Heidelberg Army Heliport
| Heidelberg AHP | |
|---|---|
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| Characteristics | |
| ICAO code | ETIE |
| IATA code | QHD |
| Coordinates | |
| Height above MSL | 109 m (358 ft ) |
| Transport links | |
| Distance from the city center | 3 km southwest of Heidelberg |
| Street | A 5 , Landesstraße 600a (Speyerer Straße) |
| Basic data | |
| opening | before 1945 |
| operator | US Army |
| surface | 15.6 ha |
| Runways | |
| 08/26 (closed) | 1067 m × 30 m concrete |
| 17/35 (closed) | 401 m × 12 m concrete |
The Heidelberg Army Heliport ( AHP ), previously Heidelberg Army Airfield , is a former military airfield of the US Army in the Heidelberg district of Kirchheim , which was used as a heliport . In the course of the conversion of the US Army locations in Schwetzingen , Heidelberg and Mannheim by 2015, the heliport was handed over to the Federal Agency for Real Estate on April 30, 2014 . Part of the area was used by the agricultural machinery manufacturer John Deere.
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As part of the relocation of the USAREUR - headquarters to Wiesbaden , the airfield was closed in 2013. A further use of the military airfield as a civil airfield was unlikely due to the dangerous and difficult approach from the east and the relatively short runway. In addition, the district road 9706 crosses the eastern part of the runway 08/26. In addition, some of the residents of the neighboring Heidelberg district of Pfaffengrund have already complained about aircraft noise in the past. Since it was converted into a heliport, the airfield has only been used in the context of emergency medical aid or public safety measures, as well as for operations to support the surrounding US Army facilities.
In October 2014 it became known that the area of the former airfield will be rented temporarily from November 2014 to May 2016 by the world market leading agricultural technology manufacturer John Deere . John Deere operates plants in nearby Mannheim and Bruchsal and uses the airfield for product presentations under practical conditions and training for sales partners .
On July 20 and 21, 2018, a fire service fair took place on the premises.
Units and facilities
In the end, the head of the USAREUR / 7A Army Aviation Department was responsible for managing the heliport . Originally the 207th Aviation Regiment was stationed in Heidelberg, but it was renamed the 214th Aviation Company before it was again connected to the 12th Combat Army Aviation Brigade in 2006.
The facility covers an area of 15.6 (according to other information 16.8) hectares, of which, without the landing area, 1.8 hectares are built over. There are a total of 14 buildings: the tower , eight halls and five other one or two-story buildings.
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See also
Web links
- Airfield: The US Army airfield. Information on the conversion and virtual tour on the website of the city of Heidelberg
- Information about the US airfield on the website of the owner, the Federal Real Estate Agency (BImA)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Rhein-Neckar-Zeitung of April 11, 2011 ( page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Official instructions for the use of the airfield (PDF document; 617 kB) ( Memento of the original from May 21, 2014 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.
- ↑ Rhein-Neckar-Zeitung of October 30, 2014
- ^ Rhein-Neckar-Zeitung of October 31, 2014
- ↑ https://www.feuerwehr-ub.de/aktuelle-meldung/heidelberg-feuerwehrmesse-am-start
- ^ Book about the memory of his visit to the 207th Aviation Regiment
- ^ Information on the stationing of the 214th Aviation Regiment
- ^ Photo of part of the 214th Aviation Regiment
- ↑ Presentation of the Federal Agency for Real Estate Tasks in the course of the conversion of the US space in Heidelberg from February 2013
