Boeblingen Maintenance Facility AHP (US Army Heliport)

 
Germany /W/

General

For historical information only, do not use for navigation or aviation purposes!
LocationN484100 E0090000
Elevation1404'
OperatorUS Army

Usage until 1945:
Opened before 1945 as Stuttgart/Böblingen airfield.

Operations:
The area was operated as "Maintenance Facility" by the US Army until the early 1990s, including a small heliport. The adjacent barracks at the western side across the public road named "Wildermuth Kaserne" were used by the Bundeswehr until the 1990s and is now occupied by police. No aviation anymore.

(Current) usage:
Closed.

Runways

For historical information only, do not use for navigation or aviation purposes!

Data for the year 1990

Design.LengthWidthSurfaceRemarks
HEL

Images

Pictures from 2001: Gate from the roadside; signs still declaring it as a security area.

This old sign is also still there

Same gate, from the other side

Road conditions seem to be ok today

Buildings

From the opposite side

The former tower

Wind socks on the former airfield in may 2005 (why?)

Links

http://www.flugfeld.info/
Official homepage
http://www.flugfeld.info/

Bing
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Google Maps
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Meilenwerk
Oldtimer / F-104G Starfighter 22+58
http://www.meilenwerk.de/Meilenwerk_Stuttgart_index.php