Essen/Mülheim Airport (IATA: ESS, ICAO: EDLE), is a minor unscheduled airport located 6 km (3.7 mi) south-west of Essen and 3 km (1.9 mi) south-east[1] of Mülheim, North Rhine-Westphalia. It serves the western Rhine-Ruhr metropolitan region, the largest urban agglomeration in Germany.
Essen/Mülheim Airport Flughafen Essen/Mülheim | |||||||||||
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Airport type | Public | ||||||||||
Serves | Mülheim/Essen and the eastern Rhine-Ruhr area, Germany | ||||||||||
Elevation AMSL | 129 m / 423 ft | ||||||||||
Coordinates | 51°24′12″N 006°56′24″E / 51.40333°N 6.94000°E | ||||||||||
Website | flughafen-essen-muelheim.de | ||||||||||
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Airlines and destinations
editThere are no scheduled flights to or from the airport, it is mainly used for flight training, general aviation and business charters. The nearest passenger airports are Düsseldorf Airport and Dortmund Airport. Essen/Mülheim is home to blimps used for aerial advertising.
See also
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editExternal links
edit- Media related to Flughafen Essen/Mülheim at Wikimedia Commons
- Current weather for EDLE at NOAA/NWS
- Accident history for ESS at Aviation Safety Network