Hof–Plauen Airport

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Hof–Plauen Airport

Flughafen Hof–Plauen
Summary
Airport typePublic
OwnerCity of Hof
OperatorFlughafen Hof-Plauen GmbH
ServesHof, Germany
Elevation AMSL1,960 ft / 597 m
Coordinates50°17′24″N 011°51′23″E / 50.29000°N 11.85639°E / 50.29000; 11.85639
Websiteflughafen-hof-plauen.de
Map
Hof is located in Bavaria
Hof
Hof
Location of airport in Bavaria, Germany
Map
Runways
Direction Length Surface
m ft
08/26 1,480 4,856 Asphalt
Sources: Airport,[1] AIRPORTS.DE,[2] DAFIF[3][4]
AIP at German air traffic control.[5]

Hof–Plauen Airport (German: Flughafen Hof–Plauen) (IATA: HOQ, ICAO: EDQM) is a regional airport serving Hof, a city in the German state of Bavaria. The airport is located 3.2 nautical miles (6 km) southwest of Hof.[2]

Facilities

The airport is at an elevation of 1,958 feet (597 m) above mean sea level. It has one runway designated 08/26 with an asphalt surface measuring 1,480 by 30 metres (4,856 ft × 98 ft).[1][2]

Airlines and destinations

There are currently no scheduled services to and from Hof–Plauen Airport. The last route was operated by Cirrus Airlines on behalf of Lufthansa to Frankfurt Airport and ceased in January 2012. Since then, there were only charter and business flights. In 2017, there were around 7,000 departures and landings. The airport and the runway is also used by BMW for testing new cars, mostly electric cars and autonomous driving.

See also

References

  1. ^ a b Info for Pilots Archived 2011-07-19 at the Wayback Machine. Flughafen Hof–Plauen.
  2. ^ a b c Hof – Plauen – Flughafen (EDQM) Archived 2007-06-07 at the Wayback Machine at AIRPORTS.DE
  3. ^ Airport information for EDQM[usurped] from DAFIF (effective October 2006)
  4. ^ Airport information for HOQ at Great Circle Mapper. Source: DAFIF (effective October 2006).
  5. ^ "AIP VFR online". dfs.de. DFS Deutsche Flugsicherung GmbH. Retrieved 2023-02-21.

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