Rabensberg Airport
Rabensberg Airport Rabensberg Flughavn | |||||||||||
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| Airport type | Public | ||||||||||
| Owner | Municipality of Rabensberg Department of Transport | ||||||||||
| Operator | Rabensberg Airport Board | ||||||||||
| Serves | Rabensberg | ||||||||||
| Location | Municipality of Rabensberg, Radictistan | ||||||||||
| Hub for | Mountain Airways | ||||||||||
| Elevation AMSL | 5,154 ft / 1,571 m | ||||||||||
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Rabensberg Airport is located within the Municipality of Rabensberg in the County of Norcustsur of the Grand Duchy of Radictistan. It is utilized by scheduled passenger and cargo flights as well as by general aviation. The airport is most significant as a point of transfer between large commercial aircraft and smaller aircraft flown by regional airlines such as Mountain Airways which uses the airport as its main base of operations.
Infrastructure
Rabensberg has a single runway 2.4 kilometers long. It is equipped with a microwave landing system and an ILS for use with older aircraft. The sole terminal has twenty-six gates of which five are fully enclosed with jet bridges. The remainder are connected to distant aircraft stands by minibus.
Airlines and destinations
| Airline | Destinations |
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| Norcust Aviation | Hartfer, Nuxenstat, Beschertal, Brightburg, Luerkraft |
| Royal Radictistan Airways | Hartfer, Nuxenstat, Beschertal, Brightburg, Luerkraft, Redclay |
| Norcust Connection operated by Mountain Airways |
Nubarghof, others |
| Norcust Connection operated by SchnellJet |
Redclay |
| Blue Kestrel Airways | Hartfer, Nuxenstat, Beschertal, Brightburg, Luerkraft, others |
Cargo
Mountain Airways provides on-demand cargo service to other airports in Norcustsur using its Il-18 and BT-67 turboprop aircraft. Radictistan Air Parcel Service also serves the airport.
General Aviation
Rabensberg Airport is also popular with private pilots. Dozens of general aviation flights occur every day. The airport is especially busy during the peak winter skiing months.
Ground transportation
The airport is connected to downtown Rabensberg by the municipal trolleybus service. A shuttle bus is also available for the conveyance of passengers to the municipal train station.
Accidents and incidents
On September 25, 2016 a Radictistan Air Parcel Service An-32B-110 crashed during heavy fog into the Manfredsbarg while on final approach to the airport. Both crewmembers were killed.