# Bitburg Airport (BBJ / EDRB)

**Bitburg Airport** (IATA: BBJ, ICAO: EDRB) is a small airport in Bitburg, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. It opened in 1952. It has one runway, 3,056 m (10,026 ft) long, asphalt. It is operated by United States Air Force.

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

## At a glance

- IATA / ICAO: BBJ / EDRB
- Type: Small airport
- Operator: United States Air Force
- Serves: Bitburg, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
- Opened: 1952
- Elevation: 372 m / 1,220 ft
- Coordinates: 49.9453, 6.5650
- Runways: 1
- Longest runway: 3,056 m / 10,026 ft
- Time zone: UTC+1/+2 · Europe/Berlin
- Website: http://www.flugplatz-bitburg.de/
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bitburg_Airport (9 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q323983
- Weather station: ETAD · WMO 10607
- Ident: EDRB

## Timeline

- 1952: Bitburg Airport opens.

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 05/23 | 3,056 m / 10,026 ft | 45 m / 148 ft | Asphalt | 055° / 235° | yes |

## Rankings

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

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Longest runway | 3,056 m / 10,026 ft | #983 of 29,858 | #137 in Europe | #11 in DE |
| Elevation | 372 m / 1,220 ft | =14,743 of 43,403 | =1,166 in Europe | =284 in DE |
| Age | Opened 1952 | =3,844 of 15,079 | =774 in Europe | =107 in DE |
| Runways | 1 | =4,364 of 29,978 | =646 in Europe | =85 in DE |

## Radio frequencies

| Type | Description | MHz |
| --- | --- | --- |
| AFIS | Langen Information | 123.525 |
| INFO | Bitburg Radio | 118.700 |
| TWR | SPANGDAHLEM TOWER | 122.200 |

## Nearby airports

- [SPM](https://dromopedia.com/airports/etad.md) Spangdahlem Air Base · 10 km / 6.3 mi
- [DE-0286](https://dromopedia.com/airports/de-0286.md) Ernzen Airfield · 16 km / 10.0 mi
- [DE-0038](https://dromopedia.com/airports/de-0038.md) Utscheid Glider Field · 17 km / 11 mi
- [EDRT](https://dromopedia.com/airports/edrt.md) Trier-Föhren Airfield · 18 km / 11 mi
- [EDRD](https://dromopedia.com/airports/edrd.md) Neumagen-Dhron Airfield · 28 km / 17 mi
- [DE-0249](https://dromopedia.com/airports/de-0249.md) Konz-Könen Glider Field · 30 km / 19 mi

## 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/edrb/data