Welcome to Borlänge Aeroclub!

Soaring, Aircrafts and Ultra-Light


General information

Borlänge Flygklubb Dala Airport
Borlänge Sweden
Phone: +46 243 23 36 00

Welcome to the homepage of Borlange Aero Club (in Swedish called Borlänge Flygklubb)

For international visitors we have to inform you that the sign ä used in Swedish is pronounced ae and maybe cannot be read on your pages. Borlange is situated 180 km NW of Stockholm in a county called Dalecarlia (Dalarna in Swedish). Borlange, together with Falun, is the main region in the county with appx 100.000 inhabitants. The airport is 8 km SE of Borlange city and the aeroclub is in the northern part of the airport. At the airport we have scheduled flights, general aviation, soaring, parachuting and model flying, everything working very well together.

If you are traveling in Sweden and passing by, this is the way to fin dus. By ground transport you can:

Here is a map showing the location of our clubhouse (Marked with a "B")
Bigger map

From the air the visiting pilot will find a 2300 metre asphalt and a 720 metre grass runway, so you can´t miss us! You will taxi to the north end (threshold runway 14) and from there follow the taxiway to the club.

Within walking distance from the airport is a clear lake for swimming, a pizzeria, a bank, an indoor swimmingpool (not open in the summer) and bus stop for connection to the towns. A little bit further away you will find two skiing areas (only in winter!), a supermarket, walking tracks in the forest and – maybe - big wild animals.


The club

Our aeroclub is operating gliders, motorgliders, ultralights and airplanes. The club owns 3 gliders, one motorglider and 3 powered aircrafts, besides private-owned planes of different types. We have 3 hangars and sometimes we can offer hangar space for visiting airplanes. We are flying year-around, but the gliders are dismounted between November and March. In wintertime we also use the big lakes around us for operations from the ice. Usually we can arrange with tug pilots whenever necessary.

The club is instructing in gliding, motorgliding, motor flying and ultra-light flying. The prices for the education are affordable, especially as Sweden (still) has no fuel tax. If you are more interested in flying in Borlange give us an e-mail!

The biggest event in our history was the 1993 World Championships in soaring. With 114 gliders aerotowed in just under 50 minutes we were the world´s busiest airport during that time. The scheduled traffic operated as normal (well, a couple of times THEY had to give the gliders precedence) which shows our fine cooperation with Borlange TWR.

The clubhouse has a kitchen (we are selling micro-food), teaching-room, shower and 4 beds for visiting pilots. We have our own fuel supply and it is possible to put a tent or park a caravan in our area. In sumertime aircrafts on their way to or from North Cape often make a stop at our airport and we try to help with all necessary things. We welcome you for a short visit or for a long summer holiday!


Airspace and fees

Sweden is one of the very few countries in Europe that only uses class C for controlled airspace. That gives restrictions that can be handled in different ways. In Borlänge the ATS is working very well (see the Soaring World Champs about the club), but, as always, you need to know how it works. The air can either be controlled (C-class), or uncontrolled (G) depending on time of the day or season. Usually the tower is open daytime Mondays to Fridays. Then you need a clearance in the control zone and the terminal area. The Borlange airspace then connects with other C-air (all over Sweden) at FL95.

When ATS is closed you fly as any other uncontrolled field, with blind transmissions when you think it is necessary or with a eagle´s eye if you have no radio. Please note when both runways are in use the pattern for each runway is flown so that they do not interfere with each other.

Normally, it is better to start and finish a soaring flight where you have an ATS on the airport instead of trying to cross through the airspace. Every time you can talk to them direct about your plans and usually you fly in the controlled airspace just in the beginning and in the end of the flight. It is more complicated to cross a TMA ”between 1000 and 2500 metres” and you seldom need to do it if your base is in Borlange. Another advantage is that just north of Borlange we have one of Scandinavia´s largest area for cloud flying. That means that you have the possibility to break out of a culmulus at 4000 metres and understand the meaning of life.

Note that the airport is open 24 h a day regardless if the ATS is in service or not. It is landing fee on the asphalt runway for powered aircrafts when ATS is in use, but always free on the grass strip. If you buy a Weekly card for Swedish airports you do not pay any landing fees in Borlange. The gate at the terminal building is closed during ATS closure, but the gate (to leave the airport) at the club area is always open. See http://www.dalaairport.se/tornet/security.htm

In the end some hints about flight planning in Sweden. The grass airfields can be very soft in the springtime. It can be problems at many major airports to leave the airport when the tower is closed since all gates often are closed by security reasons. Have a look at operating hours for instrument airports at:

http://www.lfv.se/templates/LFV_InfoSida_70_30____2594.aspx and notams at

http://www.lfv.se/templates/LFV_InfoSida_Bred____18344.aspx

Weather conditions and climate

In wintertime we have snow from November to March-April. The Swedish soaring season begins in March with wave camps in the north, the thermal activity around Borlänge begins in mid-March. In springtime we usually have the highest cloudbases (up to 2300-3000 m) and the strongest lift (up to 5-7 m/s), but it can be cold, so water balllast can be a problem in March-April. In summertime we have longer days (daylight for up to 23 hours/day) but usually not so strong lifts and lower cloudbase (often 2000 metres) but with the long daylight it is possible to make long soaring trips.. We are situated in the middle of Sweden so we have never seabreeze. For crosscountry soaring the condtions are good in all directions, but the out-landing possiblities to the north are not so good which means we usually fly in the other directions. 750 km triangles are possible over landable areas, for 1000 km triangles you have small regions with not-so-good field conditions, but if the cloudbase is approaching 3000 metres you can glide quite a distance.... In autumn the weather often is windy, but it is seldom we encounter wave conditions.

Flying across Sweden

For powered flying (e.g. to Northern Scandinavia) the long daylight time will help you a lot even if you have a couple of days with rainy weather. In the summer the low pressure areas mostly are moving with speed and from SW to NE. Along the mountains beginning W of Borlange and northwards the weather is often worse but the countryside is quite amazing. Be aware of that Sweden is a sparsely populated area, in the mountain region it is required that someone is checking that your flight ended safely, the easiest way to do it is to file a flight plan and close it after landing.

Contact us

If you are interested in a PPL, see http://www.tunaaero.se/index.htm - info@tunaaero.se

If you have any other questions you want to ask - feel free to contact us at info@borlangeflygklubb.nu