Flight Operations Woensdrecht
- Introduction
- Services offered by the Flight Operations Divisions
1. Flight coordination
2. Providence of flight related information
3. Responsibilities of the Fixed Base Operator - Airport Woensdrecht information
- Current and expected arrivals/ departures
Introduction
The Flight Operations division of Stork/ Fokker Services Woensdrecht is located in building 67 on the Stork/ Fokker Services site at Woensdrecht airport. This location provides the Flight Operations crew with a perfect view over both the entire apron and the threshold of runway 07.
The Flight Operations division in Woensdrecht exists of:
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Frans Kettenis |
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Services offered by the Flight Operations division 
The Flight Operations division Stork/ Fokker Services coordinates all flights that are included in the flight planning of Stork/ Fokker Services (1).
This also means that Flight Operations provides all information required for both ground- and flight operations (2).
Besides these tasks, Flight Operations also acts as a Fixed Base Operator of airport Woensdrecht and offers all related services (3).
1. Flight coordination
Stork/ Fokker Service’s Flight Operations division supports all procedures concerning aircraft that visit Stork/ Fokker Services. The related flights are:
- Maintenance flights, or Functional Check Flights (FCFs)
- Customer Acceptance flights, or Acceptance Check Flights (ACFs)
- Certification flights, or Certificate Test Flights (CTFs)
- Test and Ferry flights (worldwide)
- Special flights such as;
o VIP flights
o Royal flights
o Medical flights
Within the near future, services offered by the Flight Operations division will also be extended to the supervision of:
- Charter flights
- General Aviation (GA) flights
- Helicopter flights
- Freight flights
Related to the supervision of all these flights is the linkage between flight operations and other concerning parties at airport Woensdrecht. This linkage means that the Flight Operations division:
- Informs Production- and Transport divisions within Stork/ Fokker Services about current flight information (which is also done via the online calender).
- Intensively cooperates with the Royal Netherlands Air Force (RNLAF) concerning inbound- and outbound flights with destination Stork/ Fokker Services Woensdrecht (this includes Air Traffic Control (ATC), RNLAF Fire department and the Meteorological Division (LMG)).
- Provides up-to-date flight information to authorities such as the Royal Immigration Division (or ‘Koninklijke Marechaussee’) and customs.
Other responsibilities of the Flight Operations division are:
- Coordination of the storage of all aircraft on the Stork/ Fokker Services terrain
- Coordination of aircraft engine runs
- Arranging catering for outbound flights
- Issue entrance passes for the Military part of Woensdrecht
- Processing flight- and aircraft data
- Supervising Compass Swings
2. Providence of flight related information
Inevitably linked to the supervision and coordination of flights is the provision of all information needed for the proper and safe execution of these flights. The information provided consists of:
- Meteorological information such as NOTAMs (either from the LMG or from the Royal Dutch Meteorological Institute (KNMI))
- ATS Flight Plans (ATS FPLs)
- Weight and Balance sheets
- Test flight schedules
- Maintained flight logbooks of Stork/ Fokker Services
- Aeronautical information
3. Responsibilities of the Fixed Base Operator Woensdrecht
Because of the increase in flight activities at Woensdrecht airport, the demand of ground handling activities has also increased. These ground handling activities are executed and coordinated through the Flight Operations division Stork/ Fokker Services which also acts as the Fixed Base Operator Woensdrecht.
A Fixed Base Operator (FBO) is a service centre on an airport which offers several or more ground handling activities. An FBO may be either be an independent organisation or a division of the airport owner. FBOs occur in many different lay-outs, depending on the size of the airport and the services that they offer. The services offered by the FBO Woensdrecht are available for all aircraft visiting airport Woensdrecht. If you wish to visit airport Woensdrecht and thus require any of the offered services, please subscribe below.
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Airport Woensdrecht information
All information related to airport Woensdrecht, such as runway length, -width, PCN values, communication and navigation aids can be found in the AIP Package Woensdrecht (download PDF file, 182 kB)
Current- and expected arrivals/ departures
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