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CoordinatesN531858 E0113260 (WGS84) Google Maps
Former East Germany (GDR)District of Schwerin
Federal stateMecklenburg-Vorpommern (Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania)
Map with location of Ludwigslust Airfield
Germany during the Cold War Map
The history of the Cold War airfields: Ludwigslust

General

Approximately three kilometres southeast of Ludwigslust there was an auxiliary airfield of the Soviet armed forces in East Germany ("GDR"). It was located on a military training ground and had a runway with a grass surface. The site is not identical to the former Fliegerhorst Ludwigslust (Luftwaffe Air Base), which was located approx. 3 km south-southeast of the city. Today both the auxiliary airfield and the airbase are closed.

During the Cold War

Use

Soviet reserve airfield.

In the 1960s

Overview

Ludwigslust military installations 1967
View over the military installations in Ludwigslust on a US satellite image from 28 May 1967. Direction of view is about west - 1: auxiliary airfield, 2: former Luftwaffe air base, now Soviet barracks with air defence site, 3,4,5: military training areas, 6: City of Ludwigslust
Source: U.S. Geological Survey
Ludwigslust Soviet Airfield, Germany, on a US satellite image 1967
Enlargement. Airfield
Source: U.S. Geological Survey

In the 1970s

Overview

Ludwigslust Airfield, Germany, on a US satellite image 1970
Ludwigslust Airfield on a US satellite image from 25 November 1970
Source: U.S. Geological Survey

In the 1980s and early 1990s

Runways

Data for the year 1990:
  • 03/21: 2500 m Grass

Today

Use

Closed.
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