# Faßberg Air Base (ETHS)

**Faßberg Air Base** (ICAO: ETHS) is a medium airport in Faßberg, Lower Saxony, Germany. It opened in 1934. It has 3 runways; the longest is 2,440 m (8,005 ft). It is operated by German Army.

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

## At a glance

- IATA / ICAO: — / ETHS
- Type: Medium airport
- Operator: German Army
- Serves: Faßberg, Lower Saxony, Germany
- Opened: 1934
- Elevation: 75 m / 245 ft
- Coordinates: 52.9194, 10.1858
- Runways: 3
- Longest runway: 2,440 m / 8,005 ft
- Time zone: UTC+1/+2 · Europe/Berlin
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fa%C3%9Fberg_Air_Base (8 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q830708
- Weather station: ETHS · WMO 10246
- Ident: ETHS

## Timeline

- 1934: Faßberg Air Base opens.

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 09/27 | 2,440 m / 8,005 ft | 29 m / 95 ft | Asphalt | 091° / 271° | yes |
| 09L/27R | 1,000 m / 3,281 ft | 50 m / 164 ft | Grass | 088° / 268° |  |
| 06/24 | 400 m / 1,312 ft | 45 m / 148 ft | Grass | 064° / 244° |  |

## Rankings

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

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Longest runway | 2,440 m / 8,005 ft | =2,696 of 29,858 | =516 in Europe | =31 in DE |
| Elevation | 75 m / 245 ft | =32,812 of 43,403 | =4,102 in Europe | =612 in DE |
| Age | Opened 1934 | =552 of 15,079 | =312 in Europe | =55 in DE |
| Runways | 3 | =151 of 29,978 | =32 in Europe | =4 in DE |

## Radio frequencies

| Type | Description | MHz |
| --- | --- | --- |
| A/D | RADAR | 122.425 |
| A/D | RADAR | 38.540 |
| DIR | HANNOVER DIR | 131.325 |
| TWR | TWR | 42.400 |

## Nearby airports

- [ETHC](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ethc.md) Celle Army Airfield · 38 km / 24 mi
- [HAJ](https://dromopedia.com/airports/eddv.md) Hannover Airport · 61 km / 38 mi
- [BWE](https://dromopedia.com/airports/edve.md) Braunschweig-Wolfsburg Airport · 71 km / 44 mi
- [XFW](https://dromopedia.com/airports/edhi.md) Hamburg-Finkenwerder Airport · 72 km / 45 mi
- [ETNW](https://dromopedia.com/airports/etnw.md) Wunstorf Air Base · 72 km / 45 mi
- [HAM](https://dromopedia.com/airports/eddh.md) Hamburg Helmut Schmidt Airport · 80 km / 50 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/eths/data