Oerlinghausen Airfield
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Classified as special airfield airfield Oerlinghausen is located in the district of Lippe in Westphalia-Lippe near the town of Bielefeld. With approximately 25,000 glider starts per year Oerlinghausen one of the two largest sailing airfields worldwide. It found there motor glider, ultralight, engine and model airplanes, kites, gliders and balloons. A total of 15 teams and a flying school and an engine flight school are located at the airport. In 1958, the German Gliding Championship took place here.
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The airfield Oerlinghausen is operated by the aerodrome Association for Oerlinghausen, in short: FGÖ, the merger of 15 at the airfield Oerlinghausen Air Sports operated, registered and recognized non-profit associations. The FGÖ there since 1952, in the member clubs operate approximately 1,000 members Air Sports. It is manned by more than 100 gliders in Oerlinghausen.
The clubs are located in the region of East Westphalia -Lippe.
The airfield Oerlinghausen was enshrined in the aerospace concept of NRW as " focus airfield for gliding ," he is " regional training base for the sport of gliding " and the association " flying school ", which performs as an international air sports school education and training in solid courses, Landesleistungszentrum with federal use for air sports.
At the airfield Oerlinghausen most takeoffs and landings are well performed worldwide with gliders, a total of 50,000 aircraft movements are counted in the year. ( March to October) is started during the racing season on five separate wind drag points, plus glider launches in aero tow.
Motor gliders, ultralight aircraft, kites, gliders, model airplanes and hot air balloons take to achieve the above Movement numbers in some light airplanes are also here at home.
The area of land under airfield is approximately 650,000 m2, it is leased to a large extent as a state-owned property by the State of North Rhine-Westphalia. As flight operations areas are used approximately 80,000 m2.
The airfield Oerlinghausen is popular destination in the region. It can be carried out sightseeing flights in the various air sports. A restaurant makes for hosting guests, sufficient parking space is also available.
Clubs
- Segelflugschule Oerlinghausen e.V.
- LSG Beckum - Oelde Awl
- Club lip MoSe
- Akaflieg Bielefeld
- Fluggruppe Osning
- FV Gütersloh
- FSV Rheda
- FSV Ravens mountain
- Herford Association for Aviation e.V.
- LFG lip
- LSV Wiedenbrück
- LSV Bad Salzuflen
- Segelflugverein (SFV ) Oerlinghausen e.V.
- Association for gliding ' Wittekind ' Passenger e.V.