Fürstenwalde: Airfield
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| Coordinates | N522322 E0140544 (WGS84) Google Maps |
| Elevation | 184 ft |
| Former East Germany | District of Frankfurt/O |
| Federal state | Brandenburg |
| Location indicator | EDAL (200x) |
Germany during the Cold War Map
Location of airfield
3 km northeast of Furstenwalde center.
During World War II
Usage
Luftwaffe airfield
Situation
Fürstenwalde Air Base in World War II on a US map from 194x (Source: McMaster University Library Digital Archive, License: Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 2.5 CC BY-NC 2.5 CA)
Overview
Fürstenwalde Air Base on a US map from 1952 (Source: AMS M841 GSGS 4414, Courtesy Harold B. Lee Library, Brigham Young University)
During the Cold War
Usage
Base for soviet transport helicopters until mid-1970s. Then agricultural airfield of Interflug state airline. In addition, the East German National People's Army listed the airfield under the ID "A 05-11".
In the 1960s
Overview
Fürstenwalde Airfield on 02 May 1965 - The viewing direction is approximately southeast (Source: U.S. Geological Survey)
Storage area (Source: U.S. Geological Survey)
Barracks with sports field (Source: U.S. Geological Survey)
Southwestern part - 1: Barracks; 2: Object of unknown purpose; 3: Steinhöfeler Chaussee; 4: Railway Fürstenwalde-Steinhöfel-Hasenfelde; 5: A train at the railway siding (Source: U.S. Geological Survey)
Eastern end of the runway (Source: U.S. Geological Survey)
Hangars - There are numerous vehicles in front of all hangars. The airfield seems to be no longer used for flying. (Source: U.S. Geological Survey)
Western part at the Buchholzer Chaussee (Source: U.S. Geological Survey)
Northern part (Source: U.S. Geological Survey)
In the 1970s
Situation
Fürstenwalde Airfield on a map of the US Department of Defense from 1972 (Source: ONC E-2 (1972), Perry-Castañeda Library Map Collection, University of Texas at Austin)
Visual approach map for agricultural aviation from 1974 (Source: VFR-Luftfahrthandbuch für die Interflug Betrieb Agrarflug)
Overview
Fürstenwalde Airfield on a US satellite image from 25 November 1970 (Source: U.S. Geological Survey)
Situation map from 1975, turned into approximate north direction. - The paved runway is closed, the agricultural aviation uses a 600 m long grass runway in the north. (Source: VFR-Luftfahrthandbuch für die Interflug Betrieb Agrarflug)
US satellite image from 16 May 1979 - The northern part used by Interflug has been extended (Source: U.S. Geological Survey)
In the 1980s and early 1990s
Runways
Data for the year 1990:
- 08/26: 1200 m Bit closed / unusable
- 12/30: 800 m Grass
Connections between visual approach and departure routes and local flying routes
Connecting routes between the visual approach and departure routes of the airfields and the Local Flying Routes (as of March 1st, 1982): Shortes flying route from the airfield to the local flying route No. 31 (leg Prötzel - Autobahn intersection Fürstenwalde).
Explanation: The "Local Flying routes" were a network of VFR routes in the former East Germany. The routes were numbered and the legs were defined as straight lines between geographic points.
Today
Use today
Closed, the area is used for a solar power plant.
Links
- /BYU/:
http://lib.byu.edu/collections/german-maps/ - German Maps (Topographische Karte 1:25,000)
Bibliography
- Freundt, Lutz: "Sowjetische Fliegerkräfte in Deutschland 1945-1994, Band 1" Freundt Eigenverlag, Diepholz 1998 - Short description, aerial picture from 1953
Airfields in the vicinity
- 196°/7km Fürstenwalde: Helipad 3002 (HSLP / HLP 3002)
- 355°/10km Müncheberg: Eggersdorf Airfield (Eggersdorf)
- 048°/12km Heinersdorf: Helipad 3024 (HSLP / HLP 3024)
- 228°/12km Markgrafpieske: Helipad 3110 (HSLP / HLP 3110)
- 337°/14km Waldsieversdorf: Helipad 3004 (HSLP / HLP 3004, Rotes Luch)
- 171°/15km Wilmersdorf: Helipad 3023 (HSLP / HLP 3023)
- 200°/16km Reichenwalde: Helipad 3120 (HSLP 3120)
- 238°/17km Spreenhagen: Helipad 1013 (HSLP / HLP 1013)
- 243°/19km Spreenhagen: Highway Strip (Autobahnabschnitt ABA, Friedrichshof)
- 210°/20km Storkow: Helipad 1027 (HSLP 1027)
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