Flughafen Cuxhaven / Nordholz

Nordholz

ETMN

1958-

1nm ESE of Nordholz, Wurster Nordseeküste, Lower Saxony

53.766667, 8.65 · 73 feet

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1, Peter-Strasser-Platz, Nordholz, Wurster Nordseeküste, Landkreis Cuxhaven, Lower Saxony, 27639, Germany

Nearby Locations

		Km
Nordholz-Spieka	EDXN	0.4	274°
Deutsches Luftschiff und Marinefliegermuseum		1.2	321°
Helios Klinik Cuxhaven		9.9	016°
Helios Klinik Cuxhaven		9.9	017°
Cuxhaven	DECUX	12.2	021°
Wadden See		15.6	301°

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

Units

			Abrev	Nick
1958-	Marinefliegergeschwader 3MFG3	Naval Aviation Wing 3	MFG3
2012-	Marinefliegergeschwader 5MFG5	Naval Aviation Wing 5	MFG5

Operations

13 Aug 20152015

17 Aug 20152015

SAR Meet 2015

News

German Navy Receives First NH90 Sea Tiger

Dec 16, 2025 · NHIndustries (Airbus, Leonardo, and GKN Fokker) has delivered the first of 31 NH90 MRFH (Multi-Role Frigate Helicopter) Sea Tiger helicopters to the German Navy, with deliveries scheduled for completion by 2030 to replace the Sea Lynx Mk.88 fleet
Farewell to the German Sea King Mk41

Sep 1, 2024 · The German Naval Aviation retired its last Westland Sea King helicopter after a career spanning 50 years and 14,645 search and rescue (SAR) missions
CAE Full Mission Training Centre for NH90 Sea Lion

Dec 21, 2023 · CAE GmbH delivered the NH90 Full Mission training centre for the new NH90 NTH Sea Lion helicopter to the German Navy
Sea Lion Tested for Safe Landings on Ships

Apr 20, 2023 · Germany Naval Aviation new helicopters NH90 Sea Lion completed evaluation for landing and take-off from ships in all weather conditions
Upgraded Simulator for German Sea Lion

Jul 21, 2022 · 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

Jun 11, 2020 · 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

Dec 19, 2019 · CAE Training Solutions for German Sea Lion
Jul 25, 2019 · 5,000 Flight Hours for German Navy’ Trainer EC135
Jun 18, 2019 · NH90 Maintenance Training Rig to German Navy

Jul 14, 2017 · Royal Navy Wildcat Deployed on German Frigate
May 16, 2017 · German Navy Sea King Simulator Upgrade

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