Petition failed: No restrictions on night flights in Nuremberg

Residents living near Nuremberg Airport have turned to the State Parliament's Transport Committee with a request to restrict night-time take-offs and landings. However, several petitions were rejected at Tuesday's meeting when committee members from the CSU and Free Voters refused to consider them.

In contrast to other Bavarian airports such as Munich and Memmingen, where restrictions apply to night flights, Nuremberg Airport is permitted to operate flights throughout the night - with the exception of minor restrictions. On Wednesday alone, 6 takeoffs were planned between midnight and 00:14 a.m., mainly holiday flights to the Mediterranean or Egypt.

The government parties justified their opposition to a ban on night flights by arguing that this could jeopardise the business model of the airport, which is financed half by the Free State of Bavaria and half by the city of Nuremberg.

Committee members from the SPD and the Greens, however, argued that holiday flights could also take place during the day and that residents had a right to a quiet night's sleep. They stressed that there was no obvious reason why citizens in the Nuremberg area were less entitled to this right than people living near the Memmingen and Munich airports.