ETNT - Wittmundhafen

Overview

Wittmundhafen Overview

Wittmundhafen is a military airfield in the northwest of Germany which is home to the Taktische Luftwaffengeschwader 71 „Richthofen“ by the German Air Force. For the most part, Wittmundhafen handles Military Jet traffic.


Charts can be found in the MIL AIS.

Wittmundhafen ATC Stations

Station
Frequency
Login
SI
Anmerkung
Tower
118.730
ETNT_TWR
NTT --

Radar

123.600
ETNT_APP
NTR
--

If Nordholz Radar is offline, Wittmund Radar (ETNT APP) will take over full responsibility for AoR Nordholz and top-down responsibilities at ETMN. Therefore, Wittmund Radar shall consult the SOP of Nordholz before connecting to the Vatsim network.

Tower

Control Zone

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Ground Movements

Parking Positions

Wittmundhafen consists of multiple Aprons with multiple Hangars. Wittmund Tower should only instruct aircraft to taxi to the apron.

Taxi Instructions

Wittmund Tower doesn’t need to provide detailed taxi instructions to military traffic if there is no conflicting traffic.

Departing Traffic

Wittmund Tower should inform departing traffic about current weather conditions. In the case of military traffic, the colour code is sufficient.

Wittmund Tower shall only issue IFR clearances after coordination with EDWW sector Eider West (EIDW)!

Every IFR departure from ETNT requires a departure release from both ETNT APP and Bremen Radar before issuing a takeoff clearance!

SID-Assignments
Quick Reaction Alert (QRA)

The QRA for the northern part of the German Airspace is stationed in the east of the airport and is a closed-up area inside the airport. In case of a scramble Wittmund Tower needs to inform Wittmund Radar and should clear the runway to avoid any delays for the QRA. The QRA will prefer runway 26 to reduce taxi time and can be expected to leave the CTR to the top. Wittmund Tower should hand off the QRA to Wittmund Radar when airborne.

Scramble and other Special operations are only authorized to be performed by members of a VSOA! Non-VSOA members performing special operations should always be reported to a VATSIM Supervisor.

Arriving Traffic

Approaches Types

Wittmundhafen is equipped with a TACAN approach onto runway 08 and an ILS and TACAN approach onto runway 26. 

There are also PAR and SRA approaches available on both runways.
Wittmund Radar will maintain Radio contact with the aircraft performing a PAR or SAR until landed. Wittmund Tower should inform Wittmund Radar if the runway is clear and the aircraft performing the PAR/SRA is cleared to land.

Radar

Area of Responsibility

Wittmund Radar is responsible for departing and arriving traffic from/to ETNT as well as for IFR traffic at EDWE and EDWI. 

When online, Wittmund Radar activates its delegated AoR within the Bremen ACC sector Eider West (EIDW). Full responsibility is delegated to Wittmund Radar for this airspace.


EDWW ETNT AoR.pngAoR Wittmund

Wittmund Radar shall inform Bremen ACC sectors EIDW, FRI and Nordholz Radar (ETMN APP)  about the opening and closing of AoR Wittmund immediately!

If Nordholz Radar is offline, Wittmund Radar (ETNT APP) will take over full responsibility for AoR Nordholz and top-down responsibilities at ETMN. Therefore, Wittmund Radar shall consult the SOP of Nordholz before connecting to the Vatsim network.

Airspace

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Wittmundhafen is equipped with a TMZ and RMZ. This will ensure that VFR traffic in the vicinity of the aerodrome is known to Wittmund Radar. The RMZ will only be used by traffic not equipped with a transponder (not applicable in Vatsim). Traffic within the TMZ of Wittmundhafen shall monitor Wittmund Radar's frequency and squawk 4472. This traffic is not required to make an initial call to ATC. Still, ATC may contact this traffic when required (e.g. traffic information about IFR traffic). 

Procedures

Arriving Traffic

Departing Traffic

EDWE Traffic

EDWI Traffic

Approach Types

Runway 08

Runway 26

Since Wittmund Precision is currently not implemented on VATSIM, PAR approaches can only be conducted if traffic levels permit - if necessary, Wittmund Radar can coordinate with civilian ATC to keep other inbound traffic outside of the airspace while a PAR approach is taking place; whether this is possible, however, depends on the current workload of civilian ATC.