Grossenhain Airfield
Grossenhain (also known as Großenhain) is the capital of the Riesa-Großenhain district in Saxony, Germany. The Grossenhain Airfield lies at a distance of 30 kilometers in the NNW direction of the city of Dresden. The airport served a good number of tourists who visit the city for holidaying as well as for business interests.
Some of the chief features of the Grossenhain Airfield in Germany, Europe can be listed as follows:
- The airfield has been coded as EDAK by International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO).
- The runway of the airfield is paved with concrete and measures 7800 feet in length.
- The Airfield in Grossenhain does not provide any customs service.
- Grossenhain Airfield, Germany does not have an officially published instrument approach (known as Instrument Flight Rules or IFR) procedure at the airfield. This suggests that the airfield is not safe for flights to take-off from or land especially during bad weather or inadequate light.
- The airport has as many as 7 hangars.
- Grossenhain Airfield is the landing place for military planes like MiG as well as the largest cargo plane named Antonov.
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The modern day Grossenhain Airport previously served as an air base for the armed forces. In 1914, air force began using the airfield by landing a Mars Pigeon A 184-13. In 1945, the red army commenced its operations at the Grossenhain Airfield. Code named as Ararat, the airfield later came to be used by the Soviet airmen for 48 years which ended in the year 1993.
Previously, Grossenhain was inhabited by the Sorbs in the 13th century. Later, the Bohemians occupied by the Bohemians for a brief period of time during which the city underwent complete fortification. In the medieval periods, Grossenhain was one of the dominant towns in Saxony.www.flightshotelstours.com provides detailed, online information on Grossenhain Airfield, as well as on Flights to Grossenhain and Flights to Germany.
