Oerlinghausen Airfield

Oerlinghausen Airfield
Oerlinghausen Airfield
Oerlinghausen Segulfluplatz
IATA: none – ICAO: EDLO
Summary
Airport type Public
Operator Flugplatzgemeinschaft e.V.
Location Oerlinghausen, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
Elevation AMSL 170 m / 557 ft
Coordinates 51°56′35″N 8°40′12″E / 51.94306°N 8.67°E / 51.94306; 8.67
Website www.flugplatz-oerlinghausen.de
Runways
Direction Length Surface
m ft
04/22 600 1,969 Asphalt
04/22 glider 1,000 3,281 Grass
Statistics
Glider take-offs 25,000
Information provided by the airport operator.

Oerlinghausen Airfield (ICAO: EDLO), known as Oerlinghausen Segelflugplatz, German for Oerlinghausen gliding airflield, is a small airfield situated in the town of Oerlinghausen close to Bielefeld in the North Rhine-Westphalia German region. With around 25,000 glider take-offs each year it is one of the largest gliding centres, comparable with Lasham Gliding Society. It is also used by motor planes, microlights and hot air balloons. The airfield is home to 13 gliding clubs and to a gliding school.

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