Swakopmund Airport
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The airfield Swakopmund ( Swakopmund Airfield English ) is the airport of the city of Swakopmund in Namibia. The airport is located southeast of Swakopmund Mondesa on the National Road B2 approximately three kilometers east of the city center and has a 1600 meter long and almost 1,000 meters long airstrip.
Problems
From early 2009 until mid-2012 there was litigation between the city of Swakopmund and the operator Swakopmund Airfield CC, since this is not complied with its contractual obligations alleged and therefore the safety of aerodrome users can no longer sure. 31 October 2009, the operator of the license has been revoked, but refuses to leave this airfield. On November 1, 2009 the aerodrome, the operating license from the Namibian Directorate of Civil Aviation ( Civil Airport Authority) has been withdrawn and to which it has actually closed.
On 15 March 2011 the High Court has complied with the request of the city in Swakopmund and asked the tenant to vacate.
The airfield was legally closed by withdrawal of the license on November 1, 2009. In April 2012, this closure was finally decided by the Directorate of Civil Aviation and locked the airfield for all traffic. In mid-May 2012, the airfield after a runway was rehabilitated on the initiative of the airlines, the airport reopened.