Wittstock Airbase
General |
For historical information only, do not use for navigation or aviation purposes! |
| Coordinates | N5312 E01231 |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 75 m |
Location of airfield
5 km northeast of Wittstock city center.
Usage until 1945
Luftwaffe airbase.
Usage during the Cold War
Soviet airbase until 1994.
Current usage
Closed.
Runways, Taxiways, Aprons |
For historical information only, do not use for navigation or aviation purposes! |
Runways
Data for the year 1990:
| Design. | Length | Width | Surface | Remarks |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 08/26 | 2400 m |
Radio navigation |
For historical information only, do not use for navigation or aviation purposes! |
Data for the year 1990:
| Station. | Freq. | Ident | Position | Remarks | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 26 | LOM | 421 | GJ | 4150 m | |
| LMM | 205 | G | 1100 m | ||
| 08 | LOM | 421 | OR | ||
| LMM | 205 | O |
| HLR | Hauptlanderichtung | |
| NLR | Nebenlanderichtung | |
| FFF | Fernfunkfeuer | |
| NFF | Nahfunkfeuer |
Communications |
For historical information only, do not use for navigation or aviation purposes! |
Radio
Call sign: NAPJORSTOK (1960s), GAZOVIJ (1990)
Units |
33 IAP: MiG-29, MiG-29UB, MiG-23UB (1990)
Installations |
Railway track from Groß Haßlow to the southern part of the airfield; Radar site west of airfield near Biesen; SAM site near Wernikow
Links |
Google Maps
http://maps.google.de/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=de&geocode=&q=wittstock&sll=52...
Bibliography |
Ries, Karl; Dierich, Wolfgang:
'Fliegerhorste und Einsatzhäfen der Luftwaffe'
Motorbuch Verlag Stuttgart, 1993
Allied map of the former Luftwaffe airbase
Zapf, Jürgen:
'Flugplätze der Luftwaffe 1934-1945 - und was davon übrig blieb / Berlin & Brandenburg'
VDM Heinz Nickel, Zweibrücken, 2001
5 pages description, map, aerial pictures from 1944, current pictures
Freundt, Lutz:
'Sowjetische Fliegerkräfte in Deutschland 1945-1994, Band 3'
Edition Freundt Eigenverlag, Diepholz 1999
Description, pictures, aerial pictures from 1953 and 1991
Freundt, Lutz:
'Sowjetische Fliegerkräfte in Deutschland 1945-1994, Band 4'
Edition Freundt Eigenverlag, Diepholz 2000
Additions
Freundt, Lutz (Hrsg.), Büttner, Stefan:
'Rote Plätze - Russische Militärflugplätze in Deutschland 1945 - 1994'
AeroLit Verlag, 2007
Description, pictures, aerial pictures from 1953 and 1991
