Rapla Airfield | |
Nativename: | Rapla lennuväli |
Icao: | EERA |
Location: | Iira, Rapla Parish |
Elevation-F: | 216 |
Pushpin Map: | Estonia |
Pushpin Label: | EERA |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in Estonia |
Metric-Rwy: | Y |
R1-Number: | 15R/33L |
R1-Length-M: | 1600 |
R1-Surface: | Grass |
R2-Number: | 15L/33R |
R2-Length-M: | 1100 |
R2-Surface: | Grass |
Footnotes: | Sources[1] [2] |
Rapla Airfield (also known as Kuusiku Airfield) is an airfield in Estonia. It is located in Iira village near the town of Rapla, about 50km (30miles) from the capital Tallinn. Rapla Airfield is considered one of the centres of Estonian skydiving and private aviation.
The airfield has two 60m (200feet) wide parallel grass-covered runways: 15L/33R 1100m (3,600feet) and 15R/33L 1600m (5,200feet).[2]
Rapla Airfield is used mainly as a drop zone by skydivers, by small airplane and ultra-light owners, by model plane pilots, by hang-glider and glider pilots and by powered para-glider pilots.