Räyskälä Airfield is an airfield in Räyskälä,
Loppi,
Finland
Finland ( fi, Suomi ; sv, Finland ), officially the Republic of Finland (; ), is a Nordic country in Northern Europe. It shares land borders with Sweden to the northwest, Norway to the north, and Russia to the east, with the Gulf of B ...
,
about west of
Loppi centre and east of
Forssa town centre.
It is the largest sports aviation centre in the
Nordic countries
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,
and one of the busiest
general aviation
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airfields in Finland. It is also home to the Finnish Sports Aviation Academy.
Räyskälä Airfield hosted the
World Gliding Championships in 1976 and 2014, the Junior World Gliding Championships in 2009, and the
European Gliding Championships
The European Gliding Championships is a gliding competition held every two years.
Gliding is a competitive sport and was even a demonstration sport at the 1936 Summer Olympics. It was due to become an official Olympic sport in the Helsinki Games i ...
in 1996 and 2005.
See also
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List of airports in Finland
References
External links
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Räyskälä AirfieldLentopaikat.net – Räyskälä Airfield
Airports in Finland
Loppi
Buildings and structures in Kanta-Häme
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