Wangerooge airfield

Wangerooge airfield
Characteristics
ICAO code	EDWG
IATA code	AGE
Coordinates	53 ° 47 '20 "  N , 7 ° 55' 0"  E Coordinates: 53 ° 47 '20 "  N , 7 ° 55' 0"  E
Height above MSL	2 m (7  ft )
Transport links
Distance from the city center	0.5 km southeast of Wangerooge
Basic data
operator	Wangerooge Airport GmbH
Terminals	1
Passengers	approx. 90,000 (annually)
Flight movements	23,173 (2018)
Runways
10/28	850 m × 20 m asphalt
02/20	500 m × 30 m grass

Airport building

The airfield Wangerooge is a commercial airport on the German island Wangerooge in Friesland in Lower Saxony with about 90,000 passengers annually. It is on Charlottenstrasse.

The official name is Verkehrslandeplatz Wangerooge, ICAO code : EDWG; IATA airport code : AGE . The airfield is approved for aircraft up to 5700 kg and helicopters up to 6000 kg. For motor gliders and aerodynamically controlled Ultralight (3-axle / Gyrocopters) applies PPR .

history

Air traffic to the island began in the 1920s. From 1920 there was an air mail service between Berlin – Bremen – Wangerooge, which from 1921 also carried people. From 1933 Lufthansa flew to the island with the Ju 52 . In 1934 the Luftwaffe expanded the airfield into a military airfield (see also Wangerooge's military history ). In the Second World War were on the grass runways airstrip 109 Bf - interceptor and minesweeping aircraft of the type Ju 52 stationed. The airfield was also hit during the air raid on Wangerooge in 1945. After the war, the Allies blew up the aircraft hangar as part of their demilitarization measures on the island. It was rebuilt in 1966. As early as 1952, flight operations to the island began again in the summer months.

The terminal building was completely rebuilt in 2000, the tower renovated in 2003.

Slopes

The airfield has two runways. The longer of the two slopes has an asphalt surface and is 850 m long (orientation 095 ° / 275 °), the grass runway is 500 m long (orientation 015 ° / 195 °). The asphalt runway 10/28 is approved for all aircraft with a maximum take-off weight of 5700 kg, the grass runway 02/20 for aircraft up to a maximum of 2000 kg including the aircraft Britten-Norman BN-2 Islander and Cessna 208 . The airfield is not approved for night flight operations. The helipad is approved for all helicopters up to a maximum take-off weight of 6000 kg. A planned landing on the grass runway must be announced in advance ( PPR ).

The airfield does not have a petrol station. The closest refueling facility is at the Wilhelmshaven-Mariensiel airfield (EDWI), approx. 33 km south-southeast of Wangerooge.

Due to its close proximity to Wangerooge, there are restrictions on flight operations at lunchtime between 12:00 and 15:00. After 12:00 noon you can only land. The flight is quiet between 1:00 p.m. and 3:00 p.m. Flight operations will not resume until 3:00 p.m.

Airlines

There are three airlines that offer flights to Wangerooge Airport. The airport is served every hour by aircraft operated by the airline " FLN Frisia-Luftverkehr " from Harle airport, which is only five minutes away by plane. Flights to the other North Sea islands such as Langeoog are also offered. The " OFD Ostfriesischer Flugdienst " offers flights via Wangerooge (scheduled flight Cuxhaven / Nordholz - Helgoland - Cuxhaven / Nordholz ) only on request. "Norden Air" operates individually planned charter flights.

Island traffic

No car traffic is allowed on the island of Wangerooge. Electric luggage service vehicles are available for transport purposes. You can also rent bicycles on the island. Due to the short distance to the town center, the route can also be covered on foot.

Incidents

• On the afternoon of March 29, 2003, a Robin DR 400 crashed into the sea while approaching Wangerooge. Coming from St. Michaelisdonn airfield , the pilot asked the tower of Wangerooge airfield for guidance on how to find the airfield. Shortly afterwards, the aircraft tilted over a wing, got into a steep incline, then fell almost vertically into the North Sea about 300 meters from Wangeroog's northeast beach and shattered in the process. All three inmates were killed. Accident investigators believe it is possible that the pilot could have been irritated by certain lighting conditions, which led to the fact that he lost the horizon line from the field of vision and then lost his orientation. At the time of the crash around 3:12 p.m., the weather was hazy and the sun was low. In an east-west flight direction, the pilot had to look into the setting sun.
• On the afternoon of 30 June 2007, a crashed Piper PA-46-310P Malibu with destination Bremen Airport . After a taxiway of less than 300 meters, it took off from runway 28 at a high angle of attack and immediately thereafter turned with an increasingly steep incline to the left, whereupon the edge curve of the left wing touched the ground and the wing tore off. As a result, the bow of the fuselage hit the ground with the nose wheel . During the further rotation around the yaw axis , the right wing also tore off. The aircraft touched a dike and then slid into a water-bearing ditch running parallel to the runway at its foot. The five inmates survived, some seriously injured. The subsequent aircraft accident investigation could not identify any technical defects that could have impaired the airworthiness of the aircraft.

Web links

Commons : Flugplatz Wangerooge  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• Homepage of the airfield

Individual evidence

1. ↑ operator
2. ↑ movements
3. ↑ Aviation Handbook BRD Volume III
4. ↑ Wangerooge-Flugplatz on Airports.de ( Memento of the original from October 9, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. 
5. ↑ Overview of the airlines on the airport operator's homepage
6. ↑ "Sports plane crashed near Wangerooge". On March 29, 2003 on rp-online.de ( Rheinische Post ). Retrieved December 9, 2018.
7. ↑ "Plane crash off Wangerooge: Search canceled". On March 31, 2003 on welt.de ( Die Welt ). Retrieved December 9, 2018.
8. ^ "All five occupants survive plane crash". On July 2, 2007 on nwzonline.de ( Nordwest-Zeitung ). Retrieved December 9, 2018.
9. ^ Ulrich Schönborn: "Aircraft wreck can be salvaged". On July 6, 2007 on nwzonline.de ( Nordwest-Zeitung ). Retrieved December 9, 2018.
10. ^ Investigation report on the accident. Published in September 2010. Retrieved from bfu-web.de ( Federal Office for Aircraft Accident Investigation ) on December 9, 2018.