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EDER ·

Wasserkuppe Airport

50.49889°N

9.95389°W

ARR / DAY

▲ 0.0%

DEP / DAY

▼ 100.0%

Wasserkuppe Airport (EDER) is a small general aviation airport located in Gersfeld, Germany, 78 km north of Würzburg. It features 2 runways with the longest being 2,030 feet.

Safety incidents

Last 1 days · 0 total

NORMAL

Current weather

From EDDE, 55 mi away (EDER does not publish METAR)

49m ago

Temp

81°F

Wind

9 kts

10°

Visib

10+ km

Ceil

—

EDDE 151850Z AUTO 01009KT 340V040 CAVOK 27/12 Q1014 NOSIG

Runways

2 installed

2,030 FT MAX

Runway intelligence

Which runway carries the operations, observed over the last 30 days

08R

33% of ops

11 land · 5 TO

27% of ops

9 land · 0 TO

21% of ops

7 land · 8 TO

26L

18% of ops

6 land · 19 TO

Runway 08R carries 33% of operations (11 landings, 5 takeoffs) over the last 30 days. The next most-used is 24 at 27%.

Approach quality

Per-runway unstable-approach, go-around, and long-rollout rates

08R 11 landings

UA 9%

24 9 landings

UA 0%

06 7 landings

UA 14%

26L 6 landings

UA 33%

Approaches to 08R show a 9% unstable-approach rate (1 UA events from 11 landings).Phase B will add wind-correlation: which crosswind band produces most UA events.

Traffic behavior

When the field is busy: hourly + weekday vs weekend

Daily avg

1.3

flights/day · 39 total

Busy hour (local)

10am

also 2pm · 7am

Day vs night

95%

06:00–20:00 local

Traffic concentrates around 7am–10am local, averaging 1.3 flights/day. Weekend volume runs 1.3× weekday (1.6 vs 1.2 daily).

Aircraft character

What's actually flying here: top types over the last 30 days

Activity is led by (24% of 34 flights). Top three types: , , .

Pilot & community notes

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Ulli

6/20/2018

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