# Varrelbusch Airfield (VAC / EDWU)

**Varrelbusch Airfield** (IATA: VAC, ICAO: EDWU) is a small airport in Cloppenburg, Lower Saxony, Germany. It opened in 1940. It has one runway, 930 m (3,051 ft) long, grass.

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

## At a glance

- IATA / ICAO: VAC / EDWU
- Type: Small airport
- Serves: Cloppenburg, Lower Saxony, Germany
- Opened: 1940
- Elevation: 39 m / 128 ft
- Coordinates: 52.9083, 8.0406
- Runways: 1
- Longest runway: 930 m / 3,051 ft
- Time zone: UTC+1/+2 · Europe/Berlin
- Website: https://lsv-cloppenburg.de/
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Varrelbusch_Airfield (4 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7916091
- Weather station: ETND · WMO 10321
- Ident: EDWU

## Timeline

- 1940: Varrelbusch Airfield opens.

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 09/27 | 930 m / 3,051 ft | 32 m / 105 ft | Grass | 087° / 267° |  |

## Rankings

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

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Longest runway | 930 m / 3,051 ft | =15,610 of 29,858 | =1,617 in Europe | #181 in DE |
| Elevation | 39 m / 128 ft | =35,971 of 43,403 | =4,760 in Europe | =694 in DE |
| Age | Opened 1940 | =1,114 of 15,079 | =538 in Europe | =98 in DE |
| Runways | 1 | =4,364 of 29,978 | =646 in Europe | =85 in DE |

## Radio frequencies

| Type | Description | MHz |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Info | Varrelbusch Radio | 132.565 |
| AFIS | Langen Information | 128.525 |

## Nearby airports

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- [DE-0923](https://dromopedia.com/airports/de-0923.md) Colnrade Ultralight Field · 32 km / 20 mi
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## Sources

- [NOAA Aviation Weather Center](https://aviationweather.gov/data/api/): Weather data: NOAA Aviation Weather Center (Public Domain (US Government))
- [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/edwu/data