A German airport remains on the short and curlies

Each year the Association of the Cockpit pulls out to check the German airports, a safety. A from the falls. The most important results.

A sends the Vereinigung Cockpit: The German airports would be examined by the authorities and approved. Therefore, they were all "basically good enough", so the pilots ' Union. However, she sees potential for improvement. You want to with your airport check-point that leads you annually since 1978 by.

In the study, the German Airports are checked for certain characteristics that go beyond the legal requirements. Be a rating of the security in respect of arrival and departure, preventing accidental Driving on a track, the rollers and the Parking and Other safety-enhancing equipment. The actions have positive consequences, the Association of the Cockpit. More and more often, representatives of the pilots would be considered in the assessment of the safety Handbook, the trade Union.

Seven airports only "satisfactory"

So there is only one airport in Germany, and the pilots to be critically assessed and only with the grade of "Sufficient" is provided. In Mannheim, you criticize the Lack of a piste dsicherheit area, as well as deficiencies in the approach to the runway. Only enough for a grade of 3.6. The airport is in the southwest of Germany has not improved since 2015.

As the best German airports of Munich and Leipzig/Halle come to 1.6. The grade of "Satisfactory" are Hamburg, Hannover, Heringsdorf, Memmingen, Saarbrücken, Sylt, Weeze classified. Rating of 1 means "Very good" and 6 for "Unsatisfactory"

The assessment of all the German airports you can download here.

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