Oldenburg-Hatten airfield

Oldenburg-Hatten
Characteristics
ICAO code	EDWH
Coordinates	53 ° 4 '8 "  N , 8 ° 18' 49"  E Coordinates: 53 ° 4 '8 "  N , 8 ° 18' 49"  E
Height above MSL	8 m (26  ft )
Transport links
Distance from the city center	10 kilometer (s) from Oldenburg (Oldenburg)
Street	Wulfsweg 6, 26209 Hatten
Basic data
opening	1963
operator	Flugplatz Oldenburg-Hatten GmbH
Employees	3
Start-and runway
06/24	880 m × 40 m grass runway

The Oldenburg-Hatten airfield ( ICAO : EDWH) was founded in 1963 by members of the Oldenburger Motorflug-Verein and built from old air force barracks from the 1940s. The well-known aviator Gerd Achgelis was one of the initiators . The Oldenburg-Hatten airfield operates a flight school for powered flight and microlight flight, each of which also offers sightseeing flights and aircraft charters. From Oldenburg, sightseeing flights in the region and island flights to the East Frisian islands and Sylt can be undertaken. The airfield has a restaurant / café with a garden terrace.

location

The airfield is located between Bremen and Oldenburg, 10 km east of the city of Oldenburg , accessible via the A28, exit Hatten or directly from Oldenburg via the Bremer Heerstraße and the Hatter Landstraße.

Information for pilots

The airfield is approved for the following aircraft:

• Planes up to 2000 kg plus Britten-Norman BN-2 , Cessna 337 , Cessna 303 , Beechcraft Baron , Piper Aztec , Piper Apache and Piper PA-34 (Seneca)
• Motor sailer
• Microlights
• Helicopters up to 5700 kg
• Balloon rides
• Petrol stations for AVGAS 100LL and MOGAS / SUPER PLUS are available

Traffic times

The airfield has the following opening times:

Monday to Thursday: PPR ( Prior Permission Required )

Friday to Sunday: 08: 00-18: 00 UTC , at the latest by sunset

Incidents

• On May 1, 2004, a Cessna F 172 P crashed near the airfield and caught fire. The pilot who was the only one involved died. He had previously stolen the aircraft and took off unnoticed.
• On June 11, 2013, a single-engine aircraft hit the landing approach too briefly and overturned in an agricultural area. The two inmates were rescued injured.
• On April 12, 2015, a four-person Cessna F 172 N took off at EDWH, but did not get up to altitude. After just under a kilometer of flight, it collided with bushes and trees and then crashed into the slope of a moat right next to Federal Highway 28 . The pilot, then mayor of Kirchseelte , was fatally injured in the process, and his flight passengers were rescued from the wreckage, seriously injured.

Web links

• Official website

Individual evidence

1. ↑ BfU investigation report 3X033-0 / 04 of December 2009 (.pdf)
2. ↑ Press report Kreiszeitung
3. ↑ BfU investigation report BFU15-0355-3X from May 2016 (.pdf)
4. ^ Press report Nordwest Zeitung