Bad Windsheim airfield
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| ICAO code | EDQB | ||
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| Height above MSL | 372 m (1220 ft ) | ||
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| Distance from the city center | 4 km west of Bad Windsheim | ||
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| opening | 1976 | ||
| operator | Aviation club Bad Windsheim | ||
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| 08/26 | 490 m × 30 m grass runway | ||
The Bad Windsheim airfield is the special airfield of the Middle Franconian city of Bad Windsheim . It is owned by the city of Bad Windsheim and is operated by the Flugsportverein Bad Windsheim e. V. operated.
geography
The airfield is located about four kilometers west of the historic town center of Bad Windsheim am Wiebelsheimer Berg at an altitude of 372 m above sea level. NN in the northern headwaters of the Aisch .
In terms of nature, it is located in the Windsheimer Bucht , to the north the terrain rises towards the Steigerwald and south to the Frankenhöhe . The Rangau extends to the east and 20 km to the west is the state border with Baden-Württemberg .
history
The Flugsportverein Bad Windsheim eV, which was founded in 1951 after the Allies lifted the flight ban . V. began flying in the 1950s, initially on neighboring airfields, such as the Illesheim military airfield . A separate area was temporarily found in the Gründlein , but soon had to be given up again. From 1972 the current site was developed, leveled with technical help by the US Army and expanded into an airfield in the following years. In 1974 the construction of an aircraft hangar, a workshop and the tower followed . A second hall was added in 1994 and the clubhouse in 1996.
Airfield and equipment
The airfield is approved for all types of aircraft up to 2000 kg maximum take-off weight (MTOW) and operates from 9:00 a.m. to sunset. The holder of the airfield is the city of Bad Windsheim, the operator of the Flugsportverein Bad Windsheim e. V.
There are several farm buildings , a tower (118.260 MHz), two hangars, a winch launch facility and a club house.
Incidents
- On June 30, 2001, a Schleicher ASW 19 glider crashed at high speed after a winch launch from a height of around 250 m and smashed, killing the pilot.
- At the beginning of April 2009, a 27-year-old jumped over the EDQB from an altitude of 2200 meters and pulled her main parachute too late. The emergency parachute triggered at a height of 225 meters, she hit with little brake and was seriously injured in the process.
traffic
A local road opens up the airfield to the state road 2252 , which connects to the federal road 470 running south . The public transport does not serve the airport directly. In Bad Windsheim there is an option to board the branch line Neustadt (Aisch) –Steinach near Rothenburg .
Web links
- Bad Windsheim airfield
- EDQB at oberpfalz-luftbild.de
- Airfield information for pilots
- Start on EDQB (YouTube video 0:42)
- Aeronautical map for Bad Windsheim Airport on SkyVector.com
Individual evidence
- ↑ EDQB at Bayern Atlas
- ↑ a b EDQB Chronicle ( page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ BFU annual report 2001, accident report 3X136-0 / 01 (.pdf)
- ↑ BFU-Bulletin June 2001 (.pdf)
- ↑ Merkur press release of April 7, 2009
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