Flughafen-Betriebsgesellschaft Cuxhaven/Nordholz mbH

About the Sea Airport Cuxhaven/Nordholz

Flughafen-Betriebsgesellschaft Cuxhaven/Nordholz mbH was founded in 1995 and operates the sea airport Cuxhaven/Nordholz (IATA: FCN, ICAO: ETMN) on the grounds of the Nordholz Naval Airbase in the municipality of Wurster Nordseeküste in the district of Cuxhaven. The company is organized as a public-private partnership and handles civil air traffic as a civil joint user of the military airfield; since 1 March 2016, part of the civil air traffic previously operated via the Bremerhaven-Luneort airfield has been handled from Nordholz. The range of services includes civil flight operations, OPS/PPR handling and JET A1 refuelling; AVGAS and MOGAS are not available. Users include operators of business aircraft, the Aero-Club Bremerhaven and individual airlines. Flight operations take place with 48 hours advance notification (PPR) during published opening hours. Companies have been settling in the adjacent industrial area since 2023, including a logistics support centre of the company Intec.

Site

Wurster Nordseeküste

Processes

Flight operations (civil joint user of a military airfield), OPS/PPR handling, JET A1 refuelling

Materials

OPS/PPR handling, JET A1 refuelling

Founded

1995

Industries

Aviation, Business air traffic, Military aviation (military airfield)

1. 01

   OPS/PPR handling

2. 02

   Flight operations (civil joint user)

3. 03

   JET A1 refuelling

Services

Location

Walter-Carstens-Str. 1, 27639 Wurster Nordseeküste

DE

Operation of the civil sea airport Cuxhaven/Nordholz (ETMN/FCN)

Materials

Flight operations, OPS/PPR, JET A1

Air Traffic & Users

Inside the production

History of the Airbase

1. 1912

   Construction order for a naval base near Nordholz by the Imperial Navy Office; one of the largest airship bases in the First World War

2. 1921

   Demolition/dismantling of almost all hangars in accordance with the Treaty of Versailles

3. 1935

   Takeover of the site by the Luftwaffe as operational airfield 'Neckar'

4. 1995

   Founding of Flughafen-Betriebsgesellschaft Cuxhaven/Nordholz mbH

5. 2016

   Relocation of part of civil air traffic from Bremerhaven-Luneort to Nordholz

6. 2020

   Start of a transformation process at the airport (November 2020)

7. 2023

   Start of construction of a logistics support centre of the company Intec in the adjacent industrial area

8. 2025

   Announcement of Bundeswehr investments of approx. €400 million in the airfield's infrastructure