Bad Neustadt / Saale-Grasberg airfield
| Bad Neustadt / Saale-Grasberg airfield | |||
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| Characteristics | |||
| ICAO code | EDFD | ||
| Coordinates | |||
| Height above MSL | 304 m (997 ft ) | ||
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| Distance from the city center | 2 km south of Bad Neustadt | ||
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| Basic data | |||
| opening | 1923 | ||
| operator | Aero Club Bad Neustadt | ||
| Flight movements |
3000-4000 | ||
| Start-and runway | |||
| 13/31 | 600 m × 15 m asphalt track | ||
| website | |||
| www.aeroclub-bad-neustadt.de | |||
The Bad Neustadt / Saale-Grasberg airfield is the special landing site of the Lower Franconian city of Bad Neustadt an der Saale . It is owned by the AERO-CLUB Bad Neustadt e. V.
geography
The airfield is located two kilometers south of the historic town center of Bad Neustadt in the Haberkörnlein parcel at an altitude of 302 to 306 m above sea level. NN . It extends along the Grasberg and is mostly in the area of the municipality of Salz. The Franconian Saale runs one kilometer north .
In terms of nature, the terrain rises southeast to the Grabfeld and northwest to the Rhön .
history
Aviation was already in operation in Bad Neustadt in the 1930s, at that time on Altenberg north of Bad Neustadt. In June 1939 the airship Graf Zeppelin II moored there.
After the occupation by Allied troops in April 1945 , the Germans were initially banned from flying.
The glider flying interest group initially resumed flying illegally in 1949, until the association was re-established in 1950 after the flight ban was lifted. The association set about looking for a suitable position for a new airfield and found it on Grasberg . However, regular flight operations there were not approved because the site was too close to the inner-German border . Only in the years 1956 to '58 did the development of the site gradually gain momentum, when the first aircraft hangar was built and a winch launch facility was procured. Around 1960 the clubhouse and a temporary tower were built. In 1975 it was approved as a special airfield after the runway was leveled with the help of the US Army . In 1977 the towing route was extended again to 750 m, and in 1978 the tower was renewed. Since then, the facilities have been continuously expanded and modernized, and the runway has been paved over an area of 660 × 15 m. A partial area of 600 × 15 m is marked as a runway.
Airfield and equipment
The airfield is for aircraft of all types up to 2000 kg MTOW and for helicopters up to 5700 kg and has no regular operating hours. The operator is the Aero-Club Bad Neustadt e. V.
There is a farm building , a tower (frequency 121.215 MHz), several hangars and a clubhouse. There is a winch launch facility and refueling facilities.
Incidents
- On July 17, 2001, a Schneider LS3 glider was involved in an approach to landing on a slope. The aircraft was destroyed and the pilot was seriously injured.
- On April 25, 2014, a Cessna 172 had an accident while approaching. The machine was badly damaged and the four occupants were slightly injured.
traffic
A municipal road opens up the airfield via the St 2445 / B 279 to the federal highway 71 , which runs four kilometers to the east . The public transport do not operate the airfield directly, but in reversed a city bus to the train station runs Bad Neustadt. There is an option to board the Mainfranken-Thuringia Express .
Web links
- Bad Neustadt / Saale-Grasberg airfield
- Aviation map for Flugplatz Flugplatz Bad Neustadt / Saale-Grasberg on SkyVector.com
Individual evidence
- ↑ EDFD at BayernAtlas
- ↑ a b c Chronicle of the Aero Club Bad Neustadt
- ↑ BFU notification from July 2001 (.pdf)
- ↑ Press report Focus online
- ↑ Press report Rhön and Saalepost
- ↑ BFU report from April 2014 (.pdf)
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