Bexbach airfield
| Bexbach airfield | |
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| Characteristics | |
| ICAO code | EDRX |
| Coordinates | |
| Height above MSL | 272 m (892 ft ) |
| Transport links | |
| Distance from the city center | 0.73 km southwest of Bexbach |
| Street | Parkstrasse |
| Local transport | Local transport by bus, train |
| Basic data | |
| opening | 1956 |
| operator | Aero-Club Bexbach e. V. |
| Runways | |
| 06/24 (restricted) | 500 m × 30 m grass |
| 04/22 | 650 m × 30 m grass |
The airfield Bexbach is a special airfield in Saarland , on the southwestern edge of Bexbach area. It has a 550 m long grass runway whose orientation is 06/24 and a 500 m long grass runway whose orientation is 04/22. The place is approved for gliders, motor gliders, powered aircraft, helicopters, microlights, model flights, balloon flights and parachuting.
The call name of the ground radio station is Bexbach Info on the frequency 123.050 MHz, the ICAO code is EDRX.
history
The Bexbach airfield was opened in 1956 by the then mayor Aloys Nesseler. He was very helpful to the club in the search for a new airfield and also brought the area behind the Bergenhalde into discussion. After test flights it was recognized that excellent thermal conditions prevailed at this place.
After the decision to locate the airfield at this point, Mayor Allgayer helped clarify the property issue of the site. The current site was partly bought and partly leased.
On April 29, 1956, the first pilot took off from there on a glider for a test flight. Official flight operations began in autumn 1956. Since the runway that was now in place did not necessarily meet the general requirements, the US pioneers from Ramstein began to lay out today's airfield under the direction of Captain Schwab. The place was leveled with heavy equipment and a gravel pit on the west side was filled in.
On April 2, 1960, the responsible officials checked the work and then allowed the place. In 1994, in agreement with the city of Bexbach, an application was made for an additional runway to reduce noise and was approved by the Saarland government. In easterly winds, gliders have always taken off from here on the winch.
today
The Bexbach airfield is today run by the Aero-Club Bexbach e. V. operated. He practices glider flight, glider aerobatics, motor glider, powered flight, microlight flight and model flight. The club also offers winch starts, F-tows and several times a year special courses such as a glider aerobatics course.
Due to a property dispute, runway 06/24 has been closed to most types of aircraft movements since July 7, 2017.
Design of the traffic pattern
Due to the increasing number of motorized flight operations at the Bexbach airfield, which was once mainly used as a glider airfield, there have been increasing noise complaints from the population in the neighboring communities. In particular, citizens of the Wellesweiler district of Neunkirchen are affected by training and round-robin flights that usually take place on weekends and public holidays.
In response to this problem, the Aero-Club Bexbach e. V. introduced a new traffic pattern in 2012, which is intended to reduce noise pollution in the neighboring towns. In addition, this was officially published for the first time in the AIP VFR aviation manual, so that this approach and take-off procedure is also used by non-local pilots.
Web links
- Web presence of the Aero-Club Bexbach
- Design of the traffic pattern on the Aero-Club Bexbach website
Individual evidence
- ↑ Deutsche Flugsicherung: Selected corrections to the ICAO 1: 500 000 aviation chart, edition March 11, 2010 ( page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (June 17, 2010)
