Anklam Airfield
| Anklam Airfield | |
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| Characteristics | |
| ICAO code | EDCA |
| IATA code | QKQ |
| Coordinates | |
| Height above MSL | 6 m (20 ft ) |
| Transport links | |
| Distance from the city center | 3 km south of Anklam |
| Street |
 
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| Basic data | |
| operator | Anklamer Flugplatz GmbH Otto Lilienthal |
| Runways | |
| 09/27 | 1000 m × 20 m asphalt |
| 09/27 | 900 m × 40 m grass |
The airfield Anklam is located in northeastern Germany in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern . It is located three kilometers south of the city of Anklam on federal highways 109 and 197 .
It is approved for aircraft up to 5700 kg. For heavier machines, a special permit is required, which is issued regularly. The place is approved for all air sports, including balloon, paraglider and model flying.
There are currently no scheduled or charter flights. There is a local flying school and numerous air sports clubs.
Every year Trabi - and Opel instead -meeting. The Airportdays Anklam (1/4 mile race) also take place there. At the airfield, under the name Aeronauticon, there is an exhibition, teaching and play area of the Otto Lilienthal Museum .
Location and surroundings
Anklam is a Hanseatic city with 750 years of history, it is located in the Vorpommern-Greifswald district and is the city of birth of Otto Lilienthal . The Pomeranian Bay ( Baltic Sea ) is 35 km away, the island of Usedom and the Szczecin Lagoon are ten kilometers away.
history
The place was laid out between 1936 and 1937 as an air base for the Luftwaffe . During the entire period of its existence, training for changing units of the Air Force took place here. Among other things, various pilot schools, navigation courses and the Anklam bomb school, which was later renamed I./Kampfschulgeschwader 1 (I. Group of Kampfschulgeschwader 1).
The following table shows a list of selected active flying units (excluding school and supplementary units) of the Air Force that were stationed here between 1936 and 1945.
| From | To | unit | equipment |
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| April 1937 | September 1937 | III./StG. 162 (III. Group of Sturzkampfgeschwader 162) | Heinkel He 70 , Henschel Hs 123 |
| June 1942 | July 1942 | III./KG 53 ( III.Group of Kampfgeschwader 53) | Heinkel He 111H-6 |
| October 1944 | December 1944 | III./JG 1 ( III.Group of Jagdgeschwader 1) | Messerschmitt Bf 109G-14 |
| April 1945 | April 1945 | II./KG 4 | Heinkel He 111H-20 |
In 1945 the extensive airfield facilities were blown up. In the 1950s, the place was revitalized in the service of agricultural flight . Anklam became the central base for the northeast of the GDR with shipyard operations. After Interflug's agricultural flight operations were closed , the airfield was converted into a commercial airfield at the instigation of the city.
Anklam solar park
A photovoltaic open space system was completed on the airfield site in February 2014 . It consists of over 32,000 solar modules that can generate a peak output of 7.9 megawatts. Since the solar park is located in the immediate vicinity of the runway, the executing plant manufacturer F&S solar from Euskirchen had to have a glare and fire protection report drawn up to ensure that the solar park would not impair air traffic. In purely mathematical terms, the solar park can supply clean electricity for 2256 households and save around 5500 tons of carbon dioxide annually compared to conventional coal-fired power generation.
Others
The Anklam airfield was used for the 1989 7-part TV series Flugstaffel Meinecke for GDR television. Some exterior and aerial shots were filmed here.
