Leipzig-Altenburg Airport
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| Type | Public | |||||||||
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| Owner | Flugplatz Altenburg-Nobitz GmbH | |||||||||
| City | in Nobitz near Altenburg (26mi from Leipzig) | |||||||||
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| TerraSync | only generic layout | |||||||||
Leipzig-Altenburg Airport, until 2008 known as Altenburg-Nobitz Airport, is a German regional airport near Altenburg and 42 km (26 mi) south of Leipzig in the state of Thuringia. Its close to the well developed Flightgear-airport Leipzig/Halle. The former military Airfield was transformed into a public airport in 1992. In Flightgear this airport was never developed over the status of simple Taxidraw.
Flying at Leipzig/Halle airspace
In Flightgear Leipzig-Altenburg Airport is usually operated by the Air traffic controller at Leipzig/Halle Airport, because Departure and Approach is leading pilots normally through Leipzig/Halle Airspace.
Charts
All diagrams and charts are available for download.
Runways 04/22
The runway is 2.435m long with a width of 45m.
- NDB/DME 04 (038°)
- ILS-CAT-I 22 (218°): 108.70
ATC
- Altenburg Tower - frequency 123.570
Due to lac of real centre controls in Flightgear, frequency of Leipzig Tower is usually used in the airspace around Leipzig-Alternburg Airport
- Leipzig Tower - frequency 121.100
- Munich Radar - frequency 126.170
- Munich Radar - frequency 132.300
Infrastructure
Access and connection
The Airport is only connected by bus to Altenburg. There is no direct public connection to Leipzig any-more.
Apron 1
Terminal
Apron 2
Scenery
In TerraSync only a simple ground layout exists. Currently this airport is under development. First scenery had been modelled and published via TerraSync in 2013. There is no custom scenery existing. The authors believe on the advantages of TerraSync which makes it easy for every user always to have the latest scenery installed automatically. In 2014 the layout will be updated to 850-standard.
Development
The Scenery is developed by Thomas G. and August by using shared models and newly designed static objects: