Sperenberg Airfield / Airbase
Germany /E/
General |
For historical information only, do not use for navigation or aviation purposes! |
| Coordinates | N520800 E0130900 |
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Usage during the Cold War
Soviet / russian airfield until 1994.
Current usage
Closed.
Runways, Taxiways, Aprons |
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Runways
Data for the year 1990:
| Design. | Length | Width | Surface | Remarks |
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| 09/27 | 2500 m | | | |
Radio navigation |
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Data for the 1970s:
| | Station. | Freq. | Ident | Position | Remarks |
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| HLR 27 | FFF | 454 | ChC | | |
| NFF | 221 | Ch | | |
| NLR 09 | FFF | 454 | NZ | | |
| NFF | 221 | N | | |
Data for the 1980s:
| | Station. | Freq. | Ident | Position | Remarks |
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| HLR 27 | FFF | 221 | ChM | | |
| NFF | 254 | Ch | | |
Communications |
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Radio
The airfield radio call sign was SOUVENIR.
Units in the year 1990: 113 OVE: Mi-6, Mi-8, Mi-9, Mi-24; 226 OSAP: An-12, An-24, An-26, Tu-134; 39 ORAO: Il-20, Il-22
Railway track from Sperenberg.
The following pictures were taken in 1994:
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Terminal building in the western part of the field. Note the name "SPERENBERG" written in cyrillic.
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Two of the northern parking positions, occupied by an An-12 and Mi-8.
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An-24 on one of the northern parking positions.
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A Mi-8 parked at the main taxiway, near the crossing of taxiway RD-3.
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Mi-8 in front of the hangar
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Mobile control tower, located between the taxiways RD-1 and RD-2. Note the two different glide path antennas.
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One of the two airport surveillance radars, located north of the center of the runway. To the left you can see one of the two precision approach radars.
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Vehicle with a radio direction finder (DF), seen near the radar site.
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Looking across the runway to the southeastern corner of the airbase. Here are one height finder and two RSBN navigation systems.
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One of the two RSBN antennas.
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Height finder.
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Mobile taxiway light.
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Fuel truck.
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Sperenberg around 2003/2004
These pictures show the airfield about 10 years after closing. Courtesy of Pille - thank you very much!
Runways and taxiways
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Runway (1)
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(2)
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Main taxiway (1)
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(2)
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(3)
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Northern taxiway (1)
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(2)
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Hangar
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Fuel depot
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Fuel depot (1)
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(2)
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(3)
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(4)
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Technical building (1)
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(2)
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Lightning protection
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Tank (1)
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(2)
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Small tanks (1)
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(2)
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(3)
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(to be continued)
Freundt, Lutz:
'Sowjetische Fliegerkräfte in Deutschland 1945-1994, Band 3'
Edition Freundt Eigenverlag, Diepholz 1999
Description, aerial pictures, pictures.
Freundt, Lutz:
'Sowjetische Fliegerkräfte in Deutschland 1945-1994, Band 4'
Edition Freundt Eigenverlag, Diepholz 2000
Additions
Stefan Büttner:
'Abzug per "Möbelwagen" - Die letzten Tage von Sperenberg'
Fliegerrevue 12/94
Description, pictures, aerial photo
M. Winkler:
'Do Swidanja Sperenberg'
Luftfahrt Journal Oktober 1994
Report from an aircraft spotter
'Red Stars over Germany (Part 2)'
World Air Power Journal (R), Volume 21, Aerospace Publishing Ltd., London, 1995
Description and pictures
Airfields in the vicinity |
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