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Wasserkuppe Airport

50.49889°N
9.95389°W
ARR / DAY
0
▲ 0.0%
DEP / DAY
1
▲ 0.0%

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. SkyMeter has observed roughly 0 arrivals and 1 departures per day on average over the last 1 days.

Current weather

From ETHF, 52 mi away (EDER does not publish METAR)

48m ago
Temp
52°F
Wind
5 kts
160°
Visib
10+ km
Ceil
—
ETHF 120920Z 16005KT 9999 FEW016 11/06 Q1021 BLU+BLU+

Runway intelligence

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

08R
38% of ops
9 land · 3 TO
24
38% of ops
9 land · 0 TO
26L
12% of ops
3 land · 13 TO
06
12% of ops
3 land · 8 TO
Runway 08R carries 38% of operations (9 landings, 3 takeoffs) over the last 30 days. The next most-used is 24 at 38%.

Approach quality

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

08R 9 landings
UA 22%
24 9 landings
UA 0%
26L 3 landings
UA 33%
06 3 landings
UA 0%
Approaches to 08R show a 22% unstable-approach rate (2 UA events from 9 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
1.7
flights/day · 52 total
Busy hour (local)
12pm
also 3pm · 2pm
Day vs night
96%
06:00–20:00 local
Traffic concentrates around 12pm–2pm local, averaging 1.7 flights/day. Weekend volume runs 1.8× weekday (2.6 vs 1.5 daily).

Aircraft character

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

Activity is led by (18% of 44 flights). Top three types: , , .

Pilot & community notes

1 comment from OurAirports (click to expand)

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Ulli
6/20/2018
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