Mainz: Finthen Army Airfield AAF

Ober-Olm

For historical information only, do not use for navigation or aviation purposes!

Coordinates	N495809 E0080853 (WGS84) Google Maps
Elevation	760 ft
Federal state	Rheinland-Pfalz (Rhineland-Palatinate)
Location indicator	EDOT (1990), EDFZ

Germany during the Cold War Map

The history of the Cold War airfields: Mainz

During World War II

Use

Luftwaffe airfield.

Situation

Mainz Finthen Airfield as Ober-Olm 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

US Army airfield.

Situation

Mainz Finthen Army Airfield (AAF) on a map 1972

Mainz Finthen Army Airfield (AAF) 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

Overview

Mainz Finthen Army Airfield AAF, Germany, on a US satellite image 1977

Mainz Finthen Army Airfield AAF on a US satellite image from 03 July 1977

Source: U.S. Geological Survey

Finthen Army Airfield on a map in 1984

Runways

Data for the year 1990:

08/26: 1000 m x 23 m Concrete
08/26: 1000 m Grass

Radio beacons

Data for the year 1990:

NDB: 470 "FY", at field

Units

1990: 2-4 Avn (21 AH-1F, 13 OH-58C, 3 UH-1H); 3-4 Avn (21 AH-1F, 13 OH-58C, 3 UH-1H); C 7-158 Avn (1 UH-1H, 16 CH-47D); I-4 Avn (2 UH-1H)

Today

Use

General aviation.

Overview

Source: Datenquelle: © GeoBasis-DE / LVermGeoRP (2019), http://www.lvermgeo.rlp.de, Datenlizenz Deutschland – Namensnennung – Version 2.0 https://www.govdata.de/dl-de/by-2-0. Es gelten folgende Regelungen zu Gewährleistung und Haftung: https://lvermgeo.rlp.de/de/geodaten/opendata/gewaehrleistung-haftung/