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Wasserkuppe Airport

50.49889°N
9.95389°W
ARR / DAY
1
500.0%
DEP / DAY
1
125.0%

Wasserkuppe Airport (EDER) is a small general aviation airport located in Gersfeld, Germany, 78 km north of Würzburg. It features 2 runways with the longest being 2,030 feet. SkyMeter has observed roughly 1 arrivals and 1 departures per day on average over the last 7 days.

Current weather

Latest METAR observation

Temp
Wind
Visib
Ceil

Runway intelligence

Which runway carries the operations, observed over the last 30 days

08R
33% of ops
13 land · 5 TO
24
28% of ops
11 land · 0 TO
06
23% of ops
9 land · 14 TO
26L
15% of ops
6 land · 19 TO
Runway 08R carries 33% of operations (13 landings, 5 takeoffs) over the last 30 days. The next most-used is 24 at 28%.

Approach quality

Per-runway unstable-approach, go-around, and long-rollout rates

08R 13 landings
UA 8%
24 11 landings
UA 0%
06 9 landings
UA 11%
26L 6 landings
UA 33%
Approaches to 08R show a 8% unstable-approach rate (1 UA events from 13 landings).Phase B will add wind-correlation: which crosswind band produces most UA events.

Traffic behavior

When the field is busy: hourly + weekday vs weekend

Daily avg
1.5
flights/day · 44 total
Busy hour (local)
10am
also 2pm · 9am
Day vs night
95%
06:00–20:00 local
Traffic concentrates around 9am–10am local, averaging 1.5 flights/day. Weekend volume runs 1.8× weekday (2.2 vs 1.2 daily).

Aircraft character

What's actually flying here: top types over the last 30 days

Activity is led by (21% of 39 flights). Top three types: , , .

Pilot & community notes

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Ulli
6/20/2018
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