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    • germany Flughafen Cuxhaven / Nordholz

    Wurster Nordseeküste, Lower Saxony

    Germany





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    1.2321 Aeronauticum, Lower Saxony
    12.2020DECUX Cuxhaven, Lower Saxony
    15.6301 Grosser Knechtsand, Lower Saxony
    23.0196 Bremerhaven Port, Bremen
    25.4182 Bremerhaven Reinkenheide, Bremen
    32.5283DE20 Nordergruende OWF, Offshore Germany




    1958 to present

    53° 46' 0'' N - 8° 39' 0'' E
    1nm ESE of Nordholz
    ICAO: ETMNIATA:
    Elevation: 73 feet




    History of this Location

    Nordholz is the home base of the Marinefliegerkommando (German Naval Air Command) and since 2016 shared the runway with Cuxhaven Airport
    1913 - 1921 First use during WWI by Marine-Luftschiffer-Abteilung
    1935 - 1945 Used by German Luftwaffe
    1958 - 1963 MFG2 (NAW2)
    1963 - now MFG3 (NAW3)
    since 1981 add. Heliport with Westland Lynx Mk.88
    2012 - now MFG5 (NAW5) based with 20 Sea Kings coming from Kiel Holtenau

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    List of units at Nordholz

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    YearsRotary Wing Aircraft Unitbold : Current Model
    normal: Unit no longer at this base
    2012/    MFG5NH90 NFH 2025
    NH90 NTH Sea Lion 2019/   
    EC135P2+ 2013/   
    Super Lynx mk88a 2012/   
    Sea King 1973/   
    1958/    MFG3Super Lynx mk88a 2000/12
    Lynx mk88 1981/00




    Nordholz News

    Sea Lion Delivered to MFG5, 11-Jun-20 : #SeaLion German Navy’ Naval Air Wing 5 (Marinefliegergeschwader 5, MFG5) at Norholdz airbase took delivery of the NH90 NTH (Naval Transport Helicopter) Sea Lion. The official reception ceremony will take place on June 25

    CAE Training Solutions for German Sea Lion, 19-Dec-19 : #Simulator CAE Germany signed contract with the NATO Support and Procurement Agency (NSPA) to supply simulator and trainers to the German Navy for the new NH90 Sea Lion helicopter

    5,000 Flight Hours for German Navy’ Trainer EC135, 25-Jul-19 : #trainer The Marineflieger, German Naval Aviation, completed 5,000 flight hours of training with the civilian EC135 operated by DL Helicopter Technik in Nordholz

    NH90 Maintenance Training Rig to German Navy, 18-Jun-19 : #SeaLion Reiser Simulation and Training GmbH delivered a state-of-the-art training equipment for technicians with a functional cockpit of the NH90 “Seelöwe” (Sea Lion) during the German Armed Forces Day at Nordholz. First of 18 helicopters to be delivered in October

    Royal Navy Wildcat Deployed on German Frigate, 14-Jul-17 : For the first time Royal Navy new Wildcat deployed on a foreign vessel spending 7 weeks with the German Bundesmarine frigate Lübeck

    16-May-17 - German Navy Sea King Simulator Upgrade


    Operations

    DatesOperation
    13-aug-1517-aug-15SAR Meet 2015




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