Apply for ascent of children's balloons

The Bremen Aviation Authority is the competent authority for issuing permits for the ascent of children's balloons, provided that the place of ascent is in the state of Bremen (Bremen and Bremerhaven) and an airfield is available within a radius of 1.5 km.

Aerodromes in the state of Bremen are

• Bremen commercial airport
• Special helicopter landing site Klinikum Bremen-Mitte,
• Heliport Klinikum Bremen Links der Weser,
• Bremen North Clinic helipad,
• Bremerhaven Reinkenheide Clinic helipad

If you want to launch children's balloons within the so-called control zone around Bremen Airport, you also need an air traffic control clearance from Deutsche Flugsicherung GmbH (DFS), even if you are outside the 1.5 km to an airfield. The control zone covers almost the entire inner city area of Bremen. Further information can be found on the DFS website.
Even if you want to release more than 500 balloons at any location, you need an air traffic control clearance from Deutsche Flugsicherung GmbH (DFS). You can also find further information on this on the website of Deutsche Flugsicherung (DFS).

If the planned take-off location is in Lower Saxony, you must contact the Lower Saxony Aviation Authority in Oldenburg to apply for a permit. This also applies if airfields are involved that are located in Bremen, but the take-off site is in Lower Saxony.

Requirements

The place of ascent is within 1.5 kilometers of airfields. The balloons must have the following characteristics in order to be approved:

• The children's balloons are not filled with flammable gas.
• The children's balloons are not bundled.
• No hard objects (wood, plastic, metal, sparklers, glow sticks, glow sticks, light-emitting diodes (LED) or similar) are attached to or in the children's balloons.
• You can release a maximum of 500 children's balloons.