ETMN Flughafen Cuxhaven / Nordholz

Location

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Km	Bearing
1.2	321		Aeronauticum, Lower Saxony
9.9	016		Klinik Cuxhaven (S), Lower Saxony
9.9	017		Klinik Cuxhaven (E), Lower Saxony
12.2	020	DECUX	Cuxhaven, Lower Saxony
15.6	301		Grosser Knechtsand, Lower Saxony
23.0	196		Bremerhaven Port, Bremen

1958 to present
53° 46' 0'' N - 8° 39' 0'' E
1nm ESE of Nordholz

ICAO: ETMN	IATA:

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

List of units at Nordholz	Login to Edit

Years	Rotary Wing Aircraft Unit	bold : Current Model normal: Unit no longer at this base

2012/	MFG5	NH90 NFH 2025 NH90 NTH Sea Lion 2019/ EC135P2+ 2013/ Super Lynx mk88a 2012/ Sea King 1973/

1958/	MFG3	Super Lynx mk88a 2000/12 Lynx mk88 1981/00

Nordholz News

Upgraded Simulator for German Sea Lion, 21-Jul-22 : Rheinmetall Electronics GmbH and Reiser Simulation und Training GmbH (RST) to upgrade simulators for the NH90 NFH Sea Lion helicopter of the German Navy

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

14-Jul-17 - Royal Navy Wildcat Deployed on German Frigate
16-May-17 - German Navy Sea King Simulator Upgrade

Operations

Dates		Operation
13-aug-15	17-aug-15	SAR Meet 2015

Flughafen Cuxhaven / Nordholz

Satellite and aerial maps of Nordholz with nearby locations

1958 to present

History of this Location

List of units at Nordholz

Nordholz News

Operations