Kassel Airport Flughafen Kassel |
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Airport type | Public | ||||||||||||||||||
Operator | Flughafen Kassel GmbH | ||||||||||||||||||
Serves | Kassel, Germany | ||||||||||||||||||
Elevation AMSL | 820 ft / 250 m | ||||||||||||||||||
Coordinates | 51°25′15″N 009°23′32″E / 51.42083°N 9.39222°ECoordinates: 51°25′15″N 009°23′32″E / 51.42083°N 9.39222°E | ||||||||||||||||||
Website | flughafenkassel.de | ||||||||||||||||||
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Source: German AIP at EUROCONTROL
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Kassel Airport (formerly Kassel-Calden Airport,German Flughafen Kassel) (IATA: KSF, ICAO: EDVK) is a minor international airport serving the German city of Kassel in the state of Hesse. It is located 1.9 km (1.2 mi) west of Calden, 16.7 km (10.4 mi) northwest of Kassel and is mainly used for business and general aviation. There is also a flight school, an ultralight flying school, and a parachuting school based on site.
Built on farmland, 908 ft (277 m) ASL lying NNE of the Hoher Dörnberg, the airport was opened on 11 July 1970. It has been operated as a public–private partnership since 1991.
A completely new regional airport has been built next to the old airport to accommodate commercial chartered and scheduled carriers as well as the business and general aviation from the old airport. The new airport has officially opened on 4 April 2013 with the arrival of a Germania flight from Frankfurt Airport.
The new airport faced several struggles when opened. The most important customer at first was the travel agency branch of REWE Group, with charter flights to the Mediterranean region. Originally, these were planned to be operated by XL Airways Germany. Following the bankruptcy of that airline, Enter Air was contracted instead, but also pulled out on 20 March 2013. The flights to Tenerife operated by Germania where scheduled to end in October 2013 but already terminated on 22 August 2013 due to low demand. Additionally, the flights to Antalya offered by Tailwind Airlines were reduced in frequency and served less than once a week.