Guestrow airfield
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| Characteristics | |||
| ICAO code | EDCU | ||
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| Height above MSL | 14 m (46 ft ) | ||
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| Distance from the city center | 2 km east of Güstrow , 100 km south of Rostock |
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| Street |
 L 14
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| train |
RE 4 
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| Local transport |
 216
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| Basic data | |||
| operator | Aero-Club Güstrow "Hans Grade" e. V. | ||
| Start-and runway | |||
| 09/27 | 790 m × 40 m grass | ||
The Güstrow airfield is a special airfield in Güstrow-Bockhorst in the Rostock district . It is approved for gliders , powered gliders , microlight aircraft and powered aircraft with a maximum take-off weight ( PPR ) of up to two tons. A clearance for aircraft with a maximum take-off weight of up to 5.7 tons can be issued on request.
history
Between the wars and the Second World War
The first emergency landing site in the Bockhorst district was created in the summer of 1933 when the voluntary labor service was leveling part of the "Großer Bockhorst" parade ground . After two major flight days had been organized in July 1933 and May 1934 , the German Air Force prepared the area for the stationing of aviation units. First a barrack camp was built for this purpose . In March 1935, the tarmac was expanded and an officers' mess , a farm building, two hangars and several bunkers as well as houses for officers were built. A planned shipyard hall and other buildings were only completed as a shell . For some buildings only the foundations were laid. In August 1938 the Flieger-Ersatz -teilung 22 was moved to the field, which carried out the basic training of pilots here. In 1939 the department was renamed the 22nd Aviation Training Regiment. After the regiment was relocated to Warsaw in 1940 , no new units were initially stationed on the square. Until operations were temporarily suspended in 1944, the pilot training schools in Warnemünde , Pütnitz and Schwerin-Görries used the space for training pilots. In February 1945 another unit - the 3rd Squadron of Jagdgeschwader 103 - was stationed at the airfield for four weeks. Shortly before the end of the Second World War , a transport squadron operated from here and flew transports into enclosed Berlin .
After the Second World War
After the Second World War , most of the buildings on the square were blown up or dismantled by the Red Army in 1948 . Only the officers' mess and the farm building were spared and from 1949 onwards they were used as a training location for the Association of Nationally Owned Machine Lending Stations (MAS) . The location was later expanded to become a technical college for agriculture (today a technical college for agriculture). The airfield itself was occupied by the Red Army. In the mid-1950s, the Society for Sport and Technology (GST) was allowed to resume gliding operations on the field. After several escapes from the Republic by plane, flight operations were increasingly controlled and could only take place under strict conditions. Airmen with relatives in the Federal Republic had to give up aviation.
After the turn
After the reunification in the GDR , the Aero Club Güstrow was founded in 1990 . Initially, the city planned the area of the airfield as a commercial area . Despite the uncertain future prospects, the club maintained the square with its own resources. However, after personnel changes in the city administration, the city decided to buy the space and lease it to the Aero Club Güstrow, which operates it today.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Güstrow-Bockhorst airfield. guestrow-history.de, accessed on April 2, 2018 .
- ↑ a b Our story. Aeroclub Guestrow, accessed April 2, 2018 .
