Salzwedel Airfield/Heliport
General |
For historical information only, do not use for navigation or aviation purposes! |
| Coordinates | N525001 E0111214 (WGS84) |
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| ICAO Location Indicator | ETSA (ca. 1985-1990) |
| Operator | Grenztruppen (GT) |
| Airfield ID | 2001 |
Usage until 1945
Luftwaffe airbase.
Usage during the Cold War
Helicopter landing ground for helicopter squadron 16 (HS-16) of East German Border Troops (Grenztruppen, GT)
Current usage
Closed.
Radio navigation |
For historical information only, do not use for navigation or aviation purposes! |
Data for the 1980s:
| Station. | Freq. | Ident | Position | Remarks | |
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| Airfield radio beacon | 334,0 | KS |
Communications |
For historical information only, do not use for navigation or aviation purposes! |
Radio
Call sign: KOSMOS
Telephone
Sondernetz/Stabsnetz S1 über 042-88 (GR-24 / GKK-201), "Preßluftbohrer 21"
Teletype
Sondernetz/Stabsnetz S1 über 035-211 (GR-24 / GKK-201)
Flight Simulation |
The Salzwedel airfield is covered by the detailed scenery "HS_16_Salzwedel" from Frithof Koch und Volker Löw, see www.ddr-flugzeuge.de
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Links |
Google Maps
http://maps.google.de/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=de&geocode=&q=52.83361111,+11....
nva-flieger.de - Hubschrauberplatz Salzwedel
Pictures and document "Ordnung zum Fliegen auf dem Landeplatz Salzwedel" (Instruction for flying at the landing ground Salzwedel) from 1986.
http://www.nva-flieger.de/_tl/index.php/nva-hs-plaetze/salzwedel.html
Bibliography |
Ries, Karl; Dierich, Wolfgang:
'Fliegerhorste und Einsatzhäfen der Luftwaffe'
Motorbuch Verlag Stuttgart, 1993
Allied map of the former Luftwaffe airbase Salzwedel.
Zapf, Jürgen:
'Flugplätze der Luftwaffe 1934-1945 - und was davon übrig blieb / Sachsen-Anhalt'
VDM Heinz Nickel, Zweibrücken, 2005
7 pages description of the former Luftwaffe airbase Salzwedel, with map, aerial picture from 1944 and 9 current colour pictures.
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