Meiningen Airfield / Heliport
General |
For historical information only, do not use for navigation or aviation purposes! |
| Coordinates | N5034 E01027 |
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| Operator | Grenztruppen (GT) |
| Airfield ID | 2004 |
Location of airfield
The airfield was located ca. 2 km east of Meiningen, at the hill Rohrer Berg.
Usage until 1945
Opened during the 1920s as civil airport
Usage during the Cold War
Base for helicopter squadron 16 (HS-16) of east german border troops.
Current usage
The airfield is closed.
Runways, Taxiways, Aprons |
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Runways
Dimensions: 600m x 400m
Radio navigation |
For historical information only, do not use for navigation or aviation purposes! |
Data for the year 1990:
| Station. | Freq. | Ident | Position | Remarks | |
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| 367,0 | WS | at field |
Communications |
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Images |
The following pictures were taken in october 2008, courtesy of SK. Many thanks!
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Gate and buildings.
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Tower building? Traffic light and antenna
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Northwestern building
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Obstacle light on the roof of the building
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Looking across the airfield. This picture was created out of three pictures, with the help of AutoStich (www.autostitch.net).
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Flight Simulation |
The airfield is covered by the great scenery "Meiningen" from Frithjof Koch, Rolf-Uwe Hochmut and Volker Löw, see www.ddr-flugzeuge.de. Text (translated) "The scenery shows Meiningen airfield (Helicopter Squadron 16) in the 1980s."
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Map
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Gate, similar perspective as the above photo
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Tower building?
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Looking across the airfield, similar perspective as the above photo.
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Links |
Meiningen Airfield at Google Maps
http://maps.google.de/maps?f=q&hl=de&geocode=&q=meiningen&sll=51.151786,10....
nva-flieger.de - Meiningen heliport
Picture and a historical document "Ordnung zum Fliegen auf dem Landeplatz Meiningen" (Instruction for flying at the landing ground Meiningen) from 1986.
http://www.nva-flieger.de/_tl/index.php/nva-hs-plaetze/meiningen.html
Bibliography |
Zapf, Jürgen:
'Flugplätze der Luftwaffe 1934-1945 - und was davon übrig blieb / Thüringen'
VDM Heinz Nickel, Zweibrücken, 2003
2 pages description, map
Grenzdörfer, Joachim; Seifert, Karl-Dieter:
'Geschichte der ostdeutschen Verkehrsflughäfen'
Bernard & Graefe Verlag, Bonn, 1997
Description of the time between 1927 and 1938, maps, aerial picture
