Fürstenzell airfield
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| ICAO code | EDMF | ||
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| Height above MSL | 410 m (1345 ft ) | ||
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| Distance from the city center | 2 km east of Fürstenzell, 10 km south-west of Passau |
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| opening | 1963 | ||
| operator | Aviation Association Passau - Fürstenzell | ||
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| 15/33 | 485 m × 12 m asphalt | ||
The airfield Fürstenzell is the aerodrome of the Lower Bavarian market Fürstenzell . It is run by the Flugsportverein Passau - Fürstenzell e. V. operated.
geography
The airfield is located two kilometers east of the historic center of Fürstenzell in the Tafelfeld parcel at an altitude of 410 m above sea level. NN . In terms of nature, the terrain rises slightly to the north to the Neuburg Forest , to the south it slopes down to the Rottal . The Inn and the state border with Austria run seven kilometers to the east, and the one with the Czech Republic a little further north .
history
Aviation has been in Passau since 1927, u. A. run by veterans of the First World War , at the time at Kohlbruck near Passau. A separate hangar was built there in 1934 for the two club aircraft. In the course of the war preparations, the association was forcibly dissolved in 1937 and the association's assets along with the aircraft were "confiscated". After the Second World War , Germans were banned from flying in 1945 by the Allied occupying power . Shortly after the lifting of the flight ban, the Flugsportverein Passau – Fürstenzell e. V. re-established in 1950/51 and the facilities at Kohlbruck were restored by 1956. In 1958 an own club home was built there and flights continued until 1960. After that, the area there was rededicated to a location for the German armed forces. In the years that followed, the premises of neighboring clubs were initially used, until today's airfield could be developed from 1963. A new aircraft hangar, clubhouse and workshop were built there by 1965; the runway was a grass runway. In 1972 the runway of the airfield was then tarred and from 1976 onwards it became a location for the Bavarian Air Rescue Unit . The airfield has been continuously expanded since then.
Airfield and equipment
The airfield is approved for all types of aircraft up to 3000 kg maximum take-off weight (MTOW), helicopters up to 5700 kg. The area belongs to the market town of Fürstenzell and the operator is the Flugsportverein Passau - Fürstenzell e. V. There are several farm buildings , a tower (frequency 128.740 MHz), a hangar and a clubhouse. There is a petrol station and an oil service is available for stopovers.
Incidents
- On October 16, 1999, on landing, a Brditschka HB-21 brushed against a motor glider standing next to the taxiway, which was severely damaged as a result.
- On January 10, 2001, a Cessna 182 -L launched on EDMF hit hard after dropping four parachutists on landing and crashed into pieces, injuring the pilot.
- On May 12, 2008, a Phoebus A1 had an accident while approaching EDMF. The aircraft suddenly tipped over from an altitude of about 100 m and hit about 250 m from the runway. The pilot was fatally injured and the aircraft was destroyed.
traffic
Local roads open up the airfield to the federal motorway 3 running to the east . The public transport does not serve the airport directly. In the neighboring towns of Neukirchen and Aspertsham there are boarding options for the Rottalbahn .
Web links
- Fürstenzell airfield
- EDMF at oberpfalz-luftbild.de
- Airfield information for pilots
- Video, stopover on EDPS Sonnen and landing on EDMF Fürstenzell with a Diamond DA20 Katana (YouTube video 6:42)
- Aeronautical map for Fürstenzell airfield on SkyVector.com
Individual evidence
- ↑ EDMF at BayernAtlas
- ↑ a b c Chronicle of the Fürstenzell airfield
- ↑ BfU-Bulletin July 1999, 3X265-1 / 99 (.pdf)
- ↑ BFU-Bulletin February 2001, 3X010-0 / 01 (.pdf)
- ↑ investigation report of BfU July 2008, 3X040-0 / 08 (.pdf)
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