Cottbus-Drewitz Airport

Cottbus-Drewitz Airport
Cottbus-Drewitz Airport
Flugplatz Cottbus-Drewitz
IATA: CBUICAO: EDCD
Cottbus-DrewitzAirport is located in Germany
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Cottbus-
Drewitz
Airport
Location of airport in Germany
Summary
Airport type Civilian
Operator Flughafen Süd-
Brandenburg-Cottbus GmbH
Serves Cottbus
Location Jänschwalde-Drewitz
Built 1939
Elevation AMSL 276 ft / 84 m
Coordinates 51°53′22″N 14°31′55″E / 51.88944°N 14.53194°E / 51.88944; 14.53194Coordinates: 51°53′22″N 14°31′55″E / 51.88944°N 14.53194°E / 51.88944; 14.53194
Website www.flugplatz-drewitz.de
Runways
Direction Length Surface
ft m
07/25 8,148 2,484 Concrete
07L/25R 4,197 1,499 Grass

Cottbus-Drewitz Airport (IATA: CBUICAO: EDCD) is a civilian airport located in Drewitz, an Ortsteil of Jänschwalde, approximately 25 km (16 miles) north-east of Cottbus in Brandenburg, Germany.

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History

During World War II Cottbus-Drewitz Airport was used by the Luftwaffe and from 1956 by the National People's Army.

Upon German reunification in 1990, the Luftwaffe officially took over the airport once again but after 1993, the airport's new owners, Flughafen Süd-Brandenburg-Cottbus GmbH, had opened it up for civilian use.

In April 2000 a new control tower was opened.

Present

The airport is most often used for charter flights for the football team FC Energie Cottbus, but is also used for training flights by Air Berlin, TUIfly, Lufthansa and Germania.

Aside from a bistro serving the terminal, there is also a small aviation museum and flying school.

Future

Due to investors pulling out, there has been several failed attempts to turn the civilian airport into a freight hub, similar in design to Frankfurt-Hahn with a 3,000-metre-long runway (9,800 ft).

References

This article incorporates information from the equivalent article on the German Wikipedia.

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