Vöslau-Kottingbrunn airfield
| Vöslau-Kottingbrunn airfield | |
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| Characteristics | |
| ICAO code | LOAV |
| Coordinates | |
| Height above MSL | 233 m (764 ft ) |
| Transport links | |
| Distance from the city center | approx. 5 km east of Bad Vöslau |
| Street | B17 A2 |
| train | no connection |
| Local transport | no connection |
| Basic data | |
| opening | 1927 |
| operator | Airfield Vöslau BetriebsGmbH - FBG |
| Terminals | GAT |
| Runways | |
| 13/31 | 950 m × 23 m asphalt |
| 13/31 grass | 650 m × 25 m grass |
The bad vöslau airport ( ICAO : LOAV ) is a region of the Lower Austrian market town of Kottingbrunn , next to the city of Bad Voeslau situated airfield.
history
Its origins go back to the spring of 1926, when flying caused a great deal of euphoria and the Thour-Thoursfeld accountant in Vöslau managed to secure an airfield in Vöslau .
In 1927, the first found Atlantic crossing by Charles Lindbergh instead. In 1929 Franz Zuzmann wanted to build a private airfield. The only one at the time was the Vienna-Aspern airfield , which was already firmly established. Zuzmann submitted an application to the responsible ministry for construction and leased the fallow agricultural land from the municipality of Kottingbrunn for 30 years. In 1930 he received approval for a private airfield. Despite investments by Zuzmann, he did not succeed in converting the airfield into a public one. In 1938, when Austria was annexed to the German Reich , the airfield was taken over by the German Air Force . Zuzmann received financial compensation.
In 1942 a fighter pilot school was established. After the first Allied air raid on Wiener Neustadt in 1943, an outsourcing operation for the Wiener Neustädter Flugzeugwerke was set up in Vöslau . This also made the airfield a target for American bombers in the last two years of the war. Most of the facilities were badly damaged by an attack by Mustangs . The remainder was destroyed by the withdrawing German troops in 1945.
After the Second World War , the airfield was taken over by the Soviet occupying forces as German property and poorly restored.
The airfield gained historical importance when the Austrian government delegation flew from Vöslau to Moscow on April 11, 1955 to negotiate a state treaty, and when Chancellor Julius Raab returned to the airfield on April 15, he gave his first speech about the success of the negotiations. Only after the State Treaty was the place handed over to the Republic of Austria. Since the armed forces did not need the airfield, the Austrian AERO Club was granted an operating license.
In 1972, the maintenance of the airfield was transferred to the Vienna Airport operating company. After that, major investments such as new buildings and hangars were made and an 850 m long asphalt runway was built. In 1985 the airfield was granted public rights. The airport operator is the Flugplatz Vöslau BetriebsGmbH - FBG.
In 1999 the runway was extended to 950 m, stop areas were built, lighting was installed and an instrument approach procedure was published.
In April 2013, the press reported about an upcoming sale of the airfield, as, according to the auditor of the Court of Auditors, no positive financial year has been recorded since 2008.
Incidents
On July 4, 2018 at 10:15 am local time, a single-engine Cessna 172 crashed and got stuck with its nose in the grass next to the runway. Both inmates, 53 and 65 years old, were killed.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Establishment of an airfield in Vöslau. In: Badener Zeitung , February 20, 1926, p. 4 center. (Online at ANNO ).
- ↑ The great hope: Austria will be free . In: Arbeiter-Zeitung . Vienna April 16, 1955, p. 1 ( berufer-zeitung.at - the open online archive - digitized).
- ^ Report in the Badener Zeitung, accessed July 6, 2013.
- ↑ [1] (PDF; 1.8 MB) Report of the Court of Auditors accessed July 6, 2013.
- ↑ Two dead after plane crash in Bad Vöslau orf.at, July 4, 2018, accessed July 4, 2018.
