Castelo Branco District, Portugal

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New Airfield in final stages of development

New location for the historical Covilhã AirClub, which lost it's original infrastructure located 1km West to give way for the construction of a data center...

The runaway is mostly 'built', but consolidation works are still underway and is not yet open to the general public and is pending certification. The new HQs for the AirClub are located North accross the field the runway is in in the village's old Primary School building - a Windsock is visible on this building whcih helps identifying it!

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Private airstrip located near the town of Ladoeiro. Seems to have been deactivated or at least left unused since it is in very poor condition.

Using the Google Earth feature 'historic imagery' and backtracking to a date in 2006 or before you can see the runway much more clearly.

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Public airfield certified for all sorts of light GA traffic. Located near the thermal resort border town of Monfortinho. Has a dirt airstrip in excellent condition.

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Public airfield certified for aircraft with MTOW of 5700kg. Has lots of activity on the weekends. Paved runway in excellent condition, as well as a dirt one which used to be the old airfield, in good condition.

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Public airfield certified for all light GA traffic. Also sees some aerial firefighting activity in the summer months. Has a paved runway in very good condition.

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One of the most important aerodromes of the country, and the oldest one in Portugal still in operation at the date of its closure; closed to give way for the construction of a Datacenter.

The aerodrome was of particular interest due to the exceptional conditions of its geographical location for the flying and practice flying of gliders. This characteristic, combined with the good infrastructures that the airfield possessed, were some of the reasons for the creation of the 'University of Beira Interior' in Covilhã, known for being the only place where you can currently study Aeronautical Engineering in the country.

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The airport was closed on September 2011

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