Malmen Airbase Explained

Malmen Airbase
Nativename:Swedish: Malmens flygplats
Iata:QEI
Icao:ESCF
Type:Military
Operator:Swedish Air Force
Location:Malmslätt / Linköping
Elevation-F:309
Coordinates:58.3978°N 15.5228°W
Metric-Rwy:y
R1-Number:01/19
R1-Length-M:2,214
R1-Surface:Asphalt
R2-Number:08/26
R2-Length-M:1,870
R2-Surface:Asphalt
Footnotes:Source: AIP Sweden[1]

Malmen Airbase (Swedish: Malmens flygplats) is a military airbase located in Malmslätt, Linköping Municipality, Östergötland County, Sweden. It is located west of Linköping.[1]

The base was opened by Carl Cederström in 1912. In the beginning the airbase had only three aircraft but more were bought in the same year. From 1926 to 1974 it served as an air force base for the Östgöta Wing (F 3). In 1974 the Wing was decommissioned, and the airbase was put under Bråvalla Wing (F 13) then later Uppland Wing (F 16). From 1998 it served as main base for the Swedish Armed Forces helicopter units, with the Swedish Armed Forces Helicopter Wing.

From 2003 the Royal Swedish Airschool has been located here, to train pilots with Sk 60 jet trainers. The Swedish Air Force Museum is located on the airbase.

Facilities

The airfield resides at an elevation of 308feet above mean sea level.[1] It has two asphalt paved runways: 01/19 is 2214mx35mm (7,264feetx115feetm) and 08/26 is 1870mx37mm (6,140feetx121feetm).

See also

References

  1. http://www.lfv.se/AIP/AD/AD%202/ESCF/ES_AD_2_ESCF_en.pdf AIP Sweden: ESCF – LINKÖPING/Malmen