Achmer Airport

Achmer Airport
Flugplatz Achmer
Advanced Landing Ground (ALG) B-110

Glider airfield at Achmer
IATA: noneICAO: EDXA
Summary
Operator Osnabrücker Verein für Luftfahrt e.V.
Location Bramsche, Lower Saxony, Germany
Elevation AMSL 177 ft / 54 m
Coordinates 52°22.65′N 007°54.81′E / 52.37750°N 7.91350°E / 52.37750; 7.91350Coordinates: 52°22.65′N 007°54.81′E / 52.37750°N 7.91350°E / 52.37750; 7.91350
Map
EDXA

Location of airport in Lower Saxony, Germany

Runways
Direction Length Surface
m ft
07/25 940 2,297 Grass
Source: Osnabrücker Verein für Luftfahrt e.V.[1]

Achmer Airport (German: Flugplatz Achmer) (ICAO: EDXA) is a regional airport located 4 km (2 nautical miles) southwest of Bramsche,[1] a town in the district of Osnabrück in Lower Saxony, Germany. It supports general aviation with no commercial airline service scheduled.

History

During World War II, the airport was used by the British Royal Air Force as Advanced Landing Ground B-110 Achmer.[2]

Facilities

The airport resides at an elevation of 177 feet (54 m) above mean sea level. It has a grass runway designated 07/25 which measures 940 by 30 metres (3,084 ft × 98 ft).[1]

See also

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Anflug – Achmer EDXA" (in German). Osnabrücker Verein für Luftfahrt e.V. Retrieved 14 August 2012. (English translation via Google)
  2. Johnson, David C. (1988), U.S. Army Air Forces Continental Airfields (ETO), D-Day to V-E Day; Research Division, USAF Historical Research Center, Maxwell AFB, Alabama.

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