Scharnstein Airport near Gmunden

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Scharnstein Airport near Gmunden
Scharnstein (Upper Austria)
Scharnstein
Scharnstein
Characteristics
ICAO code LOLC
Coordinates

47 ° 53 '55 "  N , 13 ° 56' 22"  E Coordinates: 47 ° 53 '55 "  N , 13 ° 56' 22"  E

Height above MSL 535 m (1755  ft )
Transport links
Distance from the city center 1 km west of Scharnstein
Street Mayrhofstrasse 1, 4644 Scharnstein
Basic data
opening before 1980
operator ASKÖ Flugsportverein Linz
Start-and runway
05/23 590 m × 30 m grass



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The Scharnstein airfield near Gmunden is a civil public sports airfield in the  Upper Austrian  Traunviertel . It is located about one kilometer west of Scharnstein next to Scharnsteiner Strasse . The airfield is operated by the ASKÖ Flugsportverein Linz .

The airfield has a grass runway. In the hangar - in pairs, one on top of the other - 4 gliders and motor gliders can be accommodated.

history

  • Around 1981 the aerial photography company aircolor , Bregenz temporarily stationed one of the then 4 helicopters flying in Austria for the company.
  • In 2002 and a few more years, the bald ibis team tried to use ultralight aircraft to train the bald ibis to fly and pull with the aim of reintroducing them to the wild .
  • From June 2009 to October 3, 2010, a FlyMed rescue helicopter had its departure base in Scharnstein.
  • The Martin 3 rescue helicopter from Heli Austria has been stationed here since October 21, 2017 ; it previously flew around 200 missions from Wels airfield since around July .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. Christoph Barszczewski: airfield Scharnstein. Aviator.at Verlag, accessed on November 5, 2017 .
  2. Reason for Hope: Start of one of the largest European species protection projects waldrapp.eu, accessed November 11, 2017.
  3. Scharnstein Airfield aviator.at, accessed November 11, 2017.
  4. ^ Next crash landing for "Airmed 2" emergency doctor helicopter austrianwings.info, December 28, 2010, accessed November 12, 2017.
  5. Martin 3 emergency doctor helicopter now stationed in Scharnstein austrianwings.info, October 24, 2017, accessed November 12, 2017.
  6. Upper Austria: New NAH "Martin 3" flies first use austrianwings.info, July 18, 2017, accessed November 12, 2017.