Cottbus-Drewitz Airport

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

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.

External links

• Official website (German)