| Retzer Land Heliport | |||||||||||
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| Airport type | Private | ||||||||||
| Serves | Retz | ||||||||||
| Location | Austria | ||||||||||
| Elevation AMSL | 800 ft / 244 m | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 48°45′16.0″N15°57′43.7″E / 48.754444°N 15.962139°E Coordinates: 48°45′16.0″N15°57′43.7″E / 48.754444°N 15.962139°E | ||||||||||
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  Retzer Land Heliport Location of Retzer Land Heliport in Austria | |||||||||||
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Retzer Land Heliport is a private-use heliport in Retz, Niederösterreich, Austria.
A heliport is an area of land, water, or structure used or intended to be used for the landing and takeoff of helicopters, and includes its buildings and facilities. In other words, it is a small airport suitable for use by helicopters and some other vertical lift platforms. Designated heliports typically contain one or more touchdown and liftoff area and may also have limited facilities such as fuel or hangars. In some larger towns and cities, customs facilities may also be available.
Retz is a town with a population of 4,168 in the Hollabrunn District in Lower Austria, Austria.
Lower Austria is the northeasternmost of the nine states of Austria. Since 1986, the capital of Lower Austria has been St. Polten, the most recently designated capital in Austria. Previously, Lower Austria's capital was Vienna, even though Vienna has not officially been part of Lower Austria since 1921. With a land area of 19,186 km2 (7,408 sq mi) and a population of 1.612 million people, Lower Austria is the country's largest state; it is the second most populous after the federal state of Vienna. Other main cities are Amstetten, Krems an der Donau and Wiener Neustadt.
