Fricktal-Schupfart airfield

Fricktal-Schupfart airfield
Fricktal-Schupfart
Characteristics
ICAO code	LSZI
Coordinates	47 ° 30 '32 "  N , 7 ° 57' 0"  E Coordinates: 47 ° 30 '32 "  N , 7 ° 57' 0"  E
Height above MSL	545 m (1788  ft )
Basic data
operator	Regional association Fricktal AeCS
Runways
07/25	530 m × 30 m grass
07L / 25R	530 m × 30 m grass

Access to the airport

Hangar at Fricktal airfield

The Fricktal-Schupfart airfield ( ICAO code LSZI ) is an airfield in the Aargau Fricktal . It lies at 545 meters above sea level. M. between the villages of Schupfart and Wegenstetten and has two parallel grass slopes.

history

The beginnings

On January 17, 1936, the Fricktal glider group was founded. At the gravel pit of Eiken and on the ridge of Oedenholz near Mettau, winch starts were carried out with a self-made pupil and a car winch. When a flight ban was imposed near the border at the beginning of the Second World War , this meant the end of aviation activities. The club then disbanded.

The forerunner in the Sisslerfeld

After the war, on December 16, 1947, the Fricktal motor flight group was founded. The aim was to lease or buy land for the construction and operation of an airfield. Finally, a suitable area was acquired on the Sisslerfeld and expanded into an airfield. (Sisslerfeld is the name of the Rhine plain between the communities of Sisseln and Stein-Säckingen.)

In order to gain access to the financial support of the Sport-Toto-Gesellschaft, the Glider Flying Group Fricktal was founded again on August 9, 1951. As a result, motorized and glider flights were carried out side by side on the site.

Today's airfield on the Tägertli

When the chemical company Hoffmann-La Roche planned to relocate part of its production to Sisslerfeld in the 1950s, it was clear that the airport would have to give way to industrialization. The shutdown was scheduled for 1965. Therefore a replacement site had to be found.

A first project at Wallbach failed due to resistance from the municipality and the canton. Finally, suitable terrain was found on the “Tägertli”, a high plateau between Schupfart and Wegenstetten. Two thirds of the land could be bought, the remaining third could be leased long term by the community of Schupfart. The area was leveled and filled with a layer of humus. The curve of the hill was retained, which gives the airfield a characteristic runway profile. On November 6, 1966, the Federal Aviation Office issued the operating license.

Todays use

Motor and glider flights are operated on the airfield . It is home to the Fricktal motor flight group and the Basel Fricktal glider group, each of which runs a flight school for pilot training.

Powered flight

The Motorfluggruppe Fricktal (MFGF) has around 180 active members and numerous non-flying members. The club life is based on voluntary work in various areas of maintenance, technology and administration. These are, for example, the airport manager and office staff on weekends and holidays, the passenger aircraft pilots, the respective deputies of these offices, as well as the board and its commissions. The members make their creative power available to the association free of charge and thus receive the association's assets. The association is also an employer for special tasks such as the management, the management of the powered flight school and the coordination and organization of flight operations. The MFGF maintains a fleet of 8 aircraft owned by the association and operates the Fricktal powered flight school in accordance with the regulations of the Federal Office for Civil Aviation (FOCA) and the European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA).

Gliding

The Basel Fricktal glider group (SGBF) emerged from the merger of the SG Basel and SG Fricktal in spring 2013, both of which had previously been based on the airfield as independent flight groups. The flight group has around 90 active members and numerous passive members, and in addition to around 20 gliders, it also maintains a motor glider and two tow planes. The SGBF also operates its own flight school in accordance with the regulations of the Federal Office for Civil Aviation (FOCA) and the European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA).

Web links

• Regional association Fricktal , member of the Swiss Aeroclub
• Glider group Basel Fricktal
• Motorfluggruppe Fricktal

Individual evidence

1. ↑ History ( Memento of the original from February 1, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) 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. on the airport website 
2. ^ René Stäheli (Red.): 50 years of the Fricktal glider group .