EDSB - Karlsruhe/Baden-Baden
Departing Traffic
Parking Position
Airliners use Apron 2. Parking positions 18 to 27 are available for aircraft up to 36 m wingspan. Aircraft with a wingspan between 36 and 52 m need to use parking positions 18A or 19A. Aircraft with a wingspan greater than 52 m park parallel to taxiway S between parking positions 18 and 21. Business jets and similar aircraft use Apron 3.
General Aviation aircraft use Apron 4.
Do not use the North de-icing pad (might be called Apron 1 in your simulator) as a parking position.
Karlsruhe/Baden-Baden is not equipped to handle A380 aircraft. To maintain realism and prevent inconveniences for controllers and other pilots, we ask pilots to choose a different airport when flying the A380.
IFR Clearance and Startup
Before requesting enroute clearance, make sure you have listened to the latest ATIS information. You can expect to receive your startup clearance together with your enroute clearance.
Datalink: Pilots able to use PDC/DCL may also request their enroute clearance digitally via the Hoppie CPDLC system. The logon code fordatalink clearances at the airport is EDSB. Whether a controller offers PDC/DCL can be found in the controller info.
Taxi
All parking positions at the airport are taxi-out positions, so you don't need a pushback. Only request taxi if you are able to start taxiing immediately upon receiving taxi clearance.
If you are able for an intersection departure, you should inform the Ground controller which intersection you are able to depart from when requesting taxi clearance.
Make sure you stop taxiing before the runway holding points. The holding points for full length departure are placed before the turn.
Takeoff
Contact the departure frequency stated in the ATIS immediately after takeoff. You will not receive a handoff from the Tower.
Arriving Traffic
Karlsruhe/Baden-Baden is not equipped to handle A380 aircraft. To maintain realism and prevent inconveniences for controllers and other pilots, we ask pilots to choose a different airport when flying the A380.
Approach
Primary ILS approaches are used. Only runway 21 is available for low visibility landings.
Parts of the IFR profiles are within Class E airspace, so you should watch out for VFR traffic unknown to ATC!
Landing
After landing, vacate the runway via the earliest available taxiway.
Do not mistake Baden-Oos 3 NM east of EDSB with Karlsruhe/Baden-Baden when performing visual approaches!
Taxi
You can expect Tower to instruct you to continue taxi onto G.
Contact Baden Ground only after hand off by Tower.
Parking positions on Apron 4 should be entered from the East to face West when parked.
VFR Traffic
General
The Karlsruhe/Baden-Baden CTR extends from ground level to 2500 ft MSL.
VFR traffic can be conducted in English or in German.
Aircraft with an MTOW greater than 5,700 kg in the east traffic pattern need to fly at a minimum pattern altitude of 2000 ft MSL and have to remain west of the highway A5.
Traffic in the pattern at Baden-Oos (EDTB) has to remain below 1600 ft MSL, but does not have to contact Baden Tower. Especially inbounds to EDSB via Romeo need to take care about that.
Taxi
VFR traffic doesn’t require a startup clearance. Initial contact can be made when ready for taxi.
Departure
VFR departures should plan to leave the CTR via Bravo, Echo, November, Romeo or Sierra.
Arrival
VFR arrivals should plan to enter the CTR via Bravo, Romeo, or Whiskey.
Helicopters
The airport has a helipad located in the South located northwest of Apron 4 between taxiways G and Z. Do not connect on the helipad.
The German police as well as the Luftrettung have helicopter hangars at the airport. The police hangar is located just east of taxiway M. It is the west-most hangar on the North of the taxiway.
The Luftrettung hangar is located east of taxiway Z between Apron 3 and Apron 4, and can be reached via taxiway P.
Charts and Scenery
IFR Charts for Karlsruhe/Baden-Baden Airport are available at https://chartfox.org/EDSB (Vatsim Login required).
VFR Charts are available for every airfield in Germany via https://www.vfraip.de/ (official DFS VFR AIP) or with less information at https://www.openflightmaps.org/ed-germany/.
Airport Scenery
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