Dresden Airport Dresden Airport Dresden Airport is the international airport in Dresden, the capital of the German Free State of Saxony. It is located in Klotzsche, a district of Dresden north of the city centre. It was known in German as "Flughafen Dresden-Klotzsche". Destinations from the airport include a few European cities and several holiday destinations. Elbe Flugzeugwerke (EFW), a subsidiary of Airbus and ST Aerospace, is based at the airport. EFW is mainly tasked with freighter conversions. The airport was opened to commercial traffic on 11 July 1935. Though planned as a commercial airport, its importance to the military increased dramatically
German frigate Hamburg March and 3 June 2013 "Hamburg" deployed with the carrier combat group, and was tasked with co-ordinating all flight movements within a radius of 180 km, including all take-offs and landings on the carrier. "Hamburg" was the first German ship to fully integrate into an American Strike group, and it was the first time in the history of the US Navy that a German frigate was entrusted with the sole protection of an American aircraft carrier. On 11 February 2014 "Hamburg" deployed from Wilhelmshaven with the frigates "Mecklenburg-Vorpommern" and "Augsburg", the corvette "Oldenburg " and the storeship "Frankfurt am Main"