Haina: Airfield

Eisenach-Kindel

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CoordinatesN505930 E0102848 (WGS84) Google Maps
Former East Germany (GDR)District of Erfurt
Federal stateThüringen (Thuringia)
Location indicatorEDGE
Map with location of Haina Eisenach-Kindel Airfield, Germany
Germany during the Cold War Map
The history of the Cold War airfields: Haina

During World War II

Use

West-northwest of the later Haina airfield was the Wenigenlupnitz Luftwaffe airfield.

During the Cold War

General

Haina was a Soviet auxiliary airfield with paved runway, tarmarcs and two radio beacons for approaches from the east. It was only 19 km away from the inner German border and below the southern allied air corridor to and from Berlin, which probably restricted the possibilities of use. Today it is an airfield for general aviation.

In the 1970s

Situation

Haina Airfield on a US map 1972
Haina Airfield on a map of the US Department of Defense from 1972 - The difficult location is recognizable by the proximity to the demarcation line to the Federal Republic (on the left) as well as by the southern allied corridor (blue lines).
Source: ONC E-2 (1972), Perry-Castañeda Library Map Collection, University of Texas at Austin

Runways

  • 10/28: 2300 m Concrete

Radio beacons

  • LOM 28: 650 "UV"
  • LMM 28: 315 "U"

Radio communication

The call sign was LIDER.

In the 1980s and early 1990s

Overview

Aerial image 1992
Aerial image from 19 May 1992
Source: GDI-Th, Freistaat Thüringen, TLVermGeo - www.geoportal-th.de, Data licence Germany – attribution – version 2.0, www.govdata.de/dl-de/by-2-0
Runway in the west, Eisenach
Runway in the west
Source: GDI-Th, Freistaat Thüringen, TLVermGeo - www.geoportal-th.de, Datenlizenz Deutschland – Namensnennung – Version 2.0, www.govdata.de/dl-de/by-2-0
Flightline at Eisenach Kindel aerodrome
Flightline in the west - Here are markings for car driving exercises applied.
Source: GDI-Th, Freistaat Thüringen, TLVermGeo - www.geoportal-th.de, Datenlizenz Deutschland – Namensnennung – Version 2.0, www.govdata.de/dl-de/by-2-0
Buildings at Haina Airfield, Germany
Buildings - In the upper half of the picture the tracks of the railway siding can be seen.
Source: GDI-Th, Freistaat Thüringen, TLVermGeo - www.geoportal-th.de, Datenlizenz Deutschland – Namensnennung – Version 2.0, www.govdata.de/dl-de/by-2-0
Installations
Installations
Source: GDI-Th, Freistaat Thüringen, TLVermGeo - www.geoportal-th.de, Datenlizenz Deutschland – Namensnennung – Version 2.0, www.govdata.de/dl-de/by-2-0
Installations
Installations
Source: GDI-Th, Freistaat Thüringen, TLVermGeo - www.geoportal-th.de, Datenlizenz Deutschland – Namensnennung – Version 2.0, www.govdata.de/dl-de/by-2-0
Vehicle revetments south of the runway
Vehicle revetments south of the runway
Source: GDI-Th, Freistaat Thüringen, TLVermGeo - www.geoportal-th.de, Datenlizenz Deutschland – Namensnennung – Version 2.0, www.govdata.de/dl-de/by-2-0

Today

Use

General aviation.

Overview

Aerial picture 2015/2017 with the former Wenigenlupnitz airfield and Eisenach airfield.
Aerial picture 2015/2017 with the former Wenigenlupnitz airfield (top left) and Eisenach airfield. - The picture also shows the new course of the Autobahn A4, which ran about 3 km more to the south through the Hörsel mountains until 2010.
Source: GDI-Th, Freistaat Thüringen, TLVermGeo - www.geoportal-th.de, Datenlizenz Deutschland – Namensnennung – Version 2.0, www.govdata.de/dl-de/by-2-0
Eisenach Kindel Airfield, Germany
Source: GDI-Th, Freistaat Thüringen, TLVermGeo - www.geoportal-th.de, Datenlizenz Deutschland – Namensnennung – Version 2.0, www.govdata.de/dl-de/by-2-0

Links

Sources

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