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Heringsdorf Airport (german: Flughafen Heringsdorf) is a regional airport located near Garz on the island of
Usedomer Bäderbahn Regionalbuslinie Fahrplan 2022
(in German). Retrieved 13 February 2022. Rental cars and taxis are also available.
Usedom
Usedom (german: Usedom , pl, Uznam ) is a Baltic Sea island in Pomerania, divided between Germany and Poland. It is the second largest Pomeranian island after Rügen, and the most populous island in the Baltic Sea.
It is north of the Szczecin ...
in Germany
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. It used to be an East German
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airbase
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and today features summer leisure routes from cities in Germany and Switzerland as well as general aviation
General aviation (GA) is defined by the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) as all civil aviation aircraft operations with the exception of commercial air transport or aerial work, which is defined as specialized aviation service ...
.
The airport takes its name from the nearby municipality of Heringsdorf
Heringsdorf is a semi-urban municipality and a popular seaside resort on Usedom Island in Western Pomerania, Germany. It is also known by the name Kaiserbad ('' en, Imperial Spa'').
The municipality was formed in January 2005 out of the former ...
, located some to the north. The largest town on the island however is Świnoujście
Świnoujście (; german: Swinemünde ; nds, Swienemünn; all three meaning " Świna ivermouth"; csb, Swina) is a city and seaport on the Baltic Sea and Szczecin Lagoon, located in the extreme north-west of Poland. Situated mainly on the island ...
in Poland
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, immediately to the east of the airport.
Facilities
Heringsdorf Airport features a single small terminal building equipped with check-in facilities and an information desk. The apron features one stand for mid-sized-aircraft such as theAirbus A319
The Airbus A319 is a member of the Airbus A320 family of short- to medium-range, narrow-body, commercial passenger twin-engine jet airliners manufactured by Airbus. The A319 carries 124 to 156 passengers and has a maximum range of . Final asse ...
and several stands for smaller aircraft such as the Cessna 172
The Cessna 172 Skyhawk is an American four-seat, single-engine, Monoplane#High, high wing, fixed-wing aircraft made by the Cessna Aircraft Company.
. By winter 2015, the airport has been equipped with renewed firefighting and security facilities as well as a refurbished check-in area.
Airlines and destinations
The following airlines currently operate seasonal flights at Heringsdorf Airport: The nearest major international airport isBerlin
Berlin is Capital of Germany, the capital and largest city of Germany, both by area and List of cities in Germany by population, by population. Its more than 3.85 million inhabitants make it the European Union's List of cities in the European U ...
, approx. to the south.
Statistics
Ground transportation
Usedomer Bäderbahn
The Usedomer Bäderbahn (UBB) with its head office in Heringsdorf, northeastern Germany, is a 100 percent-owned subsidiary of the German national railway, Deutsche Bahn and the owner and operator of the railway network on the island of Usedom
...
busline 286 runs from Heringsdorf to the airport from Monday to Friday; there is no direct public transport connection to Świnoujście.(in German). Retrieved 13 February 2022. Rental cars and taxis are also available.
See also
*List of airports in Germany
This is a list of airports in Germany, sorted by location.
Germany, officially the Federal Republic of Germany, is a country in Central and Northern Europe. It is bordered to the north by the North Sea, Denmark, and the Baltic Sea; to the east b ...
* 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 ...
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