AirbusA346 From United Kingdom, joined Dec 2004, 7434 posts, RR: 2 Posted (7 years 8 months 3 weeks 1 day 21 hours ago) and read 3057 times:
Can somebody try and answer these questions:
1. What happens there.
2. Where will the USAF go when they stop using FRA.
3. What is going to be built on the site.
And the was an article in a magazine called 'Airports of the World' saying:
Frankfurt, Germany has received Hesse Administrative High Court approval to proceed with the construction of a planned A380 maintenance facility for Lufthansa on the southern side of the airport. Site clearance will begin shortly.
4. Where abouts do they mean it will go.
Tom.
Tom Walker '086' First Officer of a A318/A319 for Air Lambert - Hours Flown: 17 hour 05 minutes (last updated 24/12/05).
1. What happens there.
2. Where will the USAF go when they stop using FRA.
3. What is going to be built on the site.
And the was an article in a magazine called 'Airports of the World' saying:
Frankfurt, Germany has received Hesse Administrative High Court approval to proceed with the construction of a planned A380 maintenance facility for Lufthansa on the southern side of the airport. Site clearance will begin shortly.
4. Where abouts do they mean it will go.
Tom.
It happened already. Part of the airbase which basically was the southern part of Rhein-Main Airport was turned over to Fraport a couple of years ago and the new Cargo City South plus some Maintenance Hangars have been built on this site.
The Air Force officily turns the site over to Fraport Dec 31,2005.
All operations willmove to Ramstein AB and Spangdahlem AB, in fact a lot of traffic has moved already, the number of C17's or C5's on the tarmac is dwindling.
A new Terminal /T3) will be build on the site, increasing the capacity of the airport to approximately 85 Million p/a.
The A380 is not yet on dry grounds but highly likely to happen. It will be on the southern side of the airport, at the western end of the 2 parallel runways and close to the diagonal runway..
C17loadmstr From , joined Dec 1969, posts, RR: Reply 2, posted (7 years 8 months 3 weeks 1 day 20 hours ago) and read 3051 times:
The USAF has already started moving operations to Ramstein AB with overflow going to Spangdalhem. I was at Ramstein last month and the new runway has been completed (not opened) and they were finishing up work on the new parking ramp. I believe all airfield projects are expected to be completed by 01 Oct. Which coincides with EDDF closing its doors.
LMP737 From , joined Dec 1969, posts, RR: Reply 3, posted (7 years 8 months 3 weeks 1 day 19 hours ago) and read 3040 times:
Quoting C17loadmstr (Reply 2): The USAF has already started moving operations to Ramstein AB with overflow going to Spangdalhem. I was at Ramstein last month and the new runway has been completed (not opened) and they were finishing up work on the new parking ramp. I believe all airfield projects are expected to be completed by 01 Oct. Which coincides with EDDF closing its doors.
Is the new runway parallel to the current one? By the way, do they still have the hardened aircraft shelters on the other side of the field?
C17loadmstr From , joined Dec 1969, posts, RR: Reply 6, posted (7 years 8 months 3 weeks 1 day 5 hours ago) and read 2977 times:
Quoting LMP737 (Reply 3): Is the new runway parallel to the current one? By the way, do they still have the hardened aircraft shelters on the other side of the field?
That's a negative on both questions. The new runway is roughly 20 or so degrees off counterclockwise so the base can fly 24 hour ops. (Currently they have quiet hours b/c the approach path is directly over K-town.) Most of the hardened shelters have been demolished though I'm not sure what, if anything, will go on that side of the runway.
AirbusA346 From United Kingdom, joined Dec 2004, 7434 posts, RR: 2 Reply 7, posted (7 years 8 months 2 weeks 6 days 13 hours ago) and read 2906 times:
Can somebody tell me why that building is on the air base and what it is used for, the building i am on about is the glass one with the two white jet bridges.
Duce50boom From , joined Dec 1969, posts, RR: Reply 8, posted (7 years 8 months 2 weeks 6 days 13 hours ago) and read 2900 times:
Tom, that building is where the commercial contract airliners (ie, world airways DC-10s, MD-11s, etc) on the old patriot express and other rotators to or from the desert park at. It's alot easier to keep the herd from wandering over to graze in the grass when they've only got one place to go.
Funny. I thought I was speaking in english. Here's a translation for you; try to keep up:
It's alot easier (less work for those who work in the terminal) to keep the herd (the hundreds of people onboard those planes) from wandering over to graze (smoke, bullshit, urinate, vomit) in the grass (someplace they're not supposed to be, like the flightline) when they've only got one place to go (the jetway to the terminal).
Quoting Duce50boom,reply=8: It's alot easier to keep the herd from wandering over to graze in the grass when they've only got one place to go.
You what, can you speak in english.
Well, ... no problem. The sense of it made it at least into my humble, non native-english mind ... Even though a very flowery description why even the USAF uses boarding bridges at their bigger bases ...
Lurch From United States of America, joined Jul 2008, 0 posts, RR: 2 Reply 12, posted (7 years 8 months 1 week 2 days 23 hours ago) and read 2676 times:
There is a Similar building to that at RAF Mildenhall in Sufolk it is called the AMC Terminal Air Mobility Command and it has at least one Jet Bridge.
AirbusA346 From United Kingdom, joined Dec 2004, 7434 posts, RR: 2 Reply 13, posted (7 years 7 months 3 weeks 4 days 15 hours ago) and read 2513 times:
I have heard on A.net, they have stoped ops and flight at EDDF.
Is this correct.
Tom.
EDIT: My 300th Post, YAYERS
[Edited 2005-09-30 21:47:37]
Tom Walker '086' First Officer of a A318/A319 for Air Lambert - Hours Flown: 17 hour 05 minutes (last updated 24/12/05).
AirbusA346 From United Kingdom, joined Dec 2004, 7434 posts, RR: 2 Reply 15, posted (7 years 7 months 3 weeks 4 days 14 hours ago) and read 2505 times:
L-188 From United States of America, joined Jul 1999, 29350 posts, RR: 62 Reply 16, posted (7 years 7 months 3 weeks 4 days 12 hours ago) and read 2508 times:
Quoting AirbusA346 (Reply 7): Can somebody tell me why that building is on the air base and what it is used for, the building i am on about is the glass one with the two white jet bridges.
A couple of people beat me to it but that was the AMC terminal. Basicly if World, Tower or somebody else was doing a military charter, that is the terminal they would use.
Had to drop somebody off there back in the day.
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