Giessen-Lützellinden airfield

Giessen-Lützellinden airfield
Characteristics
ICAO code	EDFL
Coordinates	50 ° 32 '38 "  N , 8 ° 35' 25"  E Coordinates: 50 ° 32 '38 "  N , 8 ° 35' 25"  E
Height above MSL	230 m (755  ft )
Transport links
Distance from the city center	1 km southeast of Münchholzhausen
Street	A 45
Basic data
opening	1968
Start-and runway
07/25	716 m × 16 m asphalt

From the pilot's point of view, in the right cross approach to runway 25

The Gießen-Lützellinden special airfield is located near the Hessian village of Lützellinden between Wetzlar and Gießen .

Transport links

The airfield is connected to the A 45 via the K 355 district road.

use

The airfield is the basis for an aviation club (Aeroclub-Lützellinden), an ultralight flying school and a parachutist club. Here, flight students are trained as private pilots, as well as sport pilots for ultralight aircraft and parachutists in the AFF procedure . The gas station on the airfield, built in 2016, provides fuel for most types of civil aircraft with Jet A-1 , Avgas 100 LL and Super Plus . There is a restaurant on the premises.

Record flight

On September 28, 1980, Lützellinden airfield became the launch site for a world record. The then 41-year-old Jaromier Wagner crossed the Atlantic standing on the hull of a twin-engine propeller plane of the type Britten-Norman BN-2 Islander . After a flight time of 46 hours, he landed in New York City and received an entry in the Guinness Book of Records .

Incidents

• May 9, 2016 - Shortly after take-off from Lützellinden airfield, a two-seater microlight aircraft made an emergency landing. The 41-year-old fellow pilot suffered serious injuries.
• December 24, 2015 - After take-off, there was a plane crash 880 m as the crow flies from the airfield. The pilot was killed.

Web links

Commons : Flugplatz Gießen-Lützellinden  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• Website of the airfield Lützellinden

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Der Spiegel: Echter Knacks October 20, 1980 , accessed January 13, 2016
2. ^ POL-GI: Landing with an ultralight aircraft in the field - two injured near Lützellinden . In: presseportal.de . ( presseportal.de [accessed on July 17, 2017]).
3. ↑ POL-GI: Dead in plane crash . In: presseportal.de . ( presseportal.de [accessed on July 17, 2017]).
4. ^ Federal Bureau of Aircraft Accident Investigation: Investigation report according to § 18 FlUUG. In: https://www.bfu-web.de . Federal Bureau of Aircraft Accident Investigation, March 30, 2016, accessed on July 17, 2017 .