Rapla Airfield Explained

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.

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Notes and References

  1. https://web.archive.org/web/20160819001327/http://www.worldflightplanner.com/airports/EE:EERA Rapla Airfield
  2. http://eera.ee/english/ EERA Rapla Lennuväli | Rapla Airfield