Lesce-Bled Airport
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| Lesce-Bled Airport Letališče Lesce |
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|---|---|---|---|
| IATA: n/a - ICAO: LJBL | |||
| Summary | |||
| Airport type | Public | ||
| Serves | Lesce | ||
| Elevation AMSL | 1657 ft (504 m) | ||
| Coordinates | |||
| Runways | |||
| Direction | Length | Surface | |
| ft | m | ||
| 13/31 | 3370 | 1150 | Grass |
Lesce-Bled Airport (ICAO: LJBL) is located in Lesce, in the north-west part of Slovenia and there are only a few "air" kilometers between airports in Slovenia and Austria. Road connections to Austria and Italy are possible.
The area is a popular tourist location.
It also borders Bled lake.
[edit] Flying
Just north of the airport lies the mountain chain Karavanke that eases difficult flight paths during bad weather. To the west of Bled lake, you can see the highest Slovenian mountain range, called the Julian Alps with the Slovenian highest peak Triglav (altitude 2864 meters).
For experienced and ambitious pilots, Bled can be an ideal start point for long distance flights in the direction of Italy, Austria and then even further to Germany, France and Switzerland. Ridges and mountains close to Lesce allow early takings-off. Pilots then follow the Alps chains in a north-westernly direction. High speeds are attainable due to the ridges.
[edit] World records from Lesce-Bled airport
The club has more than 300 member pilots. It is the only European airport with two world records to its name, flown by Mihel Thaler and Boštjan Pristavec. Mihael Thaler reached broke the world record in the 15m class. He flew two years ago in a 100km triangle with an average speed of 181.4 km/h.
Boštjan Pristavec broke the world record in the ultra-light sailplane class. His average speed flown with the Slovenian sailplane Apis was 118.44 km/h. The record was broken in 2004 and still holds to this day.
Many club pilots fly cross-country flights. They are very active on the OLC Online contest, where you can find the best results from the club. One of the best flights was the 750 FAI (Fédération Aéronautique Internationale) triangle from Miha Thaler and a 1000km flight flown by Boštjan Pristavec.
[edit] External links
- Lesce-Bled Airport (official site)
- Map from MultiMap
- Satellite image from TerraServer
