Aeródromo de El Berriel
| Aeródromo de El Berriel | |||
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| Characteristics | |||
| ICAO code | GCLB | ||
| Coordinates | |||
| Height above MSL | 9 m (30 ft ) | ||
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| Distance from the city center | 1 km east of Tarajalillo | ||
| Street | GC-500 | ||
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| operator | Real Aeroclub Gran Canaria | ||
| Start-and runway | |||
| 07/25 | 800 m × 20 m asphalt | ||
Aeródromo de El Berriel is an airfield in the municipality of San Bartolomé de Tirajana in the south of the island of Gran Canaria .
The airfield is located directly on the coast around one kilometer east of the Tarajalillo district and eleven kilometers from Maspalomas . The Aeródromo de El Berriel is approved for civil aviation under VFR conditions.
Facilities
On the site there are hangars, a maintenance hall, a petrol station, the office of the aero club and the flight control tower as well as a restaurant with five halls with a total capacity for 500 people.
There is also a flight school at the airfield that trains private and professional pilots.
Racetrack
| Route type: | semi-permanent |
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| Route data | |
| Route length: | 4.4 km (2.73 mi ) |
| Curves: | 15th |
| circuitomaspalomas.com | |
The 4.4-kilometer Circuito Maspalomas motorsport racing track with a covered grandstand is also located on the site of the airfield . The route consists of 5 right and 10 left bends and is driven counter-clockwise.
Trivia
A former Swissair aircraft with the factory number c / n 45553/1038 is in the outdoor area. The former HB-IBP flew as the canton “Schwyz” from 1958 to 1962 in regular service and was the last Douglas DC-7C model made . The aircraft was later sold to SAS , then to JAL and was last used by Spantax with the registration number EC-BBT until 1976.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ^ Aeródromo de El Berriel
- ^ Website Restaurante Aeroclub
- ↑ Escuela de Pilotos ( Memento of July 27, 2014 in the Internet Archive )
- ↑ Motorsport: Speed Circuit Test in the south of Gran Canaria ( Memento from September 23, 2015 in the Internet Archive )
- ↑ Description of the route ( memento from June 25, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) on circuitomaspalomas.com