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: Ruzyně Airport
Letiště Praha Ruzyně, Prague Ruzyně
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Coordinates
N500602 E0141540
(WGS84)
Google Maps
Elevation
1247'
Location indicator
LKPR
Airfield Id
Punkt 440
The history of the Cold War airfields: Praha
During World War II
Use
Prag-Rusin air base.
Situation
Praha Ruzyně Airport in World War II on a US map from 1944
Source: McMaster University Library Digital Archive, License: Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 2.5 CC BY-NC 2.5 CA
During the Cold War
Use
Airport.
In the 1960s
Overview
Aerodrom chart from 15 February 1960
Source: CIA
In the 1970s
Situation
Praha Ruzyně Airport on a map of the US Department of Defense from 1973
Source: ONC E-3 (1973), Perry-Castañeda Library Map Collection, University of Texas at Austin
Overview
Praha Ruzyně Airport on a US satellite image from 16 May 1979
Source: U.S. Geological Survey
Northwestern part
Source: U.S. Geological Survey
Northeastern part with ramp
Source: U.S. Geological Survey
Runways, taxiways
Source: U.S. Geological Survey
Eastern part, hangar with aircraft
Source: U.S. Geological Survey
Southern part
Source: U.S. Geological Survey
Southeastern part
Source: U.S. Geological Survey
In the 1980s and early 1990s
Radio communication
The military radio call sign of the airfield was "SMARAGD" (198x).
According to western signals intelligence (SIGINT), the airfield was also called "Navigacni Punkt 440" by the Czechoslovak Air Force.
Today
Use
Airport.
Bibliography
Ries, Karl; Dierich, Wolfgang: "Fliegerhorste und Einsatzhäfen der Luftwaffe" Motorbuch Verlag Stuttgart, 1993 -
Historical map
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