Bad Wörishofen-Nord airfield
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| Characteristics | |||
| ICAO code | EDNH | ||
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| Height above MSL | 620 m (2034 ft ) | ||
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| Distance from the city center | 2 km east of Bad Wörishofen | ||
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| operator | Fam. Bahle-Schmid | ||
| Start-and runway | |||
| 08/26 | 805 m × 30 m grass | ||
Bad Wörishofen-Nord airfield is a special airfield in the Bavarian district of Unterallgäu .
location
The airfield is located about two kilometers northeast of Bad Wörishofen and three kilometers south of the Bundesautobahn 96 Munich-Lindau . State road 2015 runs directly at the western end of the runway. In terms of its natural surroundings, it is located in the Wertach valley . The wooded ridge of the Heisteig is located three kilometers east of the square . To the northeast is the Lechfeld and to the north is the hill country of the perennials .
Infrastructure
The airfield has a grass runway with a length of 805 m. There are some hangars and a restaurant on the site.
Story, name
Immediately to the south of today's airfield there was an air force airfield during World War II . The place was created in 1934 as a glider flying site and from 1936 was expanded into a port of operations in Bad Wörishofen with hangars, workshops and a barracks area. The airfield was operational in 1938 and in the following year received a rail connection to a new tank farm.
The airfield used by the military was abandoned and built over after the war. The addition North has remained in the name of the Bad Wörishofen-Nord airfield , even if the airfield to the south no longer exists.
Incidents
- On September 4, 2011, a historic Bücker Bü 131 biplane , which was stationed and took off in Bad Wörishofen , had an accident at the flight day in Kirchheim-Hahnweide. The aircraft got stuck in a field during the emergency landing and was destroyed.
- On June 16, 2016, a single-engine Cessna 206 landed hard several times. The plane was badly damaged
- On October 11, 2019, an ultralight aircraft crashed when approaching Bad Wörishofen due to a lack of fuel. The pilot triggered the overall rescue system and was able to make an emergency landing on a dirt road, with the aircraft severely damaged.
Others
The Bad Wörishofen glider airfield is located about one kilometer to the northwest, within the traffic area .
Web links
- Website of the airport operator
- Information about the port of operation "Wörishofen-Süd" on forgotten airfields
- Bad Wörishofen airfield at Oberpfalz-luftbild.de
- Aviation map for Bad Wörishofen Airfield on SkyVector.com
Individual evidence
- ↑ Bad Wörishofen-Nord airfield near BayernAtlas
- ^ Winfried Nerdinger, Building under National Socialism: Bavaria 1933-1945 , Klinkhardt and Biermann, Munich; 1993; ISBN 3781403602
- ↑ Internet presence of the Aviation Museum Bad Wörishofen with information on the history [1] , accessed on October 9, 2011
- ^ Press report Stuttgarter Nachrichten of Sept. 4, 2011
- ↑ BFU Bulletin 2019, Investigation Report BFU17-0722-3X
- ↑ Press report Bayerischer Rundfunk from October 12, 2019
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