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EDER ·

Wasserkuppe Airport

50.49889°N

9.95389°W

ARR / DAY

▼ 66.7%

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 7 days · 0 total

NORMAL

Current weather

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

1h ago

Temp

50°F

Wind

1 kts

140°

Visib

10+ km

Ceil

—

ETHF 240520Z 14001KT 9999 BKN130 10/08 Q1020 BLU

Runways

2 installed

2,030 FT MAX

Runway intelligence

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

08R

55% of ops

31 land · 3 TO

26L

21% of ops

12 land · 52 TO

18% of ops

10 land · 0 TO

5% of ops

3 land · 0 TO

Runway 08R carries 55% of operations (31 landings, 3 takeoffs) over the last 30 days. The next most-used is 26L at 21%.

Approach quality

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

08R 31 landings

UA 10%

26L 12 landings

UA 0%

06 10 landings

UA 30%

24 3 landings

UA 0%

Approaches to 08R show a 10% unstable-approach rate (3 UA events from 31 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

1.1

flights/day · 33 total

Busy hour (local)

6pm

also 3pm · 7am

Day vs night

100%

06:00–20:00 local

Traffic concentrates around 7am–6pm local, averaging 1.1 flights/day. Weekend volume runs 1.0× weekday (1.1 vs 1.1 daily).

Aircraft character

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

Activity is led by (23% of 26 flights). Top three types: , , .

Pilot & community notes

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Ulli

06/20/2018

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