Meidl Airport
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| Characteristics | |||
| ICAO code | LHFM | ||
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| Height above MSL | 134 m (440 ft ) | ||
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| Distance from the city center | 2 km southwest of Fertőszentmiklós | ||
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| opening | 1997 | ||
| operator | Meidl Airport Kft | ||
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| 16/34 | 985 m × 23 m asphalt | ||
The Meidl Airport is an airfield in Hungarian Fertöszentmiklós , near the Austrian-Hungarian border. The airfield is around ten kilometers south of the Pamhagen border crossing and can be reached in around sixty minutes by car from the Austrian capital, Vienna .
“Meidl Airport” was founded in 1997 after a construction period of around two years by Franz Meidl, a Mattersburg freight forwarder and private pilot .
terrain
In addition to a 985 m long and 23 m wide asphalt runway , the airfield area consists of two spacious hangars , a gas station, an aircraft workshop and a restaurant.
activities
On Meidl Airport many find air activities instead. The airfield is particularly well-known among gyrocopter pilots , who are represented in large numbers by the local flight school . Meidl Airport is also the home airfield of the Austrian skydiving club FSC Impact.