Cheb Airport

Cheb Airport Letiště Cheb
IATA: none – ICAO: LKCB
Summary
Airport type		sport
Operator		Aeroklub Karlovy Vary o.s.
Location		Cheb
Elevation AMSL		483 m / 1,585 ft
Coordinates		50°03′58″N 12°24′41″E / 50.06611°N 12.41139°E / 50.06611; 12.41139Coordinates: 50°03′58″N 12°24′41″E / 50.06611°N 12.41139°E / 50.06611; 12.41139
Website		http://www.letistecheb.cz/
Runways
Direction	Length		Surface
	m	ft
05/23	1,000	3,280	Grass

Cheb Airport (in Czech Letiště Cheb) (ICAO: LKCB) 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. The first airplanes for the newly formed Czechoslovakian Army were obtained from the airport. Later, the army set up a pilot training center 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.

In the airport is located VOR/DME station (call sign OKG).

Airport was reopened 19.8.2010 as public domestic aerodrome and operational availability is VFR DAY.

Literature

• Luděk Matějíček: Chebská křídla (Wings from Cheb), 2006, ISBN 80-86808-27-0.

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)