Stuttgart Echterdingen AAF (US Army Airfield)
Germany /W/
General |
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| Location | N484118 E0091236 |
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| Elevation | 1267' |
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| ICAO Location Indicator | EDAT (1971) EDDS (1990) EDOC (1990) |
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| Operator | USAF (US Airforce), US Army |
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Location:
Echterdingen
(Current) usage:
Opened before 1945. Joint civil/military airfield.
Airfield Map |
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Runways |
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Data for the year 1971
| Design. | Length | Width | Surface | Remarks |
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| 08/26 | 2550 | 50 | CON | |
| 08/26 | 540 | 30 | GRASS | |
Data for the year 1990
| Design. | Length | Width | Surface | Remarks |
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| 08/26 | 2550 | 50 | CON | |
Radio Navigation |
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Data for the year 1990
| | Station. | Freq. | Ident | Position | Remarks |
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| ILS26 | 109.9 | DLG | | |
| LOM08 | 384 | SY | | |
| LOM26 | 306 | SG | | |
Data for the year 1990:
1st Avn Det: 4 UH-1H, 2 C-12C; 2nd MIB: 6 RC-12D, 8 OV-1D, 7 RV-1D; 4-159 Avn: 30 UH-1H, 15 OH-58D, 1 C-12C, 1 U-21A; 7005th ABS
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Military ramp with C-160 and C-130
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RDAF C-47
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Lutrans at Stuttgart
Lutrans was a scheduled transport service provided by the German Airforce until the 1980s. The station at Stuttgart had 6 ground people and was used for distributions into the area between Freiburg, Kaiserslautern, Saarbrücken, Frankfurt/M, Würzburg und Reutlingen. Aircrafts were C-160 Transall.
Routing monday, tuesday, thursday, friday:
Landsberg - Stuttgart - Cologne - Ahlhorn - Hohn
Hohn - Ahlhorn - Cologne - Stuttgart - Landsberg
Routing wednesday:
Landsberg - Stuttgart - Cologne - Landsberg
Hohn - Ahlhorn - Cologne - Hohn
The aircraft from Landsberg arrived at Stuttgart at about 1200 local and departed to Cologne at 1245. In the afternoon, the aircraft arrived at about 1545 local an departed 1630.
