Mannheim City Airport

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Mannheim City Airport Flughafen Mannheim
IATA: MHG - ICAO: EDFM
Summary
Airport type		Public
Operator		Rhein-Neckar Flugplatz GmbH
Serves		Mannheim
Elevation AMSL		309 ft (94 m)
Coordinates		49°28′21″N, 08°30′51″E
Runways
Direction	Length		Surface
Direction	ft	m	Surface
09/27	3,497	1,066	Asphalt
09L/27R	2,297	700	Grass

Mannheim City Airport (IATA: MHG, ICAO: EDFM) serves Mannheim, Germany. It is operated and administrated by Rhein-Neckar Flugplatz GmbH.

1 History
2 Location
3 Runways
4 Terminal
5 Operations and Scheduled Service
6 Incidents
7 External links

[edit] History

The airport was founded as Flughafen Mannheim-Heidelberg-Ludwigshafen in 1926. Deutsche Luft Hansa operated scheduled flights to Frankfurt and Baden-Baden. After World War II the airport was mainly used for private flying. Arcus Air operated services from Mannheim to Munich in the 1980s using Dornier Do 228 aircraft. In 1997 Cosmos Air (Arcus-Air Logistic) was founded in Mannheim, which flew nonstop from Mannheim to Tempelhof International Airport and London City Airport, it was later taken over by Cirrus Airlines.

[edit] Location

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

It is surrounded by highways to the east (B38) and the west (A659), there is a power transmission line to the east and several high rise buildings to the west making Mannheim City a challenging airport. The airport has its own control zone, neighboring control zones are Heidelberg and Coleman.

[edit] Runways

The airport has two runways one paved and a parallel grass runway. The airport is useable at day and night. Both runways offer PAPI and illumination and runway 27 offers DME-approach.

Aircraft up to 10,000 kg (22,046 lb) are allowed to land at the airport.

[edit] Terminal

The terminal building was opened in 1999. It has got two check-in counters, a security passenger checkpoint, one waiting area, two baggage claims and a ticketing office. In addition it accommodates a snack-bar, airline offices and a flying school. A secured carpark is available.

[edit] Operations and Scheduled Service

The airport is mainly used for general aviation. Several companies have their business jets based at the airport. The airport serves as an important heliport for medical transports and two flying schools are established at Mannheim City. There is glider activity during good weather.

Daily scheduled direct services to Hamburg, Berlin and Saarbrücken are operated by Cirrus Airlines using Dornier 328 and De Havilland Canada Dash 8 aircraft.

[edit] Incidents

11 September 1982: a Chinook CH-47C helicopter of the U.S. Army crashed during an airshow killing 46 people.
21 February 2002: A small plane crashed during approach killing one person.
December 1994: a helicopter of the German Army crashed into the nearby TV-tower killing four.