Höpen Airfield Explained

Höpen Airfield
Iata:none
Icao:none
Type:Glider
Owner:LSV Schneverdingen
Location:Schneverdingen, Germany
Metric-Elev:y
Elevation-M:73
Elevation-F:268
Website:www.lsv-schneverdingen.de
Coordinates:53.1472°N 9.7947°W
Pushpin Map:Germany Lower Saxony
Pushpin Mapsize:250
Pushpin Map Caption:Location of Höpen Airfield
Pushpin Label:B-154
Pushpin Label Position:bottom
Metric-Rwy:y
R1-Number:10/28
R1-Length-M:909
R1-Length-F:3000
R1-Surface:Grass

Höpen Airfield is a glider airfield near the town of Schneverdingen in Lower Saxony, Germany. It supports glider flying with no commercial aviation at the field.

History

See main article: Reinsehlen Camp. Towards the end of World War II, the landing field was used by the British Royal Air Force as Advanced Landing Ground B-154 Reinsehlen.

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