Achmer Aerodrome Explained

Achmer Airport
Icao:EDXA
Operator:Osnabrücker Verein für Luftfahrt e.V.
Location:Bramsche, Lower Saxony, Germany
Elevation-F:177
Elevation-M:54
Coordinates:52.3775°N 61.81°W
Pushpin Map:Germany Lower Saxony
Pushpin Mapsize:250
Pushpin Map Caption:Location of airport in Lower Saxony, Germany
Pushpin Label:EDXA
Pushpin Label Position:right
Metric-Rwy:y
R1-Number:07/25
R1-Length-M:940
R1-Length-F:2297
R1-Surface:Grass
Footnotes:Source: Osnabrücker Verein für Luftfahrt e.V.[1]

Achmer Airport (German: Flugplatz Achmer) is a regional airport located 4km (02miles) southwest of Bramsche, 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 German Luftwaffe and after their withdrawal also by British Royal Air Force as Advanced Landing Ground B-110 Achmer.[2]

Facilities

The airport resides at an elevation of 177feet above mean sea level. It has a grass runway designated 07/25 which measures 940mx30mm (3,080feetx100feetm).

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Anflug – Achmer EDXA . German . Osnabrücker Verein für Luftfahrt e.V. . 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.