Kulmbach airfield
| Kulmbach airfield | |||
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| Characteristics | |||
| ICAO code | EDQK | ||
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| Height above MSL | 506 m (1660 ft ) | ||
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| Distance from the city center | 1.6 km northeast of Kulmbach | ||
| Basic data | |||
| operator | Flugplatz GmbH Kulmbach-Stadtsteinach-Kronach | ||
| Start-and runway | |||
| 09/27 | 719 m × 30 m asphalt | ||
The Kulmbach airfield is located north of the city of Kulmbach .
The favorable geographical location offers excellent entry opportunities for glider flights in the cross-country flight options of the adjacent low mountain range, especially the Franconian Forest , Thuringian Forest , Fichtel Mountains and Franconian Alb , but also as far as the Ore Mountains , Upper Palatinate and Bavarian Forest and the Swabian Alb . The airfield is home to several glider clubs in the region.
Year-round flight operations are possible from Kulmbach. The airfield adjoins a forest area and has a high recreational value in the center of Upper Franconia. Motorized flight, glider flight, motor glider flight and microlight flight are operated at the Kulmbach airfield .
Incidents
- In August 2014, an Ikarus C42 B two-seater ultralight aircraft crashed while approaching Kulmbach and caught fire, killing the pilot. The autopsy of the corpse revealed that it was under the influence of several psychotropic drugs because of psychological problems and therefore should not have been allowed to fly.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Press report Nordbayerischer Kurier from August 2014
- ↑ BFU investigation report on the accident of August 8, 2014 (.pdf) Accident report 3X083-14
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