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'''EuroAirport Basel-Mulhouse-Freiburg''' (de: Flughafen Basel-Mülhausen-Freiburg; fr: Aéroport de Bâle-Mulhouse Fribourg), also known as '''EuroAirport''' or simply '''Basel-Mulhouse''' is the international airport that servers the city of Basel (CH), Mulhouse (F) and Freiburg (D). It's 6Km (3.7mi) North-west of Basel, 30Km (18Mi) South-east of Mulhouse and 77Km (47mi) South-west of Freiburg. | '''EuroAirport Basel-Mulhouse-Freiburg''' (de: Flughafen Basel-Mülhausen-Freiburg; fr: Aéroport de Bâle-Mulhouse Fribourg), also known as '''EuroAirport''' or simply '''Basel-Mulhouse''' is the international airport that servers the city of Basel (CH), Mulhouse (F) and Freiburg (D). It's 6Km (3.7mi) North-west of Basel, 30Km (18Mi) South-east of Mulhouse and 77Km (47mi) South-west of Freiburg. | ||
Basel-Mulhouse-Freiburg is the only developed airport in [[FlightGear]] that is operated by 3 countries (Switzerland, France and Germany), hence the name "EuroAirport". The Airport lies completely in French soil (with public transport connections from Switzerland operated by SBB <nowiki>[Swiss Federal Railworks]</nowiki> and a local Bus line from Basel), but the airport is categorized as a Swiss airport. The reason why is | Basel-Mulhouse-Freiburg is the only developed airport in [[FlightGear]] that is operated by 3 countries (Switzerland, France and Germany), hence the name "EuroAirport". The Airport lies completely in French soil (with public transport connections from Switzerland operated by SBB <nowiki>[Swiss Federal Railworks]</nowiki> and a local Bus line from Basel), but the airport is categorized as a Swiss airport. The reason why is due to a 1949 treaty with France which allowed Switzerland to build the airport in French soil. | ||
Because of the EuroAirport being tri-national, it has 3 [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Air_Transport_Association_airport_code IATAs]: BSL (The Swiss code for Basel), MLH (The French code for Mulhouse) and EAP (international code for EuroAirport). This airport has a similar state to [[LSGG|Geneva's Airport]], excluding the multiple [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Air_Transport_Association_airport_code IATAs]. Its [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Civil_Aviation_Organization_airport_code ICAO] code is LFSB. | Because of the EuroAirport being tri-national, it has 3 [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Air_Transport_Association_airport_code IATAs]: BSL (The Swiss code for Basel), MLH (The French code for Mulhouse) and EAP (international code for EuroAirport). This airport has a similar state to [[LSGG|Geneva's Airport]], excluding the multiple [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Air_Transport_Association_airport_code IATAs]. Its [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Civil_Aviation_Organization_airport_code ICAO] code is LFSB. | ||
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{{note|The grass runways are ''merely'' for special events/recreation, or can be requested in the pilot's behalf, if one wishes according to its aircraft.}} | {{note|The grass runways are ''merely'' for special events/recreation, or can be requested in the pilot's behalf, if one wishes according to its aircraft.}} | ||
There are 5 start-up positions, which are the 5 [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Helipad helipads], the actual gates have to be added, so we ask you to start-up here. Then push back to a gate of choice on Terminal 1 (the only one). After that, you can ask the tower for start up and other normal procedures. | There are 5 start-up positions, which are the 5 [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Helipad helipads], the actual gates have to be added, so we ask you to start-up here. Then push back to a gate of choice on Terminal 1 (the currently only developed one, although 2 exist). After that, you can ask the tower for start up and other normal procedures. | ||
LFSB has "6" runways, tough only 4 are used (as cited above). | LFSB has "6" runways, tough only 4 are used (as cited above). | ||