Münster Osnabrück International Airport

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Münster Osnabrück International Airport ( IATA: FMO, ICAO: EDDG, formerly Münster / Osnabrück Airport ) is an international airport in North Rhine -Westphalia, 20 km from Münster and 30 km from the city of Osnabrück, in the field of town Greven.

• 6.1 1954-1970
• 6.2 1971-1985
• 6.3 1986-2000
• 6.4 2001-2010
• 6.5 from 2011

Catchment area

The catchment area of the airport Münster / Osnabrück in which over six million people live near the cathedral country comprises the northern Ruhr area, southwestern Lower to middle Emsland, as well as parts of the Netherlands border region of Twente, Achterhoek ( Euregio ) and partly also of East Westphalia- lip.

Transport links

As public transportation, there are bus lines R51 and S50 from Münster and the airport bus X150 from Osnabrück, they connect the two eponymous cities with the airport.

In addition, the Münster / Osnabrück airport from the Federal Highway 1 via the connecting points 74 ( Ladbergen ), 76 ( Greven ) and 75 (Münster -Osnabrück airport) is reached, the latter was opened on 17 November 2010.

Expansion plans

Airstrip

Airport operators of the FMO striving since 1994 to an extension of the airstrip, so intercontinental flights can be offered. In contrast, there is massive resistance, especially from the ranks of conservation because of these plans, the FFH area of Eltingmühlenbachs is affected. The river would have to be led under the airstrip in a tunnel.

According to the plan approval procedure at the end of 2004, the Münster / Osnabrück airport could extend its start and runway initially to 3,000 meters, and finally to 3,600 meters. The construction should be started in December 2006 and completed in late 2009. The then Environment Minister Bärbel Höhn ( Alliance 90/The Greens ) announced the end of 2004 the Eltingmühlenbach in the district Steinfurt as FFH zone, which slowed the expansion plans. It was also brought against the plan approval process, inter alia, the Nature Protection Federation ( NABU) action, which was dismissed in July 2006 by the Higher Administrative Court of North Rhine-Westphalia. In contrast, the Wildlife Protection Society had pushed through an appeal to the Federal Administrative Court, which was remitted in July 2009 due to declining passenger numbers to the Supreme Administrative Court. The court in Münster end of May 2011 was not convinced by the idea of airport operators to be with to be extended airstrip to an intercontinental airport. Therefore, the judges argued that the public interest in the expansion did not outweigh the privileged nature of the natural space. In November 2011, FMO and Nature Conservation Association agreed, can now be extended to at least 3,000 m, the start and runway when the Eltingmühlenbach no longer to be laid under the start and runway, but is routed around them.

The project cost of around 19 million euro were created to November 2011 already, the entire stage was originally estimated at around 60 million euros.

Airport FMO

The Airport FMO is a 200 -acre industrial park for the adjoining to the airport industry, which has been reported south of the airport Münster / Osnabrück from the cities of Münster and Greven and the Steinfurt district in 2004. Since nearly a decade found no takers, finally, the requirements were eased, trade thus did not have to be flughafenaffin. So it was not until the spring of 2013, the first major settlement.

Although the urban structure concept of Airport FMO considering the individual requirements of the Habitats protected Eltingmühlenbachs, but was already ahead of the opening for the K1 the nature reserve Hüttruper Heath, which lies between this impasse and the Dortmund -Ems Canal, deliberately devalued. Peripheral grassland of the reserve, which was only created in the 1990s as a buffer zone was wrapped before the assessment and small bodies of water - so-called Blänken with occurrences of the Northern crested newt - were filled. The planning of the Airport FMO includes a total of four implementation stages of which provides for the final development and extensive destruction also of the nature reserve.

Terminals

Münster / Osnabrück airport has two connected terminals. On the ground floor the check- in desks and the arrivals level. The first floor serves as the departure area, there is also the security check behind the upper gates. A staircase can be reached from there the gates A1 to A9, which are in the ground floor of Terminal I,. On the ground floor there is the baggage claim area. In addition, restaurants and some shops are located on the upper floor, a freely accessible observation deck is on the first floor of Terminal 1

Terminal I II

Hall in Terminal I

Check-in counters at Terminal II

Airlines and destinations

History

1954-1970

In 1954 the official approval of the site as a gliding site. On 20 December 1957, the airfield was approved as engine landing site operated by the Air Transport Association Greven. On 21 December 1966, the cities of Münster, Osnabrück and Greven and the districts of Münster and Tecklenburg found the Münster / Osnabrück Airport GmbH. For the first manager Klaus Meyer- Schwickerath, the Chief Administrative Officer of the district of Münster was elected, who held this post until 1974. The limited liability company was established in early 1968 the operator of the aerodrome. On September 24, 1968, the State of North Rhine -Westphalia gave approval for the first stage. He subsequently produced an apron and a 2,000 -meter-long airstrip. The grading was thereby accomplished in the course of an exercise by the British Army of the Rhine.

1971-1985

After five years of construction, the Münster / Osnabrück airport was officially opened on 27 May 1972. In 1973, the launch of the first charter flight from Münster / Osnabrück Airport to Palma de Mallorca took place. The Airport Fire Department received in 1973 a large fire truck Magirus -Deutz with 12,000 liters of water storage.

The tower was commissioned in 1975 in operation and the aviation authority derived its premises. The air traffic control and the instrument landing system (ILS ) allowed henceforth even safer takeoffs and landings. The Declaration as a customs airport was also in 1975, so were " duty-free " as well as freight import and export cargo possible. The start and runway was extended in 1976 to 170 m over a length of 2,170 m.

The first line associated with jet aircraft took place in 1984 at the airport. Also in 1984, British Airways launched first Berlin flights to the BAC 1-11.

1986-2000

Münster / Osnabrück airport was recorded in 1986 as the 12th member of the circle of the international airports of the Federal Republic of Germany. The Hangar 4 was completed in 1987. Münster / Osnabrück Airport in 1989 integrated the tenth commercial airport in the night airmail network of Lufthansa. 1990 was a new control tower in operation. A 1,200 m² cargo hall is since the fall of 1991 are available. Negotiations for the expansion of the start and the airport runway to 3,600 meters began in 1994. 's Planned JSK Architects Terminal I was opened in 1995.

2001-2010

The Terminal II was commissioned in 2001. As to large sized criticized has been identified as a trigger for the financial angle of the airport, which for its establishment was not foreseeable by the terrorist attacks on 11 September 2001 and the Great Depression from 2007 related decline in passengers.

The construction of a new aircraft maintenance hangar for Air Berlin was completed in late 2002 and the intensive care helicopter " Christoph Westfalen" was provided by the ADAC in service and stationed at FMO. In November 2004, the airstrip was renewed, this is a four-day closure of the airport was needed.

In 2005, the state of North Rhine -Westphalia brought the plan approval process for extending the airstrip after ten years of the end. Although the Münster / Osnabrück airport was allowed to extend the railway, but had to take into account strict environmental regulations. The extension of 2,170 m to 3,600 m was estimated at around 120 million euros. On 16 December 2005, the first general meeting decided to extend to 3,000 m. The Supreme Administrative Court dismissed 2006, three lawsuits from environmentalists and also allowed the expansion of the airstrip to 3,600 m.

The new cargo terminal at the airport was opened in 2007, the same year moved LSG Sky Chefs, the new catering building. In the same year, the preparatory work for the development axis of the Airport Park and the motorway connection began.

The Decision of the Administrative Court (OVG ) Münster on 13 July 2006 ( Federal Administrative Court ) Frankfurt remanded repealed in 2009 and for a new trial on the OVG Münster by the Federal Administrative Court.

On 17 November 2010 the motorway junction for the Airport Park was opened, began in May 2011, where the construction of the new ADAC Air Rescue Station " Christoph Westfalen".

From 2011

End of May 2011, the zoning decision to start and runway extension has been declared illegal, so that the expansion plans were for the time being stopped. In November 2011, FMO and Nature Conservation Association agreed on the runway only to extend to 3,000 m and it redirect the Eltingmühlenbach. On 12 December 2012, decided that the airport by Stadtwerke Münster will receive funds in the amount of 9.54 million euros in the next five years, which can be used at the discretion of the airport operator for the expansion of the runway.

End of September 2013 were - after the Council of the City of Osnabrück had already decided similarly - decided by the Council of the city of Münster as one of the major shareholders, the terms of a significant increase in capital. Thus, a total of more than 27 million euros to the FMO will be provided in three installments available by 2015. The operating company has now caused almost 100 million euros of debt, and the losses in the current financial year of 10 million euros and still continuously declining passenger numbers.

Passenger volume

The year 2000 was approximately 1.8 million passengers, the passenger busiest year to the airport. Since 2008, passenger numbers declined at first slightly, but significantly from 2011. 2012, the one- million mark was only just reached in 2013 only 862,000 passengers were recorded, corresponding to a decrease of about 16 % compared to 2012.

Shareholder

Regulatory services

• German Air Navigation Services (DFS )
• Main Customs Office Münster
• Police Station Airport Greven the district police Steinfurt
• Flight weather station Münster / Osnabrück
• Luftsicherheitststelle FMO ( Münster District Administration, Department 26)
• Air traffic controllers FMO ( Münster District Administration, Department 26)
• Federal Police

Settled carriers

Executive charter

• Gausepohl Air Service ( service in 2013 set )
• MSR flight charter ( service set 2008 )
• BAC ( Business Aircraft Charter.de ) Citation Mustang operators

More

• The Hansa Aerial Sensors and Photogrammetry GmbH has stationed here several aircraft that are used for photo flights and flights with other sensors from the FMO.
• Aerotreff.de flight school at FMO GmbH
• Flight School MSR
• Flight School TFF
• Location of the ADAC Rettungs-/Intensivtransporthubschraubers " Christoph Westfalen"