It is located in a popular tourism area at the Baltic Sea (German: Ostsee) and features no scheduled traffic.

However, it is extensively used for general aviation including upmarket charter traffic[2] as well as gliding.

[3] However, scheduled traffic did not return due to the runway being too short for most modern passenger airplanes.

The new concept is targeted on the establishment of a hot spot for the Offshore wind power industry in the Baltic Sea.

An airport is needed to build the wind parks, secure maintenance and to be in place in case of an accident.