Baldonnel Aerodrome
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Casement Aerodrome Aeradróm Mhic Easmainn |
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| Airport type | Military | ||||||||||||||
| Owner | Department of Defence | ||||||||||||||
| Operator | Irish Air Corps | ||||||||||||||
| Location | Baldonnel, Dublin, Ireland | ||||||||||||||
| Elevation AMSL | 319 ft / 97 m | ||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 53°18′06″N 06°27′04″W / 53.30167°N 6.45111°W | ||||||||||||||
| Website | Air Corps | ||||||||||||||
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Casement Aerodrome (Irish: Aeradróm Mhic Easmainn) or Baldonnel Aerodrome (IATA: N/A, ICAO: EIME) is a military airfield to the southwest of Dublin, Ireland situated off the N7 main road route to the south and south west. It is the headquarters and the sole airfield of the Irish Air Corps, and is also used for other government purposes.
The airport is the property of the Irish Department of Defence. Baldonnel Aerodrome is also the home of the Garda Air Support Unit.
The airfield was first laid out in 1917 and was used by the Royal Flying Corps (soon to become the Royal Air Force). It was part of the RAF's Ireland Command.
The aerodrome was originally run by two pilots from the Royal Air Force. The airfield was the one from which the first successful east-west Atlantic crossing by a Junkers W33 aeroplane, the Bremen, took off on 12 April 1928 with Baron Hünefeld, Hermann Köhl and Captain James Fitzmaurice as co-pilot, as well as the first Aer Lingus flight took place on May 27, 1936. It was also the destination at which Douglas Corrigan landed on his famous 'wrong way' flight across the Atlantic.
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