Brandenburg Briest Airbase / Airfield
General |
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| Coordinates | N522615 E0122716 (WGS84) |
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| Elevation | 31 m |
| ICAO Location Indicator | ETBB (ab ca. 1985), EDUB (2000) |
| Operator | NVA LSK/LV |
| Airfield ID | 2134 |
Location of airfield
The airfield is located 6.5 km northwest of Brandenburg center and southeast of Briest.
Usage until 1945
Luftwaffe airbase.
Usage during the Cold War
1945 until 1956 used by Red Army / Soviet forces. From 1957 until 1990 used by East German Airforce.
Current usage
1990 .. 1994 used by Luftwaffe. Now general aviation.
Runways, Taxiways, Aprons |
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Runways
Data for the 1980s:
| Design. | Length | Width | Surface | Remarks |
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| 07/25 | 2441,8 m | 40 m | Concrete | Width of the fist 1150 m in the east: 60 m. |
| 07/25 | 1000 m | 150 m | Grass | Emergency, south of the concrete runway. |
Radio navigation |
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Data for the 1980s:
| Station. | Freq. | Ident | Position | Remarks | |
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| RSBN | Channel 36 | UT | N522611 E0122737 (S42/83) | ||
| HLR 253 | FFF | 303 | UT | 4000 m | not in service |
| NFF | 625 | U | 1000 m; N522636 E0122912 (S42/83) | ||
| NLR 073 | FFF | 1154 | CR | 4000 m | not in service |
| NFF | 275 | C | 1000 m | not permanently in service |
| HLR | Main landing direction | |
| NLR | Secondary landing direction | |
| FFF | Locator at outer marker | |
| NFF | Locator at middle marker | |
| RSBN | TACAN-like navigation system |
Communications |
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Radio
Data for the 1980s:
The call sign of the airfield was UNRECHT.
Frequencies: Flight director (Tower): 135,583 (Channel 7) and 124.0 (Channel 1) UNRECHT-START; DF: 130,0 (Channel 4) UNRECHT-PELENG. Position of the DF facility was N522636 E0120108 (S42/83). H24 (1990).
Telephone
Sondernetz/Stabsnetz S1 53628, Call signs in 1990: HÄKELGARN and PILZKUNDE (command post)
Airspace and Procedures |
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Maps
Maps from an east german military airfield manual:
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Situation of the airfield with airways, radio beacons, reporting points and other east german airbases
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Departure routes to VFR flying routes (dashed lines) and airways (radio beacon HKF)
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Approach for main landing direction 253°
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Approach for secondary landing direction 073°
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Airfield map
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Units |
In 1990, the following units were based at Briest:
- Transporthubschraubergeschwader 34 (THG-34, Postfach PF 43814)
- Fliegertechnisches Bataillon 34 (FTB-34, PF 33623)
- Hubschrauberausbildungsgeschwader 35 (HAG-35, PF 78343)
- Fliegertechnisches Bataillon 35 (FTB-35, PF 78374)
- Teile Offiziershochschule der LSK/LV für Militärflieger "Otto Lilienthal" (OHS MF, Postfach 78396)
Flight Simulation |
Brandenburg Briest airbase is part of the wonderfull scenery gdr_mil7 from Michael Spengler.
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Airfield map
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Helicopters Mi-8 on the ramp at Briest.
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Links |
Briest
Presentation of Briest community
http://www.potsdam-mittelmark.de/landkreis/cpmweb/briest.htm
Die Ausbildung zum Hubschrauberführer der NVA - Flugplatz Briest
Detailed information, map, aerial picture and current pictures from 2005.
http://www.nva-flieger.de/_tl/index.php/nva-hs-plaetze/brandenburg-briest.h...
USMLM Unit History 1982
Notice about the deployment of all helicopters from Briest to Cottbus
http://www.history.hqusareur.army.mil/uslmannual.htm
Towerdrive
History of THG-34
http://home.snafu.de/veith/thg-34.htm
Towerdrive
History of HAG-35
http://home.snafu.de/veith/hag-35.htm
Bibliography |
Ries, Karl; Dierich, Wolfgang:
'Fliegerhorste und Einsatzhäfen der Luftwaffe'
Motorbuch Verlag Stuttgart, 1993
Allied map
Zapf, Jürgen:
'Flugplätze der Luftwaffe 1934-1945 - und was davon übrig blieb / Berlin & Brandenburg'
VDM Heinz Nickel, Zweibrücken, 2001
7,5 pages description, map and aerial pictures
Freundt, Lutz:
'Sowjetische Fliegerkräfte in Deutschland 1945-1994, Band 1'
Freundt Eigenverlag, Diepholz 1998
Short description about usage by the Red Army. Aerial picture from 1953.
Bußmann, Kleest, Freundt:
'"11-80, katapultieren Sie!"'
AeroLit - Verlag und Medienvertrieb, Berlin, 2004
Short descriptions about accidents at Briest and other airbases.
Airfields in the vicinity |
For historical information only, do not use for navigation or aviation purposes! |
Klein Kreutz: 94°/8 km
