Dübendorf Air Base
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Coordinates | 47°23′55″N 8°38′53″E / 47.39861°N 8.64806°E | ||||||||||||||
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Dübendorf Military Airport (
History
The search for a suitable site for an airfield started in 1909.[1] On 1 August 1910 improvement of the swamp started and on 22 October 1910 the first airshow was held on the Airfield Dübendorf. Since 1914, Dübendorf has been used as an air base by the Swiss Air Force.[2] From 1919 on Dübendorf was also an airport for civil airlines, first for the predecessor of Swissair, the Ad Astra Aero, and from 1932 on for Swissair.
During
In 1948, civil aviation moved to the newly opened Zurich Airport and Dübendorf became a purely military airfield. Dübendorf had been considered for expansion as Switzerland's primary international airport, but the Federal government reportedly preferred the development of a new Zurich airport for dedicated civil use for technical reasons including the difficulties inherent in a shared military and civil facility.[5]
During the
On 26 June 2009, the long-range
On 22 September 2015, the
Today
Today Dübendorf AB is the home of
Also located at Dübendorf AFB is:
- The Swiss Air Force Command (AOC)
- Air Defense & Direction Center (the peacetime air defense C3 airops center)
- Skyguide National (military air traffic control)
- Skyguide (civil air traffic control for Switzerland (except western part of Switzerland, which is monitored by skyguide Geneva) and southern Germany)
- Berufsfliegerkorps
Other users
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5c/Fliegermuseum_D%C3%BCbendorf_Eingang.jpg/220px-Fliegermuseum_D%C3%BCbendorf_Eingang.jpg)
- Skyguide (see above)
- Police Helicopter Unit
- JuAir Operating 3 historical Ju 52[15]
- Base 1 of the Rega (air rescue)[16]
- Solar Impulse 1 (HB-SIA) was built, tested and is now stored at Dübendorf Air Base.[17]
- Touring Club Suisse Anti skid driving ranch.
- Flieger-Flab-Museum
Future
Current plans are that from 2016 on, only the Swiss Air Force will use helicopters at Dübendorf and that the Rega and the Kantons Polizei will have to move their helicopters to the opposite side of the airfield (next to the military helicopter hangars). The government has allowed a mixed civil/military use of Dübendorf AB and the joint use of aircraft maintenance companies such Jet Aviation is hoped to ensure the continued existence of the fixed wing aircraft operating in Dübendorf.
Since the capacity of Zurich Airport will (according to the Monitoring Report published by FOCA [18]) hit a limit wall, Dübendorf Air Base has been proposed as a future relief airport, preferable to Linate Airport.[19]
Otherwise the use of the Dübendorf Air Base has been proposed as "the 4th runway of Zurich Airport".[20]
As far as the Dübendorf Airfield seems to be one of the oldest worldwide still existing, it is proposed to be evaluated as
One part of the property will be used to build a so-called Innovationspark (factory, office rooms and apartments for start up enterprises).
Books
- Fliegermuseum Dübendorf, VFMF, Dübendorf 1989 (ISBN none).
- Ernst Frei: Erlebter Aktivdienst 1939–1945. Novalis, [Schaffhausen] 2010, ISBN 978-3-907160-54-1.
- Max Hügli: Fliegermuseum – BAMF, Dübendorf 1981 (ISBN none).
- Uno Zer Zero Aero Publications 2013, ISBN 978-3-9524239-05
- Menschen Maschinen Missionen Geschichten vom Militärflugplatz Dübendorf 1914–2014, published by Schweizer Luftwaffe 12014 ISBN 978-3-033-04653-5
Notes and references
- ^ Fritz Käser (1979-04-20). "ZUR ENTSTEHUNGSGESCHICHTE DES FLUGPLATZES DÜBENDORF VON 1909 BIS 1914" (PDF) (in German). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-07-06. Retrieved 2016-10-08.
- ^ Bearbeitet und herausgegeben von Walter Dürig (2010-06-30). "Dokumentation zur Entstehung des Flugplatzes Dübendorf" (PDF) (in German). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2016-03-21. Retrieved 2016-10-08.
- ^ a b Franz Kasperski (2015-09-07). "Abgeschossen von der neutralen Schweiz" (in German). Schweizer Radio und Fernsehen SRF. Retrieved 2015-10-23.
- swissinfo. Retrieved 2015-10-23.
- ^ Bell, E. A. (10 May 1945). "Swiss Planning". Flight and Aircraft Engineer. XLVII (1898). Royal Aero Club: 501. Retrieved 5 July 2016.
- ^ "Menschen Maschinen Missionen". Lw.admin.ch. 2014-07-01. Archived from the original on 2014-07-14. Retrieved 2014-07-12.
- ^ Palmer, Jason (3 December 2009). "Record solar plane's first 'hop'". BBC. Retrieved 4 December 2009.
- ^ Tom Simonite (3 December 2009). "Solar-powered piloted plane makes its first 'flea hop'". Web Edition. New Scientist. Retrieved 5 December 2009.
- ^ "Cargolux B747F spectacular landing @ Dübendorf Airfield – 05/08/2013" – via www.youtube.com.
- ^ Grosser Auftritt für kleines Flugzeug, Neue Zürcher Zeitung, 5. August 2013
- ^ Jumbo-Landung in Dübendorf, SRF, spoken swiss german
- ^ Airbus A310 ZERO-G aircraft to log weightless flight from Switzerland airport Intelligent Aerospace (retrieved ~~~~~)
- ^ Feusi, Alois (22 September 2015). "Von Dübendorf in die Schwerelosigkeit". Neue Zürcher Zeitung. Archived from the original on 8 November 2020. Retrieved 14 August 2021.
- ^ "Schwerelos über Dübendorf". Züriost (in German). 21 September 2015. Archived from the original on 6 October 2015. Retrieved 14 August 2021.
- ^ "Welcome At Ju-Air". Air Force Center. Archived from the original on 2014-07-14. Retrieved 2014-07-12.
- ^ "Zurich base – Swiss Air-Rescue Rega – Emergency number 1414". Rega.ch. Retrieved 2014-07-12.
- ^ "Hier hebt der Riesenvogel in Dübendorf ab". 20 Minuten. 2013-08-05. Retrieved 2014-07-12.
- ^ BAZL, Bundesamt für Zivilluftfahrt. "Studien und Berichte". www.bazl.admin.ch.
- ^ "Die Luftfahrt als Wachstumsmotor für die Volkswirtschaft: Silicon Valley toppt Zürich" (PDF). SkyNews. 24 August 2015. Retrieved 5 September 2015.
- ^ Schürer, Andreas (8 May 2016). "FLärmproblematik wird oft übertrieben". Neue Zürcher Zeitung (in German). NZZ. Retrieved 2016-05-10.
- ^ "Die IG Zürcher Weltkulturerbe bezweckt den Erhalt des historisch einmalig wertvollen Flugplatzes Dübendorf, der Wiege der Schweizer Luftfahrt, und dessen Kandidatur als UNESCO Weltkulturerbe" (PDF) (in German). 26 August 2016. Retrieved 2016-08-28.
- ^ Wedl, Johanna (3 September 2014). "Streit um Landreserve: In Dübendorf wird weiter geflogen". Neue Zürcher Zeitung. Retrieved 20 September 2014.
- ^ "Aufhebung des Gestaltungsplans «Innovationspark Zürich". Kanton Zürich. Verwaltungsgericht des Kantons Zürich. 2020-07-21. Retrieved 2020-07-29.
See also
External links
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