Is the "Airport Utility" required to run in the background if I want to access the Time Capsule's HD?

Hey there,
I recently purchased a Time Capsule and want to use it for Backups and as an external HD to store files. The setup was easy and it's working so far. Except for one thing:
Whenever I close the "Aiport Utility" on my Mac, I won't be able to connect to my Time Capsule's HD via Finder anymore. As soon as I start "Aiport Utility" again, everything is back to normal and I can access the HD.
So my question is pretty simple: Do I have to constantly run the "Airport Utility", to gain access to the HD of the Time Capsule?
If so, I think that's inconvenient.
Thanks for your help

I'm running Yosemite. I already did some research about this topic and I'm obviously not alone with this problem.
I also stumbled upon this thread of yours: Airport Utility cannot find Time Capsule ("device not found")
I tried some of the things, but unfortunately so far without any success. Guess we'll just have to wait for the upcoming OSX update.

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