Arboga Airfield

Flygplats Arboga
Arboga
Characteristics
ICAO code	ESQO
Coordinates	59 ° 23 '12 "  N , 15 ° 55' 27"  E Coordinates: 59 ° 23 '12 "  N , 15 ° 55' 27"  E
Height above MSL	10 m (33  ft )
Transport links
Street	E 20
Basic data
operator	Arboga Flygklubb
Start-and runway
15/33	2000 m × 40 m asphalt

The Arboga Airport ( Swedish : Arboga Flygplats , ICAO code : ESQO) is a military airfield near Arboga , Sweden .

location

The airfield is located southeast of the city center, on the opposite side of the Arbogaån river at a height of 10 m AMSL . It can be reached via Europastraße 20 .

Flight operations and infrastructure

The airfield has a 2000 m long, 40 m wide asphalt runway with the orientation 15/33. As a military airfield ( PPR ) with restricted civil flight operations, it is only approved for flights according to visual flight rules (VFR).

history

From July 11th to 25th, 2011, the airfield was the venue for the women's glider world championship, in which aircraft in the 15-meter , club and standard competition classes took off. In addition to the Swedish Gliding Association , the local Arboga Flygklubb was also the organizer .

Before the world championship, the world championship for model gliders of the F3K class took place from July 3 to 10, 2011 .

Web links

• official website of the Arboga Flygklubb (Swedish)
• Arboga 2011 : Official website for the 2011 World Sailing Championship for women at Arboga Airfield (English)
• World Championship F3K : Official website for the 2011 World Model Gliding Championship

swell

• Airport data on World Aero Data ( 2006 )

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b c d} World Aero Data
2. ↑ ^{a b} AIP Sverige / Sweden AD 1.3-1: Flygplatsöversikt / Index to aerodromes , as of June 2, 2011
3. ↑ ^{a b} cf. Openstreetmap
4. ↑ 6th FAI Women's World Gliding Championship. In: events.fai.org. FAI , accessed on June 28, 2011 (English, entry in the FAI event calendar). 
5. ↑ 2011 FAI World Championship for Soaring Model Aircraft F3K. (No longer available online.) In: events.fai.org. FAI , archived from the original on December 26, 2015 ; accessed on December 25, 2015 (English, FAI call for tenders F3K). Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.