Frankfurt Egelsbach Airport

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Frankfurt Egelsbach Airport

Flugplatz Frankfurt-Egelsbach
2020 Flugplatz Egelsbach Hauptgebäude.jpg
Summary
Airport typePublic
OperatorHessische Flugplatz GmbH Egelsbach
ServesFrankfurt, Germany
LocationEgelsbach
Elevation AMSL385 ft / 117 m
Coordinates49°57′40″N 008°38′37″E / 49.96111°N 8.64361°E / 49.96111; 8.64361
Websiteegelsbach-airport.com
Runways
Direction Length Surface
m ft
08/26 1,400 4,593 Asphalt
08/26 670 2,198 Grass
Source: AIP VFR Excerpts,[1]

Frankfurt Egelsbach Airport (German: Flugplatz Frankfurt-Egelsbach) (ICAO: EDFE) is a general aviation airport located near Egelsbach, a town in the German state of Hesse. It is located 20 km (12 mi) southeast of Frankfurt Airport.

History[]

Aerial view

The airport was opened in 1955 with a single grass runway. It proved popular, and by 1957 was already seeing 37,000 movements a year. Because of this, in 1966, an asphalt runway was constructed and by 1977 the number of movements had increased to 126,000 a year. In 2007, about 77,000 movements were made, making it the busiest airport for general aviation in Germany.

To allow for larger aircraft to land, in 2004 construction was started on a runway expansion, which increased the runway length to its current 1,400 m (1,500 yd). In May 2009, NetJets Europe announced that they intended to purchase the airport.

Today NetJets owns 80% of the aerodrome (the other 20% being owned by local communities) and intends to establish IFR procedures at the airport, including an ILS approach. There are also plans to extend the runway by another 270 m (300 yd) and to increase the width by 5 m (16 ft).[2]

Facilities[]

The airport resides at an elevation of 385 feet (117 m) above mean sea level. It has two runways, both in the 08/26 direction (though no left (L) or right (R) markings or indicators are used): a 1,400 by 25 metres (4,593 ft × 82 ft) asphalt runway and a 670 by 30 metres (2,198 ft × 98 ft) grass runway.

Airlines and destinations[]

There are no scheduled services to and from Frankfurt Egelsbach Airport.

Accidents and incidents[]

  • On 1 March 2012, a Cessna Citation X arriving from Linz Airport crashed in a forest about 4 km (2.5 mi) from the airport. All five people on board were killed. The reason for the crash is unknown.[3]
  • On 30 June 2015, a Diamond DA20 Katana experienced problems during takeoff and struck the overhead wires on the adjacent Main-Neckar Railway. The plane crashed and was then hit by a goods train. The pilot was severely injured and the co-pilot died.[4][5]
  • On 31 March 2019, an Epic LT crashed while landing. The chairwoman and co-owner of S7 Airlines Natalia Fileva, died in the crash along with two other people on board.[6]

See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ AIP VFR from www.egelsbach-airport.com
  2. ^ Egelsbach-Airport.com - Pläne von NetJets am Flugplatz Egelsbach (German), page retrieved April 3, 2011.
  3. ^ Aviation Safety Net, page retrieved March 4, 2012.
  4. ^ Horst Cronauer; Michaela Steuer; Jürgen Mahnke (30 June 2015). "Frau stirbt bei Kleinflugzeugabsturz". BILD Frankfurt. Retrieved 30 June 2015.
  5. ^ "cawo" (30 June 2015). "Kleinflugzeug in Oberleitung gestürzt". Hessischer Rundfunk. Retrieved 30 June 2015.
  6. ^ "Co-owner of Russia's S7 airline dies in plane crash near Frankfurt". 31 March 2019. Retrieved 31 March 2019.

External links[]

Media related to Flugplatz Egelsbach at Wikimedia Commons

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