Ballenstedt airfield

Airfield "An den Gegensteinen" Ballenstedt
Characteristics
ICAO code	EDCB
Coordinates	51 ° 44 '45 " N , 11 ° 13' 47" E Coordinates: 51 ° 44 '45 " N , 11 ° 13' 47" E
Height above MSL	153 m (502 ft )
Transport links
Distance from the city center	3 km north of Ballenstedt, ; 7 km south-east of Quedlinburg
Street	Badeborn – Ballenstedt district road
Local transport	Bus (line 241)
Basic data
opening	October 2, 1932
operator	Airfield Ballenstedt-Harz GmbH
surface	72 ha
Runways
09/27	685 m × 30 m asphalt
09/27	560 m × 30 m grass

The airfield Ballenstedt is an airfield at Ballenstedter district Asmusstedt ( district resin ) in Saxony-indication , on the northeastern edge of the resin .

Ballenstedt Quedlinburg airfield

history

Glider operations existed around Ballenstedt as early as the 1920s . On October 2, 1932, the area north of the Gegensteine , an elevation north of Ballenstedt, the glider airfield was built. Just one year later, the Ballenstedt branch of the German Air Sports Association under the direction of Mr. Kutz expanded the area. The first hall was built in 1935, workshops and garages in 1936. Today's large hangar was built in 1941/42.

After the Second World War, the Americans initially resumed flight operations with glider pilots, and from 1949 the Soviet Union. From the spring of 1953, the flight school was rebuilt. There were around 2500 starts annually.

Between 1979 and 1990 there was a break in flight operations because the inner German border with West Germany was close and escapes from the GDR were to be expected. In September 1990 the airfield received a permit for flight operations again; in January 1991 the first plane landed. In 1994 an asphalt runway was built parallel to the grass runway.

In 2006 the airfield hosted the Open German Helicopter Championship .

The cities of Ballenstedt, Thale and the district of Harz as well as heat generation Ballenstedt GmbH are shareholders of the operator Gesellschaft für Flugplatzentwicklung Ballenstedt-Quedlinburg GmbH . The addition of -Quedlinburg in the name was derived from the participation of the Altlandkreis Quedlinburg, but the name Verkehrslandeplatz Ballenstedt is common . The Ballenstedt airfield is the only airfield in the Harz Mountains and has between 18,000 and 20,000 aircraft movements annually. Since December 20, 2013, the operating company has been renamed Flugplatz Ballenstedt-Harz GmbH . At the same time, the airfield was renamed the Ballenstedt-Harz airfield .

Technical specifications

The airfield is approved for aircraft up to a maximum weight of 5,700 kg and is approved for night flight NVFR .

Others

The airfield festival is held annually on the Ascension weekend.

Since 2009, the Rockharz Open Air has been held annually on the second weekend in July on the airfield.

From September 2nd to 4th, 2010, the "Spirit from the Street 2010" festival took place on the airfield site .

From May 24th to 28th, 2012, the “Super-Rally 2012” of the European Harley-Davidson Club took place on the airfield site .

On October 16, 2012, there was an incident when the pilot of the transfer flight of a Transall C-160 (built in 1971) touched down east on county road 1362, gained altitude again briefly and then landed safely on the runway. Some spectators on the approach were standing in the immediate vicinity of the aircraft touching down because they disregarded safety barriers. A second Transall ( Silver Gams , built in 1972) landed on December 18, 2017, this time perfectly. In the following time it was dismantled and on October 9, 2018 it was transported to the Aviation Museum in Wernigerode , where it was reassembled as an exhibit on the roof of a new hall.

Web links

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

Individual evidence

^ History In: Flugplatz-ballenstedt.de , accessed on April 12, 2018.
↑ Ingo Kugenbuch: Transall landing: Police winds . In: Mitteldeutsche Zeitung . Ballenstedt October 20, 2012 ( mz-web.de [accessed August 11, 2017]).
↑ The only chamois in the low mountain range In: luftwaffe.de , January 15, 2018, accessed on January 16, 2018.
↑ Ballenstedt airfield: Transall C-160 transport aircraft for the Aviation Museum Wernigerode has landed In: mz-web.de , December 18, 2017, accessed on January 16, 2018.
↑ Transall arrived in Wernigerode In: radiosaw.de , accessed on October 9, 2018.

[1] History In: Flugplatz-ballenstedt.de , accessed on April 12, 2018.

[2] Ingo Kugenbuch: Transall landing: Police winds . In: Mitteldeutsche Zeitung . Ballenstedt October 20, 2012 ( mz-web.de [accessed August 11, 2017]).

[3] The only chamois in the low mountain range In: luftwaffe.de , January 15, 2018, accessed on January 16, 2018.

[4] Ballenstedt airfield: Transall C-160 transport aircraft for the Aviation Museum Wernigerode has landed In: mz-web.de , December 18, 2017, accessed on January 16, 2018.

[5] Transall arrived in Wernigerode In: radiosaw.de , accessed on October 9, 2018.