Vilsbiburg airfield
Vilsbiburg airfield | ||
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Characteristics | ||
ICAO code | EDMP | |
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Height above MSL | 441 m (1447 ft ) | |
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Distance from the city center | 3 km south of Vilsbiburg, 20 km southeast of Landshut |
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Basic data | ||
opening | 1934 re-founded as a glider pilot club : 1951/52 restructuring in 1965 |
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operator | Luftsportverein Vilsbiburg e. V. | |
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03/21 | 450 m × 20 m grass |
The Vilsbiburg airfield is the airfield of the Lower Bavarian city of Vilsbiburg in the Landshut district . It is run by the air sports club Vilsbiburg e. V. operated.
The airfield is located almost three kilometers south of the historic center of Vilsbiburg at an altitude of 441 m above sea level. NN in the Vilstal .
history
Aviation has been in operation in Vilsbiburg since 1934. After the end of the Second World War , flight operations were no longer possible due to the flight ban imposed by the Allied occupying powers . When the flight ban was lifted in 1951, it was possible to go back to private aviation in Germany and the club was re-established in 1951/1952. The association has existed in its current form since 1965.
Airfield and equipment
The airfield is a special airfield for all types of aircraft up to 2000 kg and helicopters up to 3000 kg maximum take-off weight (MTOW) and has no regular operating times. The owner and operator of the airfield is the Luftsportverein Vilsbiburg e. V. Landing is only possible after prior notification ( PPR ). The place carries the ICAO code EDMP.
There is a farm building with a ground-level flight control center (frequency 118.060 MHz), a hangar and the clubhouse.
Events
For tax and commercial reasons, sightseeing flights are not offered, but there are opportunities to fly at cost directly from the pilots on request. The traditional indoor festival takes place on the last weekend in August.
Incidents
- On April 8, 2017, an ultralight aircraft of the type WD Flugzeug Leichtbau D4BK made an emergency landing in Vilsbiburg. The aircraft hit hard several times, being severely damaged by a rupture of the fuselage tube. The pilot was unharmed.
traffic
Federal highway 388 runs immediately to the east of the airfield , from which federal highway 299 branches off 500 m to the east . The public transport do not operate the airfield directly, but can in Vilsbiburg to Veit-Landshut railway Neumarkt-Sankt be boarded.
Web links
- Vilsbiburg special airfield
- EDMP at oberpfalz-luftbild.de
- Airfield information for pilots
- Video, flight from Vilsbiburg (EDMP) to Landshut (EDML) with a paramotor (YouTube video 1:04:28)
- Aviation map for Vilsbiburg Airport on SkyVector.com