ESPE - Vidsel

Overview 
 Vidsel air base is a military airport located 15 km west-northwest of the village of Vidsel. It is a critical part of Vidsel Test Range that provides an aerospace test and evaluation asset for Sweden through the Test & Evaluation (T&E) department of Swedish Defence Materiel Administration (FMV). 
 The base has one main runway (RWY 11/29, 2230 m length) and three auxiliary runways (known as "short" runways, which are 800 m long), of which two (RWY C and RWY D) are operational. 
 Airport Charts 
 AD Chart 
 
 Parking stands 
 Aprons 
 
 APN 1-5 available for fast jets and smaller aircraft 
 APN 86 for transport aircraft 
 H1-H4 next to THR 11 for fast jets 
 
 Taxi 
 C130 not allowed to taxi between main RWY and short RWY C. 
 Take-off and climb 
 Contact Vidsel Approach when instructed by TWR. 
 On initial contact with Vidsel Approach report altitude to verify transponder Mode C readout. 
 MET information 
 As there is no ATIS, expect ATC to read the relevant weather information for arrival and departure. 
 Military traffic 
 Regulations 
 Military pilots should be familiar with Rules and Procedures for Military Aviation . 
 COM Channels 
 
 
 Login Callsign 
 Radio Callsign 
 Frequency 
 MIL Channel 
 
 
 ESPE_APP 
 Vidsel Approach 
 124.150 
 C2 
 
 
 ESPE_F_APP 
 Vidsel Approach 
 119.200 
 C 
 
 
 ESPE_P_APP 
 Vidsel Precision 
 135.400 
 B 
 
 
 ESPE_TWR 
 Vidsel Tower 
 130.400 
 A 
 
 
 
 Expect the MIL channel designation to be used when getting a frequency change, for example: CONTACT VIDSEL APPROACH CHANNEL CHARLIE TWO . 
 Instrument approach procedures 
 No civil instrument approach procedures published. 
 
 RWY 29: ILS/LOC, MILS, TILS, PAR, SRE, VDF 
 RWY 11 : SRE 
 
 MIL instrument approach procedures 
 
 RWY 11 
 
 Initial approach altitude 2900 ft
 
 Safety altitude:
 
 SRE 1650 ft 
 
 
 MAP: straight ahead 
 
 
 
 
 
 RWY 29 
 
 Initial approach altitude 2600 ft 
 Safety altitude:
 
 MILS 794 ft 
 TILS 830 ft 
 PAR 900 ft 
 SRE 1200 ft 
 VDF 1820 ft 
 
 
 MAP: straight ahead to 3200 ft