Porta Westfalica airfield
| Porta Westfalica airfield | |
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| Characteristics | |
| ICAO code | EDVY |
| Coordinates | |
| Height above MSL | 45 m (148 ft ) |
| Transport links | |
| Distance from the city center | 4 km southwest of Porta Westfalica |
| Basic data | |
| opening | 1952 (for civil traffic) |
| operator | Flugplatzbetriebs- gesellschaft mbH Porta Westfalica |
| Start-and runway | |
| 05/23 | 860 m × 15 m asphalt |
The Porta Westfalica airfield (also called Vennebeck airfield ) is a commercial airfield in Porta Westfalica ( Minden-Lübbecke district ). It is located both north and east of the Weser on the Weserbogen in an old, renatured gravel area. A few kilometers to the north rise the Wiehen and Weser mountains with Porta Westfalica in between , the name of which the airfield bears. Nearby cities are Bad Oeynhausen , around four kilometers to the southwest , Vlotho , seven kilometers to the south, and Minden, around ten kilometers to the north . Officially, the airfield is called the Porta Westfalica airfield (EDVY) . It has an 860 meter long asphalt runway and a 1000 meter long grass runway and is 45 meters above sea level. The airfield is mainly used by the aviation clubs around the porta.
history
The airfield was created after the Second World War for the headquarters of the British Rhine Army stationed in Bad Oeynhausen . At that time, Bad Oeynhausen was still preferred by the British as the “Herford solution” to the capital question of the British occupation zone , which provided for the British administration to be divided between the cities of Bad Oeynhausen, Minden, Herford, Bad Salzuflen and Bielefeld. It was given up in January 1946, the city of Bad Oeynhausen only opened to the civilian population again in 1953. The airfield was privatized and opened to civil aviation in 1952.
Conflict over expansion
Nowadays, the operating company tries to upgrade the airfield according to EU guidelines (JAR OPS 1 and 2). To this end, the city of Porta Westfalica approved the release of areas at a council meeting, with which additional land can be purchased so that the airport can meet the guidelines. This would also make it possible to station King Air 200 again , which flies for the Bad Oeynhausen Heart Center and is currently stationed at Vennebeck Airport at Bielefeld Airport due to the lack of conditions . In addition to this machine, there was another machine ( King Air 90 ) that flies for the companies Melitta and Porta Möbel , which could get an operating permit under these conditions. There should be no other exceptions for environmental reasons.
Clubs at the airfield
The air sports clubs Sportflieger Club Porta e. V., Aero Club Bad Oeynhausen-Löhne e. V., Aero-Club Minden e. V., the ultralight flight school Senne and the air sports club Vlotho e. V. is at home.
Operating company
The airfield and is operated by the Flugplatzbetriebsgesellschaft mbH "Porta Westfalica" . It was founded on July 25, 1967 and has been registered with the Bad Oeynhausen District Court since March 11, 2004 under the number HRB 5294. The seat of the company is in 32457 Porta Westfalica, airport 1. Managing director is Volker Brinkmann, chairman of the supervisory board of the captain Ralf Kurz. The shareholders include the Minden-Lübbecke district and the city of Porta Westfalica.
Company at the airfield
The following companies are based at Porta Westfalica Airport or have a branch there:
- Flugplatzbetriebsgesellschaft mbH "Porta Westfalica"
- Insedere GmbH, yacht and aircraft interior
- Porta Air Service, a repair, maintenance and equipment company for aircraft
- PortaQualitySolutions, company for the construction of microlight aircraft and for aircraft engines
- Edwin Dodd, conducting film and photo flights
- Anke Bethke Luftfahrtversicherungen, maintains an Allianz insurance office on the airfield
- Senne flight school has a branch on the airfield
- Helijet GmbH FlightServices
- Crazy Plane
See also
Web links
- Porta Westfalica Airport - Homepage
- Aero Club Bad Oeynhausen e. V. - Homepage
- Hangar17 Restaurant Homepage
- Aero Club Minden e. V. - Homepage
- Luftsportverein Vlotho e. V. - Homepage
- Sportfliegerclub Porta e. V. - Homepage
Individual evidence
- ↑ trouble radiowestfalica.de of 26 February 2007 to the airport expansion
- ↑ Annual financial statements 2016, available at http://www.bundesanzeiger.de/
- ↑ http://edvy.de/edvy/firmen-vor-ort-2/ - company at Porta Westfalica airfield, accessed on December 29, 2018
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