Cheb Airfield Explained

Cheb Airfield
Nativename:Letiště Cheb
Icao:LKCB [1]
Type:sport
Pushpin Map:Czech Republic
Pushpin Map Caption:Location of airport in Czech Republic
Pushpin Label:LKCB
Pushpin Label Position:right
Owner:Town of Cheb
Operator:Aeroklub Karlovy Vary o.s.
City-Served:Cheb
Location:Cheb
Elevation-F:1,585
Elevation-M:483
Metric-Elev:483
Metric-Rwy:1,000
R1-Number:05/23
R1-Length-F:3,280
R1-Length-M:1,000
R1-Surface:Grass
R2-Number:06/24
R2-Length-F:3,280
R2-Length-M:1,000
R2-Surface:Concrete
Stat-Year:2009

Cheb Airfield (Czech: Letiště Cheb; ICAO: LKCB) is an airport in Cheb in the Czech Republic. It is the oldest airport in the country.

History

The aerodrome was built during the World War I to serve needs of the Austro-Hungarian Army. In 1918, when Czechoslovakia was created, it was the only working airfield in the country. The first airplanes for the newly formed Czechoslovakian Army were obtained from here. Later, the army set up a pilot training center next to the airfield.

During World War II Germans built a large aircraft factory (Eger Flugzeugwerke GmbH) next to the airfield. The factory repaired and produced parts Heinkel He 111, Heinkel He 177, Heinkel He 219 and Messerschmitt Me 262. American bombing at the end of war destroyed the aerodrome and the factory, with one of the military airfield's circular concrete dispersal areas at its periphery being the "final resting place" for the He 177 V101 four-engined prototype heavy bomber, apparently wrecked there at the war's close.[2]

At the airfield is also located the VOR/DME station (call sign OKG).[3]

The airfield was reopened 19 August 2010 as public domestic aerodrome and operational availability is VFR DAY. The original concrete runway 06/24 is repaired in the length of 1000 m and width of 18 m. The grass runway 05/23 is 1000 m long and 25 m wide.

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: VFR-AD-LKCB-VOC/ADC. VFR Manual - Czech Republic. Air Navigation Services of the Czech Republic. 30 March 2017.
  2. Web site: Fotogalerie – Válka – Čechách a na Moravě, konec války 1945 – Cheb – letiště – květen 1945 . Fronta,cz . 28 September 2012.
  3. Web site: VFR-AD-LKCB-TEXT. VFR Manual - Czech Republic. Air Navigation Services of the Czech Republic. 26 May 2016.
  4. http://www.svetkridel.cz/index.php?id=knihydet&vtt=1379280633 (in Czech)