Soest-Bad Sassendorf Airfield Flugplatz Soest - Bad Sassendorf | |||||||||||
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| Airport type | Private | ||||||||||
| Operator | Flugsportgemeinschaft Soest e.V | ||||||||||
| Serves | Soest / Bad Sassendorf | ||||||||||
| Location | Soest, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany | ||||||||||
| Opened | 1 June 1956 | ||||||||||
| Elevation AMSL | 120 m / 394 ft | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 51°34′41″N 008°12′53″E / 51.57806°N 8.21472°E | ||||||||||
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  EDLZ Location of airport in Germany | |||||||||||
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Soest-Bad Sassendorf Airfield (ICAO: EDLZ), located in the Sauerland region close to Soest and the Möhnesee, between the A 44 and B 1, is now a civilian airfield. It is rated / approved as a 'special landing site'. These are often used by private aero clubs. Unlike a commercial airfield, only the operators (and upon request also third parties) may take off and land. There is no obligation to operate, and therefore published opening times are not required.
In 2001, the airfield saw the launch of the Airfisch 8 ground effect vehicle, designed to fly only 0.1 to 2.5 metres (3.9 inches to 8 feet 2.4 inches) above the water's surface.[1][2]
- ^ "Luftfahrt: Fliegender Fisch" [Aviation: Flying fish]. www.Spiegel.de (in German). SPIEGEL Gruppe. 12 January 2001. Retrieved 29 May 2021.
- ^ "Part boat, part plane, the Airfisch about to make its debut". www.DigitalJournal.com. Digital Journal. 25 January 2001. Archived from the original on 30 September 2020.