🇩🇪 Braunschweig-Wolfsburg Airport

Braunschweig-Wolfsburg Airport (IATA: BWE, ICAO: EDVE) is a public/private airport located in Braunschweig, Germany, between Hanover and Magdeburg. It was originally constructed by the German Air Ministry in the 1930s.

The airport is a significant center for gliding in Germany and is primarily used for general aviation, particularly business traffic. It serves Braunschweig and Wolfsburg. While there are no scheduled public passenger or cargo services, it handles unscheduled traffic with business jets and ad hoc charter flights. Volkswagen Air Services uses the airport as a focus city for its business routes to other European sites of the company and its subsidiaries.

Notable features and operations include:

• Research Focus The airport is part of the Aeronautics Research Centre Niedersachen (NFL), a joint scientific undertaking involving the Technical University of Braunschweig, the German Aerospace Center (DLR), and Leibnitz University in Hannover. The DLR uses the airport for research, including flying a research Airbus A320 for flight control and supervision programs.
• Maintenance Services Aerodata provides 7-day maintenance services for various aircraft types and is the official service center for Hawker Beechcraft.
• Runways The main runway (08/26) is 2,300 meters (7,546 ft) long and 30 meters (98 ft) wide with an asphalt surface. There is also a parallel grass runway (08R/26L) that is 900 meters (2,953 ft) long. The main runway was extended in 2009 from 1,680 meters to 2,300 meters, a project supported by Volkswagen and DLR to accommodate larger aircraft.

The airport handles approximately 35,000 aircraft movements annually.

*Sources researched: forschungsflughafen.de, en.wikipedia.org, flightera.net*