Mannheim City Airport

Coordinates: 49°28′21″N 08°30′51″E / 49.47250°N 8.51417°E / 49.47250; 8.51417
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Mannheim City Airport

City-Airport Mannheim
AMSL
309 ft / 94 m
Coordinates49°28′21″N 08°30′51″E / 49.47250°N 8.51417°E / 49.47250; 8.51417
Websiteflugplatz-mannheim.de
Map
MHG is located in Baden-Württemberg
MHG
MHG
Runways
Direction Length Surface
ft m
09/27 3,497 1,066 Asphalt
09/27 2,297 700
Grass

Mannheim City Airport (

regional airport serving the German city of Mannheim. It is mainly used for general aviation
.

Location

The airport is located 3.5 km (2.2 mi) east of the city center in the district of

high rise buildings to the west making Mannheim City a challenging airport. Because of its proximity to the city center and the lack of space for an expansion, there have been continuous discussions about relocating the airport. The airport has its own control zone, neighboring control zones are Heidelberg
Airfield and Coleman.

History

Early years

Aerial view of Mannheim City Airport

Aviation in Mannheim started with the

Schütte-Lanz in 1909. Their first airship, called SL 1, lifted off from Mannheim-Rheinau in 1911. With the growing importance of airships for military purposes, a new airfield with hangars and barracks was opened in the north of Mannheim, where the Schönau district is located today. By the end of World War I, 22 airships had been built in Mannheim. In 1922 all hangars had to be demolished, complying with the conditions imposed by the Treaty of Versailles
.

The first

black forest route to Konstanz, via Karlsruhe, Baden Baden and Villingen.[3]

In 1926 the airfield was transferred to Mannheim-

Junkers
aircraft.

During

US-Army and temporarily used as a transmitter site.[4]
The terminal building and hangars were partly demolished and partly refurbished. The airfield was reopened to the public in 1958, but with the growing size of postwar aircraft, Mannheim-Neuostheim was no longer served by any major airline and mainly used for private flying.

Development since the 1980s

A Dornier 328 approaching Runway 09

In 1983, a test flight for

Dash-7 turboprop aircraft.[5]

In 1986, DRF (Deutsche Rettungsflugwacht, e. V.) installed a helicopter air rescue center at MHG.

Cosmos Air (Arcus-Air Logistic) was founded in Mannheim and started nonstop flights to Berlin Tempelhof Airport[9] and London City Airport[10] using the larger Dornier 328 turboprop
. Due to lack of demand, the London route was suspended one year later.

Up until that time, a provisional container building had been used as the terminal, but new facilities opened in 1998. In 1999

Cosmos Air was taken over by Cirrus Airlines, continuing the flights to Berlin-Tempelhof and opening new routes to Hamburg and Saarbrücken. With the entry of Cirrus Airlines into Team Lufthansa in 2000, Lufthansa
came back to Mannheim after 60 years of absence, and Mannheim reappeared in the official Lufthansa itinerary.

In 2002 Mannheim-Neuostheim was officially renamed Mannheim City Airport.

In October 2008 Cirrus Airlines started new direct flights from Mannheim to Munich, connecting the city to one of the Lufthansa main hubs. However, this service consisted for only four months.[11] In August 2010, the Mannheim-Hamburg service celebrated its 10th anniversary, but due to hard competition coming from Frankfurt Airport on this route, Cirrus Airlines had to discontinue it on November 26, 2010. On December 22, 2011, Cirrus Airlines decided to also end the last scheduled route to Berlin-Tegel, shortly before filing bankruptcy.[12]

maintenance facility for Dornier 328 turboprop aircraft,[13] which moved to Saarbrücken
at the end of 2009.

Today

Due to its problematic

Coleman Airfield is seen as a possible, but challenging alternative, as well as the airport of Speyer, where BASF
has its corporate jets based.

For business aviation, Mannheim still remains an attractive location: two new hangars for up to three jets were built in 2006.

There are ongoing controversial discussions about shutting down the airport in the future and proposals are being considered, such as using the site for the 2023 Bundesgartenschau.

Infrastructure

Check-in area
Control tower

Facilities

The sand-lime

fire brigade, equipped with a fire engine
(FLF Impact 6000) suited to the present operations.

Close to the current terminal, there are parts of the former terminal building, including the old tower, now used as a popular

parking deck
.

Runways

The airport possesses two runways: one paved main runway (09/27) and a parallel grass runway (for

ILS, RWY 09 is usable under visual flight rules
only. A separate, illuminated and signposted taxiway is available. Aircraft up to 10,000 kg (22,046 lb) are allowed to land at the airport. The original runway length was even shorter (730m) until it was extended for safety in the 1980s.

Airlines and destinations

Scheduled services

The following airlines offer regular scheduled and charter flights at Mannheim City Airport:[14]

AirlinesDestinations
Rhein-Neckar Air Seasonal: Elba (begins 17 May 2024),[15] Heringsdorf,[16] Sylt[17]

The low number of scheduled operations is explained by the very good connection of Mannheim to several international airports.

Frankfurt Hahn Airport, Stuttgart Airport, Strasbourg Airport, Karlsruhe/Baden-Baden Airport and Saarbrücken Airport
which can be reached within maximum 90 minutes by car or train.

Other tenants

The airport is mainly used for

VIP
transports. DRF (Deutsche Rettungsflugwacht, e. V.) is present with a 24h/365days medevac helicopter. A flying school (LGM) and two Aero Clubs (Badisch Pfälzischer Flugsportverein and Segelflugverein Mannheim) are established at Mannheim. There is also seasonal glider activity.

Ground transportation

A carpark is available for passenger arriving at the airport via federal road B38a, the Rhine-Neckar Expressway. The tram lines 5 and 6 as well as bus line 50 connect the airport with the city center within 10 minutes.[18]

Accidents and incidents

See also

References

  1. ^ "AIP VFR online". dfs.de. DFS Deutsche Flugsicherung GmbH. Retrieved 2023-02-21.
  2. ^ [1] Archived September 30, 2007, at the Wayback Machine
  3. ^ "Luftpost". Briefmarken-mannheim.de. Retrieved 2015-10-21.
  4. ^ "USAREUR Units - 7774 Sig Battalion". Usarmygermany.com. Retrieved 2015-10-21.
  5. ^ "STOL Dash 7 - test flight Mannheim - Dortmund 1983". YouTube. 2014-03-03. Archived from the original on 2021-12-14. Retrieved 2015-10-21.
  6. ^ [2] Archived December 15, 2007, at the Wayback Machine
  7. ^ [3] Archived July 19, 2011, at the Wayback Machine
  8. ^ [4] Archived October 5, 2007, at the Wayback Machine
  9. ^ "Cosmos Air". Timetableimages.com. Retrieved 2015-10-21.
  10. ^ "News in Brief". Archived from the original on November 17, 2008. Retrieved February 18, 2016.
  11. ^ "News Update". Archived from the original on February 17, 2012. Retrieved February 18, 2016.
  12. ^ "Hamburg-Flieger am Boden - morgenweb". Morgenweb.de. Archived from the original on February 11, 2013. Retrieved 2015-10-21.
  13. ^ "cirrus-world.de". cirrus-world.de. Retrieved 2015-10-21.
  14. ^ flugplatz-mannheim.de - Schedule (German) retrieved 15 July 2020
  15. ^ "Rhein-Neckar Air Adds Elba Island in NS24".
  16. ^ "Summer 2023 timetable - Rhein-Neckar Air" (PDF).
  17. ^ flyrna.flights - Booking retrieved 24 July 2023
  18. ^ flugplatz-mannheim.de retrieved 31 October 2020
  19. ^ "ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 187751". aviation-safety.net/. 2016-05-31. Retrieved 2018-12-04.
  20. ^ aviation-safety.net retrieved 31 October 2020
  21. ^ "The crash of Boeing's CH-47C Chinook 74-22292". Chinook-helicopter.com. Retrieved 2015-10-21.
  22. ^ "Landung im Lärmschutzwall: Bruchlandung verursacht Millionenschaden - SPIEGEL ONLINE". Spiegel Online. Spiegel.de. 2008-03-20. Retrieved 2015-10-21.

External links

Media related to Mannheim Airport at Wikimedia Commons

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