Dortmund Airport

2006-07-10T15:15:34Z

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[[Category:Germany]]
{{categorynoregion|Europe|Germany}}

'''Dortmund Airport''' DTM/EDLW, known as '''Flughafen Dortmund''' in German, is the international airport of Dortmund, Germany. Its slogan is ''Startbahn Ruhrgebiet'' (''Runway Ruhr Area'').

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==Early History==
The airport was first served by commercial flights in 1925 by Aero Lloyd, which operated flights to Paris. By the business year 1927/1928, service had expanded to 2,589 commercial flights annually. During World War II the airport was used a German air base, and was subsequently used by the United Kingdom|British Royal Air Force. Service to Dortmund was not recommenced when German commercial air service was restarted in 1955.Over the next decades Düsseldorf International Airport and Cologne Bonn Airport were the dominant commercial airports in the Rhine-Ruhr. Additionally Hanover/Langenhagen International Airport and Münster/Osnabrück Airport also covered some of the air travel needs of this region. Furthermore, the 257 kilometer/km (160mile) Sauerlandlinie opened in the late 1960s, connecting Dortmund with Frankfurt International Airport in under two hours by car.

Commercial service was restored in 1979 with daily flights to Munich by Reise- und Industrieflug GmbH (RFG). Nuremberg and Stuttgart followed shortly afterwards. Following German Reunification in 1990, Dresden, Leipzig, Berlin, and London were added to the flight schedule.

RFG and NFD (Nürnberger Flugdienst) merge in 1990 and Eurowings was formed, which is still based in Dortmund. Construction was started in 1998, and completed in 2000 on a new replacement terminal. This multi-level terminal prepared the airport for its resurgence.

From late 2000 onwards, Dortmund Airport has experienced a drastic increase in air traffic. In the 1990s weekly service had been generally restricted to a few turboprop flights to destinations within Germany, as well as occasional charter flights to warm-weather destinations. Since 2000, several new airlines have commenced service to Dortmund, many with mainline jets. Most of the air traffic today is by low cost airlines operating Boeing 737 or Airbus Airbus A318/Airbus A319/Airbus A320/Airbus A321 series aircraft to warm-weather destinations and business centers.

==Official Spotting Locations==

===Location===
'''Public gallery'''
The public gallery of the new terminal.
With the elevator on level 2, then on the other side right at the Café past by the glass door the terrace is all around with plexiglass. For good photos unfortunately not suitably.

==Other Spotting Locations==

===Location===

==Locations to Avoid==

===Location===

==Regular Traffic==

Airlines include:
* Air Alps (Winter 2005/2006)
* Air Berlin
* Atlasjet
* Bluewings
* Bulgarian Air Charter
* Dau Air
* EasyJet
* Eurowings
* Freebird Airlines
* Hapag-Lloyd|Hapag-Lloyd Airlines
* Inter Airlines
* Lufthansa
* Luftfahrtgesellschaft Walter
* Nordic Leisure
* Nouvelair
* Onur Air
* Pegasus Airlines
* Sky Airlines
* SunExpress
* Tunisair
* Wizz Air

Destinations include Barcelona, Alicante, Berlin, Bozen-Bolzano, Budapest, Dresden, Gdansk, Geneva, Katowice, Krakow, Leipzig, London, Milan, Munich, Nice, Nuremberg, Palma, Paris, Poznan, Prague, Rome, Stuttgart, Warsaw, Westerland, Vienna and Zurich, as well as numerous vacation destinations around the Mediterranean Sea.

==Facilities and Transportation==
== External Links ==

=== Spotters ===
*http://www.aeroweb.de/
*http://www.dtm-spot.de Plane-spotting in Dortmund (German)
*http://www.spottinglinks.de Plane-spotting in Dortmund and spotting-links (Eng./Germ.)

Cologne Bonn Airport

2006-07-10T15:14:42Z

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[[Category:Germany]]
{{categorynoregion|Europe|Germany}}

Cologne/Bonn Airport, also called Konrad-Adenauer-Flughafen and Flughafen Köln-Wahn is the sixth largest airport in Germany. In terms of cargo flights it is No. 2.

It is situated in the Wahner Heide nature reserve, 15 km south-east of Cologne and 20 km north-east of Bonn.

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==History==

In 1913 the first plane took off from the Wahner Heide military training area on an artillery reconnaissance flight. In 1939 an airfield was built for the German Luftwaffe.
After World War II, British troops took over and expanded the airport. A 1,866m-runway was built in this period. In 1951 the airport was opened for civilian air traffic.

During the 50s and 60s two more runways and a new terminal were constructed. On 1 November 1970 a Boeing 747 took off for New York for the first time.

In 1986 Cologne/Bonn Airport was chosen by United Parcel Service|UPS as the location for their European hub.

In the late 90s the Airport started an expansion program. Several new parking lots and a second terminal were built, and in 2004 a railway station on the new InterCity Express|ICE-high-speed-track Cologne-Frankfurt was opened.

Coinciding with the start of several low-cost airlines in Germany, Cologne/Bonn opened new capacity. This enabled the airport to make competitive offers to the airlines. Consequently, [http://www.germanwings.com Germanwings] and [http://www.hlx.com Hapag-Lloyd Express] started operations from Cologne/Bonn as their hub in the fall of 2002. They were joined by [http://www.easyjet.com easyJet] in late 2003.

As a result, the number of passengers in 2003 rose by 43% compared to 2002.

The airport is actively searching for airlines willing to establish the first trans-atlantic low-cost flights.
==Official Spotting Locations==

===Observation deck===

The airport observation terraces provide visitors with a view of the principal take-off and landing runway, the apron, cargo areas and the military section.
The observation platforms are located at Terminal 1 between B and C.
The terrace is open daily from 06.30 to 22.00; admission is free.
'''Please note'''
For safety reasons, the visitors terrace is not open in bad weather, thunderstorms or icy conditions.

'''Pictures'''
{{anetlink|966044}} Air Berlin Airbus A320-214 EC-HZU on final app. 14L
{{afleetlink|38538}} Fly-DBA Boeing 737-3L9 D-AGEJ on taxiway to terminal 2
{{afleetlink|38479}} BH Air - Balkan Holidays Airbus A320-211 LZ-BHC

==Other Spotting Locations==

===Upper Deck of P3===
Provides a good view of the Terminal 2 apron and the approach to 14L. P3 is open 24hours/7days.

==Locations to Avoid==

===Location===

==Regular Traffic==
'''Airlines'''

[http://www.airbaltic.com Air Baltic (BT)] 735

[http://www.airberlin.com Air Berlin (AB)] 738 320 F100

Air Cairo (MSC) 321

[http://www.atlasjet.com Atlas International (OGE)] 320 752

[http://www.austrianairlines.de Austrian Airlines (OS)] CRJ

[http://www.airbosna.ba/ B&H Airlines (JA)] AT7 320

[http://www.bluewings.com Bluewings (BWG)] 320

[http://www.british-airways.com British Airways (BA)] 734 319 320 752 762

[http://www.centralwings.com Centralwings (C0)] 733

[http://www.cimber.com Cimber Air (QI)] CRJ

[http://www.cirrus-airlines.de Cirrus Airlines (C9)] DHC

[http://www.condor.de Condor (DE)] 320 752 753

[http://www.continental.com Continental Airlines (CO)] [may 2006] 752

[http://www.czechairlines.de CSA Czech Airlines (OK)]

[http://www.flydba.com dba (DI) ] 733 F100

[http://www.eae.aero EAE European Air Express (EA)]

[http://www.easyjet.com easyJet (EZY)] 733 737 319

[http://www.gexx.de Germania Express (ST)] F100

[http://www.germanwings.com germanwings (4U)] 319 320

[http://www.hlx.com Hapag-Lloyd Express (HLX)] F100 735 737

[http://www.thrakia.de Hemus Air (DU) ] TU154 BAE146

[http://www.intersky.biz/ InterSky (3L) ]

[http://www.iran-air.com Iran Air (IR)] A300 A310 741 742 747SP

[http://www.klm.com KLM Royal Dutch Airlines (KL)] F50

[http://www.ltu.com/ LTU (LT)] 320 752

[http://www.lgw.de Luftfahrtgesellschaft Walter (HE)]

[http://www.lufthansa.com Lufthansa (LH)] CRJ 733 735 319 320

[http://www.mngairlines.com MNG Airlines (MNB)]

[http://www.onurair.de Onur Air (OHY)]

[http://www.pegasusairlines.com Pegasus (PGT)]

[http://www.scandinavian.netS AS Scandinavian Airlines (SK)]

[http://www.skyairlines.net Sky Airlines (SHY)]

[http://www.skyeurope.com Sky Europe (NE)]

[http://www.spanair.com Spanair (JKK)]

[http://www.sunexpress.de Sun Express (XQ)] 738

[http://www.tunisair.com Tunis Air (TU)]

[http://www.turkishairlines.com Turkish Airlines (TK)] 734 738 320 321
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'''Fights to:'''

'''''GERMANY:'''''
Berlin-Schoenefeld (SXF) DE, Berlin-Tegel (TXL) DE, Berlin-Tempelhof (THF) DE, Dresden (DRS) DE, Erfurt (ERF) DE, Frankfurt (FRA) DE, Friedrichshafen (FDH) DE, Hamburg (HAM) DE, Leipzig (LEJ) DE,Munich (MUC) DE, Nuernberg (NUE) DE, Rostock-Laage (RLG) DE,Westerland-Sylt (GWT) DE,

'''''EUROPE:'''''
Alicante (ALC) ES, Amsterdam (AMS) NL, Ankara (ESB) TR, Antalya (AYT) TR, Arrecife/Lancarote (ACE) ES, Athen (ATH) GR, Banja Luka (BNX) BA, Barcelona (BCN) ES, Bari (BRI) IT, Bilbao (BIO) ES, Birmingham (BHX) GB, Bologna (BlQ) IT, Bratislava (BTS) SK, Budapest (BUD) HU, Cagliari (CAG) IT, Dalaman (DLM) TR, Danzig (GDN) PL, Djerba (DJE) TN, Dublin (DUB) IE, Dubrovnik (DBV) CR, Edinburgh (EDI) GB, Faro (FAO) PT, Fuerteventura (FUE) ES, Funchal/Madeira (FNC) PT, Geneva (GVA) CH, Genova (GOA) IT, Goeteborg (GSE) SE,Helsinki (HEL) FI, Ibiza (IBZ) ES, Istanbul (IST) TR, Istanbul-Sabiha Goekcen (SAW) TR, Izmir (ADB) TR, Jerez de la Frontera (XRY) ES, Cairo (CAI) EG, Kattowice (KTW) PL, Klagenfurt (KLU) AT, Copenhagen (CPH) DK, Krakow (KRK) PL, Las Palmas/Gran Canaria (LPA) ES, Lissabon (LIS) PT, Liverpool (LPL) GB, London-Gatwick (LGW) GB, London-Heathrow (LHR) GB, London-Stansted (STN) GB, Madrid (MAD) ES, Mailand-Malpensa (MXP) IT, Malaga (AGP) ES, Malta (MLA) MT, Manchester (MAN) GB, Marseille (MRS) FR, Moskau-Vnukovo (VKO) RU, Murcia (MJV) ES, Napoli (NAP) IT, Nizza (NCE) FR, Olbia/Sardinia (OLB) IT, Oslo (OSL) NO, Palermo (PMO) IT, Palma de Mallorca (PMI) ES, Paphos (PFD) GR, Paris (CDG) FR, Pisa (PSA) IT, Porto (OPO) PT, Poznan (POZ) PL, Prag (PRG) CZ, Riga (RIX) LV, Rijeka (RJK) HR, Rimini (RMI) IT, Rom-Fiumicino (FCO) IT, Salzburg (SZG) AT, Sarajevo (SJJ) BA, Sevilla (SVQ) ES, Sofia (SOF) BG, Split (SPU) HR, Stockholm (ARN) SE, Teneriffa-South (TFS) ES, Thessaloniki (SKG) GR, Tiflis (TBS) GE, Valencia (VLC) ES, Varna (VAR) BG, Venecia (VCE) IT, Verona (VRO) IT, Viena (VIE) AT, Warshaw (WAW) PL, Zagreb (ZAG) HR, Zuerich (ZRH) CH,

'''''INTERNATIONAL:'''''
Agadir (AGA) MA, New York-Newark (EWR) US [may 2006], Hurghada (HRG) EG, Luxor (LXR) EG, Monastir (MIR) TN, Sharm el Sheikh (SSH) EG, Teheran (THR) TR, Tel Aviv (TLV) IL,

==Facilities and Transportation==

== External Links ==

=== Spotters ===
*http://www.aeroweb.de/
*http://www.aviation-friends-cologne.de/
*http://www.spotter-cgn.de/
*http://www.cgn-forum.de/

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