Cologne Butzweilerhof Airport Flughafen Köln-Butzweilerhof | |||||||||||
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 Main entrance, 1937 | |||||||||||
| Summary | |||||||||||
| Airport type | Defunct | ||||||||||
| Operator | various | ||||||||||
| Location | Cologne, West Germany | ||||||||||
| Opened | 13 May 1926[1] | ||||||||||
| Closed | 31 December 1995 | ||||||||||
| Passenger services ceased | 1980[2] | ||||||||||
| Hub for | Deutsche Luft Hansa | ||||||||||
| Built | 1912 | ||||||||||
| Elevation AMSL | 48 m / 158 ft | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 50°59′05.3″N 6°53′29.1″E / 50.984806°N 6.891417°E | ||||||||||
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Sources: DoD FLIP[3] | |||||||||||
Butzweilerhof was an airport of Cologne in West Germany. It was established as a training airfield in 1912, and saw airline service from 1922 until the 1950s. It was replaced by the Cologne Bonn Airport. The airport buildings from 1935-36 are registered as listed monuments, and a rare example of airport architecture from the interwar period. From 1951 to 1967, it was operated by the Royal Air Force as RAF Butzweilerhof.[4]
- ^ Tajdel, Chantal (3 July 2006). "Der 'Butz' in neuem Glanz". KStA.de (in German). Kölner Stadt-Anzeiger. Archived from the original on 20 December 2009.
- ^ Müller, Werner. "1980-1989 — Die Flieger müssen den Butz verlassen". www.luftfahrtarchiv-koeln.de (in German). Retrieved 6 April 2023.
- ^ DoD Flight Information Publication (Enroute) - Supplement Europe, North Africa and Middle East. St. Louis, Missouri: Defense Mapping Agency. 1990. pp. B-64–B-65.
- ^ Barrass, M B; Noad, Colin. "RAF Butzweilerhof". rafweb.org. Air of Authority - A History of RAF Organisation. Retrieved 17 April 2023.