Airports / Germany / BWE
Braunschweig-Wolfsburg Airport
EDVE / BWEBraunschweig, GermanyELEV 295 FT
Based operators
Field elevation
Nearest alternate
Field standing
25 nm
To the nearest alternate
Celle Army Airfield (ETHC) — 4 fields within 50 nm.
Overview
Located in Braunschweig, Germany, Braunschweig-Wolfsburg Airport (EDVE / BWE) operates as a mid-sized airport. Field elevation is 295 feet above sea level. Free of scheduled airline operations, it serves business aviation, charter flights, and local general aviation.
For charter flyers, BWE is a home base: Volkswagen AirService GmbH operates from the field. The closest alternate fields are Celle Army Airfield (ETHC, 25 nm), Hannover Airport (HAJ, 33 nm), and Faßberg Air Base (ETHS, 38 nm).
Trip costs from BWE are driven by the aircraft category flown and how far it must reposition. Browse operators flying from the area or estimate a trip cost from BWE to plan your flight.
Field capability
ICAO
EDVE
IATA
BWE
FAA / Local
EDVE
Elevation
295 ft
Coordinates
52.3192° N · 10.5561° E
Airspace
G · GolfClass G — GolfUncontrolled field — no tower. Pilots self-announce and sequence themselves on the common traffic advisory frequency.Source: FAA NASR class airspace
Size
Medium
Scheduled svc
No
Elevation vs Germany fields
state range 14–2,231 ft
At 295 ft, BWE sits lower than 64% of the 75 Germany fields on the register.
Based charter operators1
Access & alternates
Closest alternate fields by great-circle distance — every listing links to its own field brief.
- 25nmETHCCelle Army AirfieldCelle
- 33nmHAJHannover AirportHannover
- 38nmETHSFaßberg Air BaseFaßberg
- 42nmETNWWunstorf Air Base
- 54nmETHBBückeburg Air BaseBückeburg
- 62nmEDUZZerbst AirfieldStraguth
Location
Open the full mapEDVE · Braunschweig-Wolfsburg Airport · Braunschweig, Germany