Strausberg Airfield
| Strausberg Airfield | |
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| Characteristics | |
| ICAO code | EDAY |
| Coordinates | |
| Height above MSL | 80 m (262 ft ) |
| Transport links | |
| Distance from the city center | 2 km east of Strausberg |
| Basic data | |
| opening | 1927 |
| operator | Strausberger Flugplatz GmbH |
| Terminals | 1 |
| Runways | |
| 05/23 | 1200 m × 28 m concrete |
| 05/23 | 1200 m × 40 m grass |
The Strausberg airfield is located in Brandenburg about 2 km east of the city of Strausberg and has a 1200 m concrete runway and a 1200 m long grass runway, which is mainly used for gliding . The field was approved for a maximum take-off weight of 8000 kg until September 2018. Since the decision of the Joint Upper Aviation Authority Berlin-Brandenburg in autumn 2018, which was announced in October 2018, aircraft with a total weight of 14 tons can now take off and land. In addition, the airfield has now been approved for instrument flight , but IFR procedures have not yet been introduced.
history
1927 – May 1945
Strausberg Airfield was founded in 1927 as a glider airfield. From 1935 the Luftwaffe used the site as a pilot training and training center in Strausberg and from 1936 it systematically expanded. Among other things, a large hangar, three hangars, a navigation school and the flight control building were built. The official inauguration as an air base took place on November 1, 1939. In addition to a flight school, various air force units were on the field until the end of the war . On April 23, 1945, units of the Red Army occupied the place, which until the end of the war served as an air base for various battle and fighter pilot units .
June 1945–1990
From 1945/46 the factory buildings were dismantled or blown up except for one hall on behalf of SMAD . In 1947, the 24th BAP (Bombing Regiment of the Air Force of the Soviet Union ) equipped with Pe-2 and briefly the 197th Guards Transport Regiment with Li-2 were stationed in Strausberg. In 1951 the 294th independent reconnaissance regiment followed and a year later an aviation technology school. In 1952 the use of the air force of the Soviet Union ended.
In 1953, KVP-Luft took over the site and stationed two An-2s (numbers 801 and 802). From 1955 to 1956 it was made usable for the nascent air force of the NVA . In September 1957, the towing squadron equipped with An-2 and Jak-18 - renamed Liaison Flier Squadron 25 (VFS-25) in 1958 - moved its location from Cottbus to Strausberg. From 1958 Strausberg could be used again as a glider airfield, initially by ASV Vorwärts , then from 1964 by GST . In 1966 the air traffic control was expanded to include the building constructed in 1939 and repaired again.
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Until 1990 the VFS-25, renamed the VS-14 in 1971, remained the main user of the airfield.
Since 1990
After German reunification , from 1990 to 1992, the Air Transport Wing 65 of the Bundeswehr continued to use the site. When it was approved as a commercial airfield in 1992, its military use ended. Since then, Strausberg has been used exclusively for civil purposes such as sport and business aviation. Since 1999, the area has been expanded with the construction of new parking halls, a gas station, a new tower building and the renewal of the approach lighting.
The motor glider manufacturer Stemme AG and the commercial pilot school / aviation company Aerotours have been based at the Strausberg airfield since the 1990s .
Development of flight movements
- 1998: 15,525
- 1999: 18.209
- 2000: 26,894
- 2001: 27,435
- 2002: 32,731
- 2003: 33,421
- 2010: 36,950
- 2011: 36,770
- 2012: 40,346
- 2013: 45,739
- 2014: 46,685
- 2015: 41,451
- 2016: 35,753
- 2017: 32,568
- 2018: 40.123
- 2019: 36,857
Incidents
- On December 13, 1964, a MiG-21F-13 fighter jet of the NVA crashed near Strausberg because of a broken rudder. The pilot could no longer make an emergency landing in time or use the ejection seat to save himself and died.
- In July 2005, a Platzer Kiebitz biplane took off from Strausberg, the pilot leaving his son there and then committing pilot suicide in the Berlin government district .
- December 10, 2009, a single-engine light aircraft of the type Cirrus SR20 collided with tree tops while approaching EDAY and then crashed in a wooded area. The aircraft was completely destroyed, killing the pilot.
- In September 2012, an internationally wanted criminal Iranian took off from Strausberg Airport and crashed near Bornholm . On EDAY he had posed as a Mexican pilot.
- On June 21, 2013, a Greek student pilot tried to commit pilot suicide after taking off with a Cessna and to crash the plane. The flight instructor managed to prevent this and tried an emergency landing, whereby the aircraft overturned and was destroyed. The flight instructor was seriously injured and the student pilot was arrested.
- On January 12, 2019, a Partenavia P.68 started in Strausberg and later crashed at Prötzel. Both inmates died, the course of the accident is still unclear.
- On January 16, 2020 at around 12:45 p.m., an ultralight aircraft crashed at Strausberg EDAY airfield during take-off. Both occupants of the aircraft were killed. Since eyewitnesses reported that the microlight fell vertically from the sky and the propeller did not dig into the grass, it is assumed that the aircraft's engine was stalled.
Museum and festivals
Aviation enthusiasts founded the Förderverein Flugplatzmuseum Strausberg eV at the beginning of the 2010s . With the existing equipment and buildings, they operate a museum on the history of this airport, which is constantly being expanded. The association members organized their first public appearance with the start of the Talk im Tower series with the German cosmonaut Sigmund Jähn in 2013.
In addition, an airfield festival attracted thousands of visitors to Strausberg in 2015 , where flight demonstrations and concerts were held, and films were also shown.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Strausberg airfield - change and revision of the airfield permit dated July 12, 2018 , accessed on October 9, 2018.
- ^ Frank Lemke: Strausberg airfield. In: Fliegerrevue , No. 6/1994, p. 58.
- ↑ Thomas Bussmann: Reinforced concrete, grass and railway lighting. The military airfields of the GDR. MediaScript, Cottbus / Berlin 2011, ISBN 978-3-9814822-0-1 , p. 157.
- ^ Stefan Büttner: Red places. Russian military airfields Germany 1945–1994. AeroLit., Berlin 2007, ISBN 978-3-935525-11-4 , p. 133.
- ↑ Wilfried Copenhagen : The air forces of the NVA. Motorbuch, Stuttgart 2002, ISBN 3-613-02235-4 , p. 63.
- ↑ a b c Participation report of the city of Strausberg 2012 ( Memento of the original from February 19, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (PDF; 5.7 MB). Stadt Strausberg, p. 41. Retrieved on February 2, 2014.
- ↑ a b Participation report of the city of Strausberg 2014 ( memento of the original from September 17, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (PDF; 1.4 MB). Stadt Strausberg, p. 40. Retrieved September 16, 2016.
- ↑ Crash MiG-21
- ↑ Press report Strern from 23 July 2005
- ↑ BFU Investigation Report BFU 3X179-09
- ↑ a b MOZ press release from June 23, 2013
- ↑ Press report BZ of July 8, 2013
- ↑ [ https://www.bfu-web.de/DE/Publikationen/Bulletins/2019/Bulletin2019-01.pdf?__blob=publicationFile ]
- ^ Martin Stralau: Autopsy: plane crash: identity of the victims not yet clarified. January 17, 2020, accessed May 10, 2020 .
- ↑ Small plane crashed near Berlin: Two dead - witnesses report a dramatic observation. January 17, 2020, accessed May 10, 2020 .
- ↑ Strausberg Airfield Museum , accessed on October 9, 2018.
- ↑ Strausberg live: Airfield festival with open-air concert, photo gallery and program overview of the 2015 festival, accessed on October 9, 2018.
