which in turn merged with DASA , which eventually became part of the aerospace company EADS (now Airbus).
After the closure of Aircraft Services Lemwerder, which belongs to EADS, at the end of 2010, the associated airfield ceased operations at the end of 2011. The area is used for storage by Carbon Rotec , a manufacturer of rotor blades for wind turbines.
Airfield as a storage facility for Carbon Rotec wind turbine blades , in the background the Grohner Düne high-rise complex in Bremen-Vegesack
Web links
Commons : Airfield Lemwerder - Collection of images
Individual evidence
- ↑ Airbus Weser-Fluggemeinschaft eV Lemwerder - Verein - Flugplatz ( Memento of the original from April 2, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , accessed December 29, 2012
