Thalmässing-Waizenhofen airfield
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| ICAO code | EDPW | ||
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| Height above MSL | 577 m (1893 ft ) | ||
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| Distance from the city center | 2 km south of Thalmässing, 17 km east of Weißenburg |
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| operator | Rainer Struller | ||
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| 17/35 | 412 m × 30 m grass | ||
The Thalmässing-Waizenhofen airfield is the airfield of the Middle Franconian town of Thalmässing in the Roth district . It is run by Rainer Struller.
geography
The airfield is located two kilometers south of the historic center of Thalmässing and one kilometer west of Waizenhofen in the Gilling parcel at an altitude of 573 to 580 m above sea level. NN . In terms of nature, it is located in the Franconian Alb , the Franconian Lake District extends to the northwest and the Hahnenkamm to the southwest .
Airfield and equipment
The airfield is a special airfield for all types of aircraft up to 2000 kg maximum take-off weight (MTOW), helicopters up to 5700 kg and has no regular operating hours. Landing is only possible after prior registration ( PPR ). The place carries the ICAO identification EDPW.
At present, private pilots of predominantly microlight aircraft and helicopters are landing and taking off there. The Skydive Colibri skydive club is based in Thalmässing Waizenhofen with a Pilatus PC-6 as a skipping machine. The square also has a maintenance facility for helicopters and microlights.
There is a commercial and workshop building with a tower (frequency 128.860 MHz), a hangar and the club's casino.
Incidents
- On July 20, 1985, a hang glider crashed.
- On September 13, 2006, came light helicopter type Hughes 269C in autorotation exercises hard, and then rolled over in an adjacent agricultural land. The pilot was slightly injured and the aircraft was badly damaged.
- On May 6, 2016, the Pilatus PC-6 stationed at EDPW lost the right elevator after dropping eight parachutists in flight , but landed slightly damaged.
getting there
The airfield can be reached via gravel roads from the state roads St 2225 and St 2227 . The federal motorway 9 runs seven kilometers to the east , to which there is a driveway in Greding .
The public transport do not operate the airfield directly, but can in Waizenhofen weekdays, during the day to the VGN -Buslinie be boarded 596th
Web links
- Thalmässing-Waizenhofen special airfield
- EDPW at oberpfalz-luftbild.de
- Airfield information for pilots
- Video, start on EDPW, sightseeing flight (YouTube video 02:39)
- Aeronautical map for Thalmässing-Waizenhofen airfield on SkyVector.com
- Homepage of the maintenance company and operator
- Homepage of the UL flight school based in EDPW
- Homepage of the Skydive Colibri skydive club
- Homepage of the EDPW-based helicopter and gyroplane school
Individual evidence
- ↑ EDPW at BayernAtlas
- ↑ Bundesrchiv.de, BFU investigation report 3X301-85
- ↑ BFU investigation report 3X151-0 / 06 (.pdf)
- ↑ BFU Bulletin May 2016, Investigation Report 16-0505-GX (.pdf)
- ↑ VGN bus line 596 (.pdf) ( Memento of the original from April 20, 2018 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.
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