Beda reported issue XSG-1474: New Airport Code Request on February 2, 2016 6:33 AM
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  • Beda February 2, 2016 6:37 AM


    Obviously the identifier EDTK was reassigned. The former airport Karlsruhe Forchheim, which used to have that code, was demolished in 2000.

    Greetings Peter

  • Jennifer Roberts February 2, 2016 8:48 AM

    Hi Peter,

    I see there is a grass field at the coordinates you provided. However, search results indicate that EDTK ICAO is still associated with the closed Karlsruhe Forchheim airport. Please Pick a fictitious ICAO based on the guidelines on the NOTAMs page.

  • Beda February 2, 2016 10:06 AM


    Hi Jennifer,

    I think that those results are outdated. I have gathered some sources which I think feature more recent data:

    1) www.dfs-ais.de -> ICAO VFR map that can be viewed online after registration on that website. The attached picture shows a section of that map including the airport EDTK Sinsheim.

    2) Skyvector.com -> https://skyvector.com/airport/EDTK/Sinsheim-Airport

    3) openAIP -> http://www.openaip.net/node/153059

    Further sources can be found if you search for EDTK+Sinsheim via Google. As a conclusion I am convinced that Sinsheim has the ICAO-code EDTK assigned. Do you agree?

    Greetings Peter

  • Jan Vogel February 2, 2016 1:46 PM


    I have to firmly side with Peter on this one. My research showed that both Karlsruhe-Forchheim was closed:

    https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flugplatz_Karlsruhe-Forchheim

    And it seems that EDTK was now re-assigned to Sinsheim:

    http://www.openaip.net/node/153059

    All the best, Jan

  • An unknown user February 2, 2016 6:09 PM


    Here is a way to see the date bing images were captured:
    http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Bing_imagery_analyzer_for_OSM

    For google images, use google earth and its shown in the the status bar at the bottom.

    Gruss,
    Michael

  • Jennifer Roberts February 3, 2016 8:23 AM

    Code has been restored & metadata changed.

  • Beda February 3, 2016 10:11 AM


    Thanks for your support everyone! I just uploaded the scenery for EDTK Sinsheim.

    Greetings Peter

binky commented on July 6, 2016 6:26 AM

Sorry to contradict, guys, but the fair ground is a 'Messe' ( an exhibition hall ) and this was built over the original EDTK flughafen. (just as I moved into the country 1 km removed from a great-looking airfield)... :O(

however, the stadt granted EDTK a field some 1/2 km away where there is a thriving Glider club and occasional microlight. It is a grass runway, but still very much in operation. I have modelled this for Xplane9.7 and will eventually (next spring?) find time to go on the gateway and update EDTK Forcheim accordingly.

Binky Karlsruhe

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