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They have a few properties that could make them more attractive for emergencies. There are no objects around the highway that would interfere with wings, especi
by Xylakant 4y ago
They have a few properties that could make them more attractive for emergencies. There are no objects around the highway that would interfere with wings, especially no overpasses, poles or trees. The stretches are long and straight, as well as reasonably flat. The road surface was/is kept in a good enough condition for planes to land.
There’s still the middle barrier etc., so in a planned conversion that would be removed, a control tower of sorts set up etc.
But in todays traffic, you’d probably not find a gap large enough to squeeze an airliner in. And I don’t think these are still maintained as air strips, at least in Germany.
- rob74 4y agoThis German Wikipedia article has a list of all "Autobahn-Behelfslandeplätze", and it looks like out of originally 29, only 9 are still usable: https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Notlandeplatz_auf_Stra%C3%9Fe#Autobahn-Behelfslandepl%C3%A4tze https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Notlandeplatz_auf_Stra%C3%9Fe#... Trivia: Ramstein Air Base was originally also an autobahn air strip used by the nazis during the last months of the war, then the US forces occupied it, and the autobahn had to be rerouted.