Zell am See airfield

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Zell am See airfield
Zell am See airfield.jpg
Characteristics
ICAO code LOWZ
Coordinates

47 ° 17 '32 "  N , 12 ° 47' 16"  E Coordinates: 47 ° 17 '32 "  N , 12 ° 47' 16"  E
Height above MSL 753 m (2470  ft )
Transport links
Distance from the city center 3.9 km south of Zell am See
Street Kaprunerstrasse
Basic data
opening 1934
operator Zell am See Airfield Betriebsgesellschaft mbH
Runways
08/26 780 m × 18 m asphalt
08/26 (glider flight) 300 m × 50 m grass

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The Zell am See Airport is an Austrian airport in the municipality of the city Zell am See . Airplanes up to a total weight of 5.7 tons may land on this airfield. The rescue helicopter Alpin-Heli 6 of the operator ÖAMTC / SHS is stationed at the airfield.

history

In the years 1997 to 2002 the airfield was significantly redesigned and relocated in a southerly direction: In 1997, the new runway 08/26, which was relocated to the south, was opened, the old runway was abandoned. Today it is partly used as a parking lot. In September 2002, the new airport building, which was also moved to the south, was inaugurated together with the new flight operations areas. In 2008, an expansion of the airfield to an airport for machines with up to 45 seats was proposed. This suggestion was rejected again.

In autumn 2017, work began on extending the runway by around 120 meters and on July 3, 2018, the extended runway with 780 meters was put into operation.

Approach from the west

Gliding

A gliding school and several gliding clubs are located at the airfield. In addition to the asphalt runway, there is a separate parallel glider landing strip (grass runway). The Zell am See airfield is both a boarding option for the cross-country flight area in Oberpinzgau, known as the Pinzgau Walk , and for lee-wave flights on the main Alpine ridge .

Incidents

  • On October 17, 1998, a Short Skyvan skydiving machine manned by 19 parachutists and two crew members came into an uncontrolled flight position when taking off and hit the embankment of the Kaprunerstrasse west of the airfield. The aircraft was destroyed, 17 passengers were slightly injured, two seriously.
  • Nearer to the airfield a momentous collision occurred on 5 March 2007, as a recently launched at the airfield light aircraft Diamond DA20 in the traffic pattern with a roughly be close to the airfield started transport helicopters AS 332 Super Puma which eight people collided, killed Life came.
  • On August 28, 2011, a Cessna 150 and a Diamond HK36 Super Dimona motor glider collided immediately in front of the landing threshold , both of which were about to land. Four people were fatally injured.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Zell am See airfield will not be expanded. In: oesterreich.orf.at. June 16, 2009, accessed December 2, 2017 .
  2. ↑ Website copyright: Anton GASSER: Zell am See-Welcome airfield. Retrieved August 20, 2018 .
  3. ↑ Austro Control: AIP Austria . January 3, 2019, p. LOWZ AD 2.24-1-1 .
  4. ↑ Description of the Pinzgau walk for cross-country pilots at LSV Zell am See
  5. ^ Investigation report of the accident investigation center at the BMVIT on the accident of October 17, 1998 PDF, 475 kB, accessed on August 30, 2011
  6. ^ Investigation report by the BMVIT accident investigation center on the collision of March 5, 2007 PDF, 2.1 MB, accessed on August 29, 2011
  7. ↑ Report to ORF-online from August 29, 2011

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