During the Cold War, the US Army operated a large number of airfields and helicopter landing pads, mainly in southern Germany, including the states of Rheinland-Pfalz (Rhineland-Palatinate), Hessen (Hesse), Baden-Württemberg and Bayern (Bavaria). However, with the Garrison Garlstedt and the Bremerhaven logistics transshipment center, there were also landing sites in northern Germany. The US Army was also represented in Berlin. The use of the small airfield in Bonn was possibly in connection with the US embassy at that time.
The airfields often consisted of a 700 to 900 m runway, simple parking facilities and small hangars. If possible, existing buildings from the period until 1945 continued to be used. From the 1980s onwards, the airfields were often only used as helipads. Some were extensively developed, like Ansbach and Illesheim.
In many barracks there were helicopter landing pads. They were mostly laid out on the parade or sports field and partly marked as such on the ground. Large depots and hospitals also had landing fields, which were usually marked, had a wind sock and were partly illuminated.
In the 1980s, helicopter touchdown points were marked with a white maltese cross / iron cross painted on the ground.
The following map shows the locations of the airfields and helicopter landing pads. The concentration on southern Germany is clearly visible. A landing site is represented by a blue dot. For reasons of space, names are only displayed for selected sites.
Not all fields were active at the same time. Some sites had not been used since the 1970s already and did not appear in any official list anymore.
This list is sorted according to the city (e.g. Coleman → Mannheim: Coleman)
Amberg: Army Airfield AAF |
Ansbach: Army Airfield / Heliport |
Ansbach: Hindenburg Kaserne Army Heliport |
Aschaffenburg: AHP |
Aschaffenburg: Army Airfield AAF |
Aschaffenburg: Graves Army Heliport AHP |
Augsburg: Flak Kaserne, Hospital Army Heliport AHP |
Augsburg: Flak Strip |
Augsburg: Fryar |
Augsburg: Haunstetten Airfield |
Augsburg: Reese Barracks |
Augsburg: Sheridan Heliport |
Babenhausen: Army Airfield |
Bad Aibling: AHP |
Bad Hersfeld: Army Airfield AAF |
Bad Kissingen: Army Airfield AAF |
Bad Kissingen: Daley Bks Army Heliport AHP |
Bad Kissingen: Hawk Site Helipad |
Bad Kreuznach: Army Airfield AAF |
Bad Kreuznach: Hospital Army Heliport AHP |
Bad Tölz: Baker Army Airfield AAF |
Bamberg: Army Airfield AAF |
Baumholder: Army Airfield AAF |
Baumholder: H D Smith Army Heliport AHP |
Baumholder: Hospital Army Heliport AHP |
Bayreuth: Army Airfield AAF |
Berlin: Steinstücken Helipad |
Berlin: Tempelhof Airport |
Bischofswiesen: Helipad |
Böblingen: Panzer Army Heliport AHP |
Böblingen: Stuttgart-Böblingen Airport, Maintenance Facility |
Bocksberg: Radio Relay Site Helipad |
Bonn: Airfield / Army Heliport AHP |
Bottingen: Army Heliport AHP |
Breitsol: US Army Heliport |
Bremerhaven: Army Airfield AAF |
Büdingen: Army Airfield AAF |
Butzbach: Army Heliport AHP |
Crailsheim: Army Airfield AAF |
Crailsheim: McKee Barracks Army Heliport AHP |
Dahn: Army Heliport AHP |
Darmstadt: Army Airfield AAF |
Darmstadt: Cambrai Fritsch Kaserne Army Heliport |
Darmstadt: Kelley Barracks Army Heliport |
Dexheim: Anderson Barracks Army Heliport AHP |
Einsiedlerhof |
Erlangen: Army Airfield AAF |
Eschborn: Airfield |
Feucht: Army Airfield AAF |
Fischbach: Army Heliport AHP |
Frankfurt/M: Bonames Airfield |
Frankfurt/M: Casino Army Heliport AHP |
Frankfurt/M: Drake Bks AHP |
Frankfurt/M: Hospital AHP |
Friedberg: Army Airfield AAF |
Friedberg: Thunder Pad, Savage Pad Army Heliport AHP |
Fulda: AHP |
Fulda: Army Airfield AAF |
Fürth: Army Airfield AAF |
Fürth: Dambach Housing Area Helipad |
Fürth: Johnson Barracks Army Helipad |
Fürth: Pinder AHP |
Gablingen: Army Airfield, Army Helipad |
Garlstedt: Clay Kaserne Army Heliport |
Garmisch: Army Heliport |
Gelnhausen: Army Airfield AAF |
Germersheim: Reserve Storage Activity Army Airfield / Heliport |
Giebelstadt: Air Base, Army Airfield AAF |
Gießen: AAF/AHP |
Gießen: Rivers AHP |
Göppingen: Army Air Field AAF |
Grafenwöhr: Army Air Field |
Grafenwöhr: Main Pad AHP |
Grafenwöhr: Med Evac AHP |
Hanau: Army Air Field AAF |
Hanau: Großauheim Kaserne Army Heliport |
Hanau: Hutier Army Heliport AHP |
Hanau: Pioneer Army Heliport AHP |
Heidelberg: Army Air Field AAF |
Heidelberg: Hospital Army Heliport AHP |
Heidelberg: Königstuhl Radio Relay Station Helicopter Landing Site |
Heilbronn: Army Airfield AAF |
Heilbronn: Wharton Barracks Army Heliport AHP |
Herzogenaurach: Herzo Base Army Heliport (West) |
Hohenfels: Albertshof AHP |
Hohenfels: Army Airfield |
Hohenfels: Hospital AHP |
Hohenstadt: Radio Relay Site Helipad |
Hoppstädten-Weiersbach: Army Airfield |
Illesheim: Army Air Field AAF |
Inneringen: AHP |
Kaiserslautern: Depot AHP |
Kaiserslautern: Kapaun AHP |
Kaiserslautern: Kleber Kaserne AHP |
Kaiserslautern: Rhine Ordnance Barracks AHP |
Karlsruhe: Airfield |
Karlsruhe: Gerszewski AHP |
Karlsruhe: Neureut AHP |
Karlsruhe: Smiley Barracks AHP |
Kirch-Göns: Army Airfield |
Kirch-Göns: Ayers Kaserne Army Heliport |
Kitzingen: AHP |
Kitzingen: Army Airfield AAF |
Kleingartach: AHP |
Kornwestheim: Ludendorff Kaserne Army Heliport |
Kriegsfeld: Army Helipad |
Landstuhl: Hospital AHP |
Landstuhl: US Army Heliport AHP |
Lehmgrube: AHP |
Lemwerder: Airfield |
Lenggries: Prinz-Heinrich-Kaserne Helipad |
Ludwigsburg: Army Airfield AAF |
Ludwigsburg: Coffey Bks AHP |
Ludwigsburg: Flak Kaserne Helipad |
Mainz: Finthen Army Airfield AAF |
Mainz: Robert Lee Barracks Army Helipad |
Mannheim: Coleman Army Airfield AAF |
Mannheim: Funari Barracks Helipad |
Mannheim: Hammond Barracks Army Heliport |
Mannheim: Spinelli Barracks Helipad |
Mannheim: Sullivan Army Heliport |
Mannheim: Taylor Barracks Army Heliport |
Massweiler: Depot AHP |
Miesau: Depot AHP |
Miesau: West AHP |
Münchweiler: Hospital Army Helipad |
Munich: Oberwiesenfeld Airfield |
Munich: Perlacher Forst Hospital Army Heliport |
Munich: Texas Area Army Heliport |
Munich: Warner Kaserne Helipad |
Munich: Warner Strip Airfield (Panzerwiese) |
Münster: AHP |
Murnau: AHP |
Nahbollenbach: QM Depot AHP |
Nellingen: Army Heliport AHP |
Neubrücke: Hospital AHP |
Neu-Ulm: Ulm Army Airfield |
Nuremberg: Hospital AHP |
Nürnberg: Soldiers Field Army Airfield |
Oberammergau: AHP |
Oberschleißheim: Airfield |
Oberursel: AHP |
Pforzheim: Army Heliport |
Pirmasens: US Army Airfield AAF |
Regensburg: Army Heliport |
Regensburg: Prüfening Airfield |
Rothwesten: Gunpost Army Heliport |
Rötz: Army Heliport |
Schwabach: AHP |
Schwabach: Army Airfield |
Schwäbisch Gmünd: Army Airfield, Army Heliport |
Schwäbisch Hall: Hessental Army Airfield AAF |
Schwanberg: Radio Relay Site Helipad |
Schweinfurt: Army Airfield |
Schweinfurt: Ledward AHP |
Schwetzingen |
Siegelsbach: Depot AHP |
Stuttgart: Airport, Army Airfield |
Stuttgart: Bad Cannstatt Hospital AHP |
Stuttgart: Kelley Bks AHP |
Stuttgart: Patch Barracks Army Heliport |
Stuttgart: Robinson Bks AHP |
Todendorf: Army Airfield |
Vilseck: AAF |
Vilseck: Main AHP |
Vilseck: Officers Club AHP |
Vilseck: Patton Hill AHP |
Wertheim: Army Airfield |
Wiesbaden: Air Base, Army Airfield |
Wiesbaden: Hospital AHP |
Wildflecken: Army Airfield AAF |
Worms: US Army Heliport AHP |
Würzburg: Emery Army Airfield |
Würzburg: Hospital AHP |
Würzburg: Leighton Barracks Army Airfield / Heliport |
Zweibrücken: Kreuzberg Kaserne AHP |
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