Räyskälä Airfield | |
Nativename: | Finnish: Räyskälän lentokenttä |
Icao: | EFRY |
Operator: | Räyskälä-Säätiö |
Location: | Räyskälä, Loppi, Finland |
Elevation-F: | 407 |
Elevation-M: | 124 |
Coordinates: | 60.7447°N 24.1078°W |
Website: | www.rayskala.fi |
Pushpin Map: | Finland |
Pushpin Label: | EFRY |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location within Finland |
R1-Number: | 08L/26R |
R1-Length-M: | 800 |
R1-Surface: | Asphalt |
R2-Number: | 08R/26L |
R2-Length-M: | 1020 |
R2-Surface: | Asphalt/gravel |
R3-Number: | 12L/30R |
R3-Length-M: | 1270 |
R3-Surface: | Asphalt/gravel |
R4-Number: | 12R/30L |
R4-Length-M: | 480 |
R4-Surface: | Asphalt |
Metric-Rwy: | y |
Footnotes: | Source: VFR Finland[1] |
Räyskälä Airfield is an airfield in Räyskälä, Loppi, Finland, about 23km (14miles) west of Loppi centre[2] and 37km (23miles) east of Forssa town centre.[3] It is the largest sports aviation centre in the Nordic countries,[4] and one of the busiest general aviation airfields in Finland. It is also home to the Finnish Sports Aviation Academy.
Räyskälä Airfield hosted the World Gliding Championships in 1976 and 2014, the Junior World Gliding Championships in 2009, and the European Gliding Championships in 1996 and 2005.
On 16 October 2024, a World War II-era North American T-6 Texan trainer aircraft crashed into a forest near the airfield shortly after takeoff, killing its two German pilots.[5]