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'''Frankfurt am Main Airport''' is also known as '''Flughafen Frankfurt am Main or Rhein-Main-Flughafen''' and is the international airport that serves the city of Frankfurt am Main. It is located 12 km (7.5mi) southwest of downtown Frankfurt am Main, and is the busiest airport in Germany. This airport is complete with respect to the Terminals. However, as there are constant changes going on in reality, work is never really finished. In addition to the airport the scenery also contains a fair amount of skyscrapers of Frankfurt and some other details. The version available through terrasync is reasonably up-to date.
'''Frankfurt am Main Airport''' is also known as '''Flughafen Frankfurt am Main or Rhein-Main-Flughafen''' and is the international airport that serves the city of Frankfurt am Main. It is located 12 km (7.5mi) southwest of downtown Frankfurt am Main, and is the busiest airport in Germany. This airport is complete with respect to the Terminals. However, as there are constant changes going on in reality, work is never really finished. In addition to the airport the scenery also contains a fair amount of skyscrapers of Frankfurt and some other details. The version available through terrasync is reasonably up-to date.


The version in the GIT repo contains some future changes (new runway, buildings under construction). In addition to that there is a new custom scenery with many details for the area around the airport.
The version in the GIT repo contains some future changes (new runway, buildings under construction). In addition to that there is a new custom scenery with== many details for the area around the airport.


== Runways ==
== Runways ==
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=== Runway 18 ===
=== Runway 18 ===
Runway 18 does not have an [[Instrument Landing System]] as it is used only for departures in real life. There is NO runway 36 as that direction leads towards the Taunus mountains that would be in the way at takeoff.
Runway 18 does not have an [[Instrument Landing System]] as it is used only for departures in real life. There is NO runway 36 as that direction leads towards the Taunus mountains that would be in the way at takeoff.
== See also ==
[[Airports]]
<br />
[[ATC at EDDF]]


== External links ==
== External links ==

Revision as of 23:55, 1 August 2012

Frankfurt am Main Airport
EDDF1.jpg
IATA: FRA ICAO: EDDF
Type Public
Owner Fraport
City Frankfurt am Main
website
Runways
Runway Length Material
07L/25R 2800 m Concrete
07C/25C 4000 m Asphalt
07R/25L 4000 m Asphalt
18 4000 m Concrete


EDDF (Frankfurt Scenery)

Back to Germany Scenery Overview

Autor: Christian Schmitt and others
Where to get: Generally, changes go mostly directly into the scenery DB and are distributed via terrasync. Some yet unpublished updates are to be found in this repo: http://gitorious.org/papillon81/flightgear-custom-scenery

Description

Frankfurt am Main Airport is also known as Flughafen Frankfurt am Main or Rhein-Main-Flughafen and is the international airport that serves the city of Frankfurt am Main. It is located 12 km (7.5mi) southwest of downtown Frankfurt am Main, and is the busiest airport in Germany. This airport is complete with respect to the Terminals. However, as there are constant changes going on in reality, work is never really finished. In addition to the airport the scenery also contains a fair amount of skyscrapers of Frankfurt and some other details. The version available through terrasync is reasonably up-to date.

The version in the GIT repo contains some future changes (new runway, buildings under construction). In addition to that there is a new custom scenery with== many details for the area around the airport.

Runways

EDDF has 4 runways. The runways are positioned approximately parallel. Three of them are east-west, and the other is north-south.

Runway 07L-25R

Instrument Landing System is available for runway 07L, tune your NAV radio to 111.75 with a heading of 069.614.
Instrument Landing System is available for runway 25R, tune your NAV radio to 111.35 with a heading of 249.568.

Runway 07C-25C

Instrument Landing System is available for runway 07C, tune your NAV radio to 110.55 with a heading of 069.614.
Instrument Landing System is available for runway 25C, tune your NAV radio to 109.50 with a heading of 249.568.

Runway 07R-25L

Instrument Landing System is available for runway 07R, tune your NAV radio to 110.95 with a heading of 069.619.
Instrument Landing System is available for runway 25L, tune your NAV radio to 110.70 with a heading of 249.571.

Runway 18

Runway 18 does not have an Instrument Landing System as it is used only for departures in real life. There is NO runway 36 as that direction leads towards the Taunus mountains that would be in the way at takeoff.

See also

Airports
ATC at EDDF

External links

Airport Diagrams for all official airport documents, including SID, STARS, IAC, etc.
Layout for an Overview