Düsseldorf-Mönchengladbach Airport

Düsseldorf-Mönchengladbach Airport Flughafen Düsseldorf-Mönchengladbach
IATA: MGL – ICAO: EDLN Düsseldorf-Mönchengladbach Airport Location of the airport in Germany
Summary
Airport type		Public
Operator		Flughafen Düsseldorf
Location		Mönchengladbach
Elevation AMSL		125 ft / 38 m
Coordinates		51°13′49″N 06°30′16″E / 51.23028°N 6.50444°E / 51.23028; 6.50444 (Düsseldorf-Mönchengladbach Airport)Coordinates: 51°13′49″N 06°30′16″E / 51.23028°N 6.50444°E / 51.23028; 6.50444 (Düsseldorf-Mönchengladbach Airport)
Runways
Direction	Length		Surface
	m	ft
13/31	1,200	3,937	Asphalt
Source: German AIP at EUROCONTROL[1]

Düsseldorf-Mönchengladbach Airport (Flughafen Düsseldorf-Mönchengladbach) (IATA: MGL, ICAO: EDLN) is an airport located 4.4 km (2.7 mi) northeast^[1] of Mönchengladbach and 15.2 km (9.4 mi) west of Düsseldorf.

History

The airport was founded in 1955 as a small airstrip for gliders. A hangar was built in 1957 and the next year a control tower and passenger terminal were constructed. The construction of the 1,200 m (3,937 ft) runway, that is still used today, began in 1970 and it was completed in 1973. From 1996 until 2002 the Dutch airline VLM operated direct services to London City Airport with Fokker 50 aeroplanes providing up to 24 weekly flights in each direction. The current layout is illustrated here: http://www.rzjets.net/airports/?show=5353

The British Army of the Rhine undertook an exercise in 1955, in accord with the then NATO-Strategy of quick reaction. They built a basic 'field-made' airfield on the grass-covered area for an air-landing-exercise on this site. On finishing this exercise, the British Army of the Rhine handed the area over to the Mayor of Mönchengladbach for use as an airfield.

Present

Since the last airline, GLOBUS, had left, there were no more scheduled flights in Mönchengladbach. Today, the airport, which is co-owned by the company which also runs Düsseldorf International Airport (70 ) and the local utility company NVV AG (30%), is dominated by general aviation. Additionally, there are some chartered passenger flights.

Future

To solve the problem of a short runway, the airport has filed a governmental application to build a longer runway^{[citation needed]}. The runway is to be lengthened to 2,320 m (7,612 ft) and the terminal is to be enlarged to serve 3 million passengers a year.^{[citation needed]}

References

1. ^ ^{a b} EAD Basic

• Development Association Airport Mönchengladbach
• Statement by the German green party
• Air Berlin BAe146-200 departing from runway 13

This article is a translation of the German language article "Flughafen Düsseldorf-Mönchengladbach" in the German Wikipedia. (as it was on February 19, 2005)

External links

• Düsseldorf-Mönchengladbach Airport
• Current weather for EDLN at NOAA/NWS
• Accident history for MGL at Aviation Safety Network