{"id":60,"date":"2026-08-05T09:13:42","date_gmt":"2026-08-05T09:13:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/relaunch.flugsport-wien.at\/?page_id=60"},"modified":"2026-09-23T11:57:32","modified_gmt":"2026-09-23T11:57:32","slug":"flugplatz","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.flugsport-wien.at\/en\/verein\/flugplatz\/","title":{"rendered":"Wiener Neustadt West Airfield"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Wiener Neustadt West is an airfield steeped in history. It was one of the first airfields ever built (back in K&amp;K era) and is Europe\u2019s largest grass field to date. During WW2 the majority of German\u2019s Me109s has been constructed here, by what Wiener Neustadt became Austria\u2019s most bombed city. Thesedays the Austrian Army only conducts their parachute training in LOXN, which enables civil pilots to perform this incredible sport, not more than 30 highway minutes south of the capital city Vienna. That\u2019s how Austria\u2019s largest gliding hub came into life during the last 20 years.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The nearby Fischau foothills, the Hohe Wand, as well as the Schneeberg and Semmering, form a natural connection to the Alps and provide the ideal conditions for cross-country gliding.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>ICAO&nbsp;Code: LOXN<\/strong><br>Neustadt Tower: 123.255 MHz (Military controller)<br>Neustadt West: 130.155 MHz (Civil controller on weekends and after 4pm local)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Runways<\/strong><br>18L\/36R Grass 14L\/32R Grass 09\/27 Grass<br>18R\/36L Grass 14R\/32L Grass 04\/22 Grass<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Coordinates:<\/strong><br>47\u00b050\u201916.4\u2033N<br>16\u00b013\u201923.4\u2033E<a href=\"https:\/\/www.flugsport-wien.at\/en\/webcams\/\"><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.flugsport-wien.at\/en\/webcams\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.flugsport-wien.at\/webcam\/cam.php?id=wc2&amp;at=1337\" alt=\"Hangar-Vorplatz LOXN\"\/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Wr. Neustadt West ist ein geschichtstr\u00e4chtiger Milit\u00e4rflugplatz. Er geh\u00f6rt zu den ersten Flugpl\u00e4tzen die \u00fcberhaupt gebaut wurden (damals in der K&amp;K-Zeit) und ist noch heute der gr\u00f6\u00dfte Grasplatz Europas. Im zweiten Weltkrieg wurde hier ein gro\u00dfer Teil der deutschen Me109-Flotte gebaut, wodurch Wr. Neustadt auch zur meist bombardierten Stadt \u00d6sterreichs wurde. Heute f\u00fchrt hier das &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.flugsport-wien.at\/en\/verein\/flugplatz\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8222;Flugplatz Wiener Neustadt West&#8220;<\/span><\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":80,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-60","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.flugsport-wien.at\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/60","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.flugsport-wien.at\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.flugsport-wien.at\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.flugsport-wien.at\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.flugsport-wien.at\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=60"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.flugsport-wien.at\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/60\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":341,"href":"https:\/\/www.flugsport-wien.at\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/60\/revisions\/341"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.flugsport-wien.at\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/80"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.flugsport-wien.at\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=60"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}