Peenemunde Airport

The Peenemunde Airport, which is more popular by the name of Peenemunde Airfield, lies to the east of Peenemunde, in Germany. The main feature of the airport is that it serves both military as well as civilians. Besides having a constant arrival and departure of passenger Flights to Peenemunde, the Peenemunde Airport serves as a parking area for former military vehicles belonging to the NVA. The fairly long runway of the airport facilitates the operations of flight schools.

The airport is a fairly old one as it was established in the year 1938. In those days, Peenemunde Airport served as an airfield, where airplanes were tested in the army laboratory. However, following World War II, the army, Peenemunde Airport went into the hands of the army of the Soviet Union. Again in 1961, the National People's Army (NVA) took over the charge of the Airport in Peenemunde till 1989.


Some of the chief features of the Peenemunde Airport in Germany, Europe can be listed as follows:

• The airport has been coded as EDCP by International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) and as PEF by International Air Transport Association (IATA).
• The runway of the airport is paved with concrete and measures 7800 feet in length.
• The airport in Peenemunde does not provide any customs service.
• Peenemunde Airport, Germany does not have an officially published instrument approach (known as Instrument Flight Rules or IFR) procedure at the airport. This suggests that the airport is not safe for flights to take-off from or land especially during bad weather or inadequate light.
• The light aircrafts are a special attribute to the Peenemunde Airport that takes tourist on trips to the surrounding places.

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