Rügen Airport
Access
Road
The airfield lies only a few hundred metres from the B 96 federal road.
Rail
The airfield is not far from the railway line from Stralsund via Bergen to Sassnitz/Binz. The nearest station on this line is Teschenhagen, less than 3 kilometres (2 mi) away by road. In Teschenhagen there are hourly connexions at peak times on the RegionalExpress to Stralsund, and to Bergen auf Rügen. There are also connexions to Rostock, Sassnitz and Binz.
History
Beginnings
The airfield started life as an agricultural airstrip in Güttin with a grass runway. After being exclusively used for agricultural flights from 1982 to 1990, in summer 1990 the first round trips over the island were offered, initially with agricultural aircraft of type Let Z-37 and Antonow (AN-2)
Development since 1990
In the years after 1990 the first charter flights to Bornholm, Berlin-Tempelhof and Hamburg were added. In May 1993 the 750 metre-long grass airstrip was replaced by a 900-metre-long tarmac runway with associated taxiways. In 1995 a hangar with a floor area of 20x30 metres was built and PAPI landing lights installed. In July 1998, a new terminal building with a tower and restaurant was opened. There is also a stationary, above-ground fuel tank facility for Avgas as well as Jet A1.
References
- ^ Rügen Airport at www.fallingrain.com. Accessed on 14 May 2012.
- ^ Flugplatz - Historie at www.flugplatz-ruegen.de. Accessed on 14 May 2012.