Cheb Airport
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| Cheb Airport Letiště Cheb |
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|---|---|---|---|
| IATA: N/A - ICAO: LKCB (former) | |||
| Summary | |||
| Airport type | sport | ||
| Operator | ULC Cheb | ||
| Serves | Cheb | ||
| Elevation AMSL | 1,595 ft (458 m) | ||
| Coordinates | |||
| Runways | |||
| Direction | Length | Surface | |
| ft | m | ||
| 06R/24L | 4,593 | 1,400 | Concrete |
| 06L/24R | 1,312 | 400 | Grass |
Cheb Airport (in Czech Letiště Cheb) (ICAO: LKCB former) is the oldest airport on area of the Czech Republic. It is located 4,5 km from city of Cheb (in German Eger).
The airport was built during the World War I to serve needs of the Austro-Hungarian Army. In 1918, when Czechoslovakia was created, it was the only working airport in the country and the first airplanes for the newly born Czechoslovakian Army were obtained from here. Later, the army set up a pilot training centre next to the airport.
During World War II Germans built a large aircraft factory (Eger Flugzeugwerke GmbH) next to the airport. The factory produced Heinkel He 177, He 219 and Messerschmitt Me 262. American bombing at the end of war destroyed the airport and the factory.
The airport was not much used after the war and today it is employed for ultralights and crop dusting. In 2004 the city bought out the airport from the army and plans its revitalization [1].
In the airport is located VOR/DME station (call sign OKG).
[edit] Literature
- Luděk Matějíček: Chebská křídla (Wings from Cheb), 2006, ISBN 80-86808-27-0.
[edit] External links
- Airport Cheb
- Photo gallery of the airport and military barracks before the war (descriptions in Czech)
- Photo gallery of the destroyed airport in May 1945 (descriptions in Czech)
