Austria · elevation 1043 ft AMSL
· 48.1825, 14.0393
Wels Airfield is an airport with the ICAO code LOLW. Country: Austria. Nearest settlement listed in the database: Wels. OurAirports classifies it as a small airport. Its ICAO code starts with the LO prefix, which marks airports in Austria. No IATA code is assigned, which is typical for airports without scheduled traffic. The airport reference point sits at 48°10'57"N, 14°02'21"E, at an elevation of 1,043 ft (318 m) above sea level. The applicable time zone is Europe/Vienna.
Aerial imagery showing the runway and apron layout - the zoom is matched to the longest runway.
| Threshold | Course | Length | Width | Surface |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 08C | 80° | 930 m (3,051 ft) | 50 m (164 ft) | grass |
| 26C | 260° | |||
| 08L | 80° | 1,390 m (4,560 ft) | 30 m (98 ft) | asphalt |
| 26R | 260° | |||
| 08R | 80° | 900 m (2,952 ft) | 45 m (148 ft) | grass |
| 26L | 260° |
The course is derived from the runway designator (number × 10), not from a survey - the actual magnetic bearing can differ by a few degrees.
Declared distances (TORA, TODA, ASDA, LDA) are published in the national AIP - they are not part of this table.
According to OurAirports data (compiled from AIP and FAA sources), Wels Airfield has 3 runways: 08C/26C - 930 m long (3,051 ft), 50 m wide, grass surface; 08L/26R - 1,390 m long (4,560 ft), 30 m wide, asphalt surface; 08R/26L - 900 m long (2,952 ft), 45 m wide, grass surface.
The longest of them is 08L/26R, at 1,390 m.
The airport combines paved and grass surfaces: 1 paved and 2 grass runways.
The thresholds are oriented as follows: 08C/26C on 80° and 260° magnetic, 08L/26R on 80° and 260° magnetic, 08R/26L on 80° and 260° magnetic. A threshold designator is its magnetic heading divided by ten (ICAO Annex 14), so the runway axis can be read straight off the numbers.
For the 08C/26C axis, wind from the south (around 170°) or from the north (around 350°) blows perpendicular to the runway and produces the largest crosswind component. Wind from around 80° or 260° acts along the runway, as a headwind or a tailwind. The decoder on this page computes those components automatically from the current METAR.
Weather reports for Wels Airfield are published under the ICAO code LOLW. A METAR is an observation of current conditions, usually issued every 30 or 60 minutes; a TAF is a forecast for the airport area, typically covering 9 to 30 hours.
The decoder breaks the LOLW report down into its parts: wind direction and speed including gusts and variability, visibility (including CAVOK and directional minimum visibility), weather phenomena by WMO code, cloud layers with their bases, temperature and dew point, QNH pressure, and the resulting flight category - VFR, MVFR, IFR or LIFR - using FAA thresholds.
Not every airport issues its own reports; many smaller airfields have no weather station. If no current data is available for LOLW, check the nearby airports listed below.
Reports always use UTC (the Z suffix). The Europe/Vienna zone is GMT+01:00 in winter and GMT+02:00 in summer - that is the shift to apply to the time in the report to get local time at the airport.
The closest airports in the database, measured in a straight line from the reference point, are Linz-Hörsching Airport (LOWL, 12 km), Eferding Airfield (Pupping) (LOLE, 18 km), Hofkirchen Airfield (LOLH, 23 km). When no report is available for LOLW, they usually give the best approximation of conditions in the area.
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