Bayreuth: introduction
Bayreuth Airport, called Verkehrslandeplatz Bayreuth, is open to international and public civil air traffic.
Located in the municipality of Bindlach, 8.2 km from Bayreuth, it can accommodate gliders, fire-fighting vehicles, turboprops, light jets and helicopters.
AEROAFFAIRES tells you everything you need to know about organising your flight from Bayreuth Airport.
History of Bayreuth Airport
- 1930 : The area now occupied by the airport is used for the first time for a gliding competition. In the following years, the Luftwaffe built an air base here but, at the request of Adolf Hitler, no combat units were installed.
- 1945 : the air base was bombed by the US Army, which later decided to establish a large garrison there.
- 1953 : permission is granted to build a small airstrip to the south-east of the air base.
- 1973 : The city of Bayreuth resumes operations at the airfield. In the following years, the airfield is modernised with additional buildings and classified as a regional airport.
- 1979 : A control zone is established.
- 1982 : The Gliding Championship is held at the airfield and the runway is extended to 1,055 m.
- 1986 : The city of Bayreuth hands over the airport grounds to the German federal government.
- 1992 : The runway is extended again to 1,206 metres.
- 1995 : The City of Bayreuth buys additional land to the north of the airport to build new runways for gliders.
- 1999 : The airport hosts the World Gliding Championship.
