Allstedt airfield was built for the Soviet air forces in the 1950s. In the following years it was repeatedly expanded and was the home of a reconnaissance regiment. After the withdrawal of the Russian troops in the early 1990s, the field has been used as a special field for general aviation since the mid-1990s.
Location of airfield
The airfield is located ca. 4.5 km southeast of Allstedt.
During the Cold War
Use
Soviet airbase.
In the 1970s
Situation
Allstedt Soviet Air Base on a map of the US Department of Defense from 1972 - The blue lines mark the southern allied air corridor from and to Berlin
Source: ONC E-2 (1972), Perry-Castañeda Library Map Collection, University of Texas at Austin
Overview
Allstedt Air Base on a US satellite image from 25 November 1970 - 1=Airfield, 2=Anti-aircraft missile site, 3=Allstedt village
Source: U.S. Geological Survey
The airfield
Source: U.S. Geological Survey
Western end - The field is equipped with numerous shelters
Source: U.S. Geological Survey
There are several installations in the northern part of the airfield
Source: U.S. Geological Survey
Center part of the runway
Source: U.S. Geological Survey
Northeastern area
Source: U.S. Geological Survey
Eastern end of runway
Source: U.S. Geological Survey
Anti-aircraft missile site - It was located about 5 km northwest of the airfield
Source: U.S. Geological Survey
In the 1980s and early 1990s
Runways
Data for the year 1990
07/25: 2500 m x 60 m Concrete
Radio beacons
Data for the year 1990
LOM 25: 365 "LU"
LMM 25: 740 "L"
LOM 07: 365 "BZ"
LMM 07: 740 "B"
Radio communication
The russian radio call sign for the airfield was WADAJOM (means: "Body of Water", original notation in Cyrillic: ВОДОЕМ).