# Wasserkuppe Airfield, Gersfeld (Rhön), Germany

**Wasserkuppe Airfield** is a small airport in Gersfeld (Rhön), Hesse, Germany. It opened in 1924. It has 2 runways; the longest is 619 m (2,030 ft).

Web page: https://dromopedia.com/airports/eder

## At a glance

- Type: Small airport
- Serves: Gersfeld (Rhön), Hesse, Germany
- Opened: 1924
- Elevation: 901 m / 2,956 ft
- Coordinates: 50.4988, 9.9542
- Runways: 2
- Longest runway: 619 m / 2,030 ft
- Time zone: UTC+1/+2 · Europe/Berlin
- Website: https://fliegerschule-wasserkuppe.de/
- Wikipedia: https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flugplatz_Wasserkuppe (3 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1230050
- Ident: EDER

## Timeline

- 1924: Wasserkuppe Airfield opens.

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 06/24 | 619 m / 2,030 ft | 14 m / 46 ft | Asphalt |  |  |
| 08R/26L | 366 m / 1,200 ft | 76 m / 250 ft | Grass |  |  |

- 06/24 slopes 4.7%: threshold 24 at 872 m / 2,860 ft, threshold 06 at 901 m / 2,956 ft.

## Rankings

Ranked among 48,075 open airports; = marks a shared place.

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Longest runway | 619 m / 2,030 ft | =24,143 of 29,858 | #2,455 in Europe | #352 in DE |
| Elevation | 901 m / 2,956 ft | =5,594 of 43,403 | #181 in Europe | #2 in DE |
| Age | Opened 1924 | =231 of 15,079 | =170 in Europe | =24 in DE |
| Runways | 2 | =715 of 29,978 | =135 in Europe | =20 in DE |

## Radio frequencies

| Type | Description | MHz |
| --- | --- | --- |
| INFO | Wasserkuppe Radio | 120.130 |
| AFIS | Langen Information | 119.150 |

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## In collections

- [Steepest runways](https://dromopedia.com/collections/steepest-runways) #49

## Sources

- [OurAirports](https://ourairports.com/data/): Airport data from OurAirports (Public Domain)
- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org): Structured data from Wikidata (CC0 1.0)
- [timezone-boundary-builder](https://github.com/evansiroky/timezone-boundary-builder): Time zone boundaries © OpenStreetMap contributors, timezone-boundary-builder (ODbL 1.0)
- Every figure with its source: https://dromopedia.com/airports/eder/data