# Aachen-Merzbrück Airport (AAH / EDKA)

**Aachen-Merzbrück Airport** (IATA: AAH, ICAO: EDKA) is a small airport in Aachen, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It opened in 1914. It has one runway, 1,160 m (3,805 ft) long, asphalt.

Web page: https://dromopedia.com/airports/edka

## At a glance

- IATA / ICAO: AAH / EDKA
- Type: Small airport
- Serves: Aachen, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
- Opened: 1914
- Elevation: 190 m / 623 ft
- Coordinates: 50.8231, 6.1864
- Runways: 1
- Longest runway: 1,160 m / 3,805 ft
- Time zone: UTC+1/+2 · Europe/Berlin
- Website: https://www.forschungsflugplatz.de/
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aachen_Merzbr%C3%BCck_Airfield (12 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q571434
- Weather station: ETNG · WMO 10500
- Ident: EDKA

## Timeline

- 1914: Aachen-Merzbrück Airport opens.

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 07/25 | 1,160 m / 3,805 ft | 18 m / 59 ft | Asphalt |  |  |

## Rankings

Ranked among 48,075 open airports; = marks a shared place.

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Longest runway | 1,160 m / 3,805 ft | =11,189 of 29,858 | #1,252 in Europe | #116 in DE |
| Elevation | 190 m / 623 ft | =24,917 of 43,403 | =2,303 in Europe | =469 in DE |
| Age | Opened 1914 | =81 of 15,079 | =65 in Europe | =13 in DE |
| Runways | 1 | =4,364 of 29,978 | =646 in Europe | =85 in DE |

## Radio frequencies

| Type | Description | MHz |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Info | Aachen Radio | 122.880 |
| AFIS | Langen Information | 125.525 |
| AFIS | Langen Information | 129.875 |

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## Sources

- [NOAA Aviation Weather Center](https://aviationweather.gov/data/api/): Weather data: NOAA Aviation Weather Center (Public Domain (US Government))
- [OurAirports](https://ourairports.com/data/): Airport data from OurAirports (Public Domain)
- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org): Structured data from Wikidata (CC0 1.0)
- [timezone-boundary-builder](https://github.com/evansiroky/timezone-boundary-builder): Time zone boundaries © OpenStreetMap contributors, timezone-boundary-builder (ODbL 1.0)
- Every figure with its source: https://dromopedia.com/airports/edka/data