Meiersberg airfield
| Meiersberg airfield | |||
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| Characteristics | |||
| Coordinates | |||
| Height above MSL | 147 m (482 ft ) | ||
| Transport links | |||
| Distance from the city center | 3 km southwest of Heiligenhaus | ||
| Street | Wiel 1, 42579 Heiligenhaus, Germany | ||
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| opening | 1958 | ||
| operator | Sportflug Niederberg eV | ||
| Start-and runway | |||
| 12/30 | 1000 m × 30 m grass | ||
The airfield Meier mountain is a Segelfluggelände three kilometers south of the Holy House in Mettmann .
Flight operations
The runway (grass runway) is used for motor , art and especially gliding operations by the local aviation clubs .
The airfield is approved for powered aircraft for F-towing , three-axle UL and winch starts .
There is a petrol station that provides various types of fuel for flight operations.
Flight operations area
Runways 12/30 are 1000 meters long and around 30 meters wide. The airfield has no taxiway for powered aircraft. To get to the starting point of runway 30, the aircraft must taxi back on the runway.
Clubs at the airfield
- Sportflug Niederberg e. V.
- AeroClub Ratingen e. V.
Others
Airspaces
The Meiersberg airfield is severely restricted to the northwest and north due to its proximity to Düsseldorf airport and the associated control zone.
The restriction not only leads to a spatial delimitation in the north and north-west, but also to a height restriction of the airspace 2500 feet (762 meters) through the airspace C above. However, on request, the Düsseldorf East glider sector can be activated by air traffic control Langen is released mostly at 4500 feet (1371 meters). In order to facilitate the approach from the motorized airfield circuit in landing direction 12, an area of the Düsseldorf control zone can be taken from the Düsseldorf control tower upon request and used by the pilots at Meiersberg airfield.
Film location
The German feature film It won't be greener, said the gardener, and flew away was partly shot at the Meiersberg airfield. Meiersberg is not mentioned by name, but serves as a backdrop for a meadow near a small castle near Düsseldorf, where the protagonist lands with his plane. In another scene, the protagonists seek shelter from a rain shower with their aircraft; this meadow is also part of the airfield.
The undeveloped end at starting point 30 was mainly used for this purpose. One of the hangars was also equipped with a blue screen in order to be able to retrospectively equip recordings with a different background.
In the film, many distinctive landscape features from the vicinity of the airfield can still be recognized, which the protagonist overflown on his journey, including some dams in the Bergisches Land , the city of Cologne and the Niederaussem lignite power station .
Incidents
- In 1964, a Bölkow 207 stationed at Meiersberg airfield crashed in the Teutoburg Forest , with none of the four occupants surviving.
- On June 17, 1986, an RF 4 (registration number D-KAQA) crashed on approach, was completely destroyed and the pilot was killed.
- On April 14, 2007, the tow rope of a Robin DR400 / 180R got caught on a parked glider when approaching, causing its tailplane to be severely damaged. There was no personal injury
- On April 20, 2014, a Glaser-Dirks DG 400 motor glider touched down hard on one side during the landing, performing a ring peep in which the fuselage tube broke. The pilot was unharmed.
See also
Web links
Individual evidence
- ^ DFS Deutsche Flugsicherung: airspace map of the Düsseldorf control zone. Retrieved June 8, 2020 .
- ↑ Sportflug Niederberg eV. Accessed on July 15, 2020 .
- ↑ BFU note from 2007 (.pdf)
- ↑ BFU note from 2014 (.pdf)