Allstedt airfield

Allstedt airfield
Allstedt
Characteristics
ICAO code	EDBT
Coordinates	51 ° 22 '50 "  N , 11 ° 26' 48"  E Coordinates: 51 ° 22 '50 "  N , 11 ° 26' 48"  E
Height above MSL	284 m (932  ft )
Transport links
Distance from the city center	5 km southeast of Allstedt
Basic data
opening	1955
operator	Construction and Property Management Saxony-Anhalt (BLSA)
Start-and runway
07/25	1200 m × 30 m concrete

Allstedt and the surrounding area in July 2015

The airfield Allstedt is a German aerodrome at Allstedt . It is approved for aircraft up to 5700 kg. The airfield Allstedt is located in Mansfeld-Südharz in Saxony-Anhalt , some 95 kilometers west of Leipzig .

Flight operations

There are no scheduled flights from the airport, but charter flights are possible with approved aircraft. In 2018, 26 aircraft were stationed at the airfield, including an Antonov An-2 certified for instrument flight . The East German kite and ultralight school uses the airfield. Since 2015 Flugplatzfest with extensive operations usually take place on the last weekend of August, along with an annual Opel - a Renault 19 - and a Ford Escort - meeting. Another highlight on the site is the open-brand tuning meeting Meet for Speed , which takes place annually in July . In 2015 the Freakstock Festival took place for the first time .

history

The field was built from 1955 and until 1992 was a military airfield for the aviation forces of the western group of the Soviet armed forces . Initially it was used as a reserve and alternative airfield, mostly by fighter and fighter-bomber units of the 16th Air Army stationed in the GDR , for example when their home bases were affected by construction work. From 1970 helicopters of the Soviet army pilots were added. A permanent occupation took place from 1967 with the stationing of the 294th ORAP (Independent Reconnaissance Air Regiment) equipped with MiG-21R and Su-17 . It was followed as the second main user from 1985 by the 225th OBWP (Independent Combat Helicopter Regiment) equipped with Mi-8 and Mi-24 . Both units remained in Allstedt until May 1991. From 1972 the airfield was used for the regular exchange of GSSD members and therefore regularly served by Aeroflot commercial aircraft. In July 1991, the site was handed over to the German authorities, who subsequently carried out considerable dismantling measures. For example, from 1996 onwards, the residential zone built for members of the army from 1966 to 1968, consisting of 17 four- to five-storey prefabricated buildings along with the associated infrastructure with shopping facilities and a school, was completely demolished and the 2500 × 60 m runway shortened to 1200 m.

Allstedt airfield railway near Lodersleben, June 2000

The airfield had an approximately 10.5 km long connecting runway for the delivery of material and fuel. It branched off the Röblingen am See – Vitzenburg railway line at kilometer 17.40 and ran essentially parallel to today's state road 219, which had to be crossed three times for topographical reasons; the place Lodersleben was bypassed to the north. Near the eastern border of the airfield, the railway line turned sharply to the northeast and ended in the military area belonging to the airfield between the villages of Winkel and Gatterstädt . The railway, equipped with a heavy superstructure , was only dismantled after 2000.

literature

• Stefan Büttner: Red places . Russian military airfields Germany 1945–1994. Fliegerhorste – Aerodorme – Military fallow areas. Ed .: Lutz Freundt. AeroLit, Berlin 2007, ISBN 978-3-935525-11-4 , pp. 180/181 .

Web links

Commons : Flugplatz Allstedt  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• allstedt-flugplatz.de Website of Allstedt Airfield (EDBT)

Individual evidence

1. ^ Allstedt airfield: Fleet. Retrieved February 9, 2020 . 
2. ^ Topographic map of the GDR 1:50 000, sheets M-32-23-D and M-32-24-C . Publisher: Ministry for National Defense of the GDR, Military Topographical Service, 1988 edition
3. ^ Regional map of Saxony-Anhalt, sheet 4: Halle-Merseburg area, Harz foreland . Map basis: Topographic map of the former GDR 1: 100,000, edition 1986–1990. State Office for Surveying and Data Processing Saxony-Anhalt, 2nd edition 1993