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Borkum Airport is a small island aerodrome off the German North Sea coast in Lower Saxony, serving the island of Borkum with connections to the mainland at Emden and acting as a base for sightseeing flights. With three grass and asphalt runways and no instrument approach, it is very much a VFR field, popular with light aircraft pilots visiting one of the East Frisian Islands.
Borkum Airport is a small aerodrome on the island of Borkum, the westernmost of the East Frisian Islands off the Lower Saxony coast of Germany. It is operated by Stadtwerke Borkum and provides a short-hop air link to the mainland town of Emden as well as serving as a base for scenic and general aviation flights around the island. For a simulator pilot it offers a compact, low-level island approach over open water followed by a short grass or sealed runway landing, with no instrument approach to rely on.
The airfield lies on Borkum island, situated between the town of Borkum and the Ostland area, off the German North Sea coast. Traffic in the area is coordinated through Langen Information, and pilots operating locally use Borken Radio for airfield information. There is no published controlled airspace detail here beyond these advisory services, consistent with the field's status as an uncontrolled aerodrome with a flight information service.
Borkum Airport has three physical runways. The main runway, 13/31, is 3270 feet long, has a hard surface and is lit. Two grass runways complement it: 05/23 at 2325 feet and 12/30 at 2314 feet, both also lit. There is no ILS at the field, so all approaches are flown visually.
Pilots can obtain flight information from Langen Information on AFIS frequency 128.525 MHz. Local airfield information is provided by Borken Radio on 121.21 MHz. There are no navaids or instrument approach procedures published for the field, so arrivals and departures are conducted under visual flight rules.
The airfield sits between the town of Borkum and the Ostland area of the island, making the built-up area of the town and the surrounding coastline useful visual references when approaching from the mainland or from seaward.
Borkum Airport is operated by Stadtwerke Borkum and supports scheduled light-aircraft services to and from Emden on the mainland, in addition to sightseeing flights around the island. The field is used by small private aircraft, and prior permission is required for visiting pilots.
