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Karlsruhe Baden-Baden Airport (ICAO EDSB, IATA FKB), also known as Baden Airpark, lies at Rheinmünster in Baden-Württemberg, close to the French border and under Strasbourg's airspace. It offers a single long, ILS-equipped hard runway with full tower and approach services, making it a straightforward and well-equipped destination for visiting sim pilots despite its modest overall size.
Karlsruhe Baden-Baden Airport, known locally as Baden Airpark, is a regional airport near Rheinmünster in Baden-Württemberg, Germany. It carries the ICAO code EDSB and IATA code FKB and is classified as a large airport with scheduled airline service, giving it a fuller set of navigation and air traffic facilities than many fields of similar traffic levels. For a simulator pilot it is notable for its single very long, hard-surfaced, ILS-equipped runway and its position close to French airspace, which brings Strasbourg's approach and information services into the picture.
The airport sits at coordinates 48.7794 N, 8.0805 E at an elevation of 404 feet, at Rheinmünster in Baden-Württemberg, Germany, close to the Franco-German border. Traffic in the area is worked by Strasbourg Radar on approach and by Strasbourg Info as the local flight information service, with Langen Information also available as a wider FIR information frequency and Reims Info listed as an adjacent aeronautical advisory service. This mix of French and German callsigns reflects the airport's location near the boundary between the two countries' airspace structures.
The airport has a single physical runway aligned 03/21, a hard-surfaced strip roughly 8982 to 8989 feet long depending on the threshold measured. Both directions are lit and equipped with an ILS, giving instrument approach capability to either end of the runway.
Baden Tower (Turm) works the frequency 134.105 MHz, with Baden Ground (Rollkontrolle) on 121.83 MHz for taxi instructions. The Baden ATIS broadcasts on 121.28 MHz. Strasbourg Info provides AFIS-type service on 119.58 MHz, while Strasbourg Radar handles approach on 119.45 MHz. Langen Information is available on 128.95 MHz, and Reims Info is listed as an aeronautical advisory service on 124.1 MHz. Both runway ends are served by an ILS.
The airport is also known by the name Baden Airpark, reflecting its role as a civil airfield serving the Karlsruhe and Baden-Baden region.
Karlsruhe Baden-Baden Airport is classified as a large airport with scheduled airline service, supported by a control tower, ground control and ATIS broadcast, indicating an active, professionally controlled operation. Its long, lit, ILS-equipped runway makes it usable in a wide range of weather conditions for both airline and general aviation traffic.
