Allendorf Airport (german: Flugplatz Allendorf) is a public
airport
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located north of
Allendorf (Eder)
Allendorf (Eder) () is a municipality which situated in the north west of Hesse, Germany. The municipality is within the Waldeck-Frankenberg district in a rural region called the upper Eder Valley. The Burgwald range is located west of Allendor ...
in
Hesse
Hesse (, , ) or Hessia (, ; german: Hessen ), officially the State of Hessen (german: links=no, Land Hessen), is a States of Germany, state in Germany. Its capital city is Wiesbaden, and the largest urban area is Frankfurt. Two other major histor ...
,
Germany
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, run by the energy company
Viessmann
The Viessmann Group is a German manufacturer of heating and refrigeration systems headquartered in Allendorf (Eder), Germany. With 22 production companies in 12 countries, distribution companies and representative offices in 74 countries and 120 ...
.
The airport was upgraded in 2005 at a cost of
€
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10 million. The runway was lengthened from to its present ; and in January 2006 a
GPS
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instrument approach
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landing system was installed.
See also
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Transport in Germany
As a densely populated country in a central location in Europe and with a developed economy, Germany has a dense transport infrastructure.
One of the first limited-access highway systems in the world to have been built, the extensive German A ...
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List of airports in Germany
This is a list of airports in Germany, sorted by location.
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External links
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Allendorf Airport at World Aero Data
Airports in Hesse
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