Sedes Air Base

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Sedes Air Base
Αεροδρόμιο Σέδες
Thessaloniki-Sedes (Greece)
Thessaloniki-Sedes
Thessaloniki-Sedes
Characteristics
ICAO code LGSD
Coordinates

40 ° 32 '2 "  N , 23 ° 1' 27"  E Coordinates: 40 ° 32 '2 "  N , 23 ° 1' 27"  E
Height above MSL 34 m (112  ft )
Transport links
Distance from the city center 15 km east of Thessaloniki
Basic data
operator Greek Air Force
Start-and runway
13/31 1280 m × 30 m

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The Sedes Air Base ( Greek Αεροδρόμιο Σέδες , ICAO code : LGSD ) is a Greek military airfield in the municipality of Thermi . The military airfield is operated by the Greek Air Force .

location

The Sedes Air Base is located south of the town of Thermi, 15 kilometers east of Thessaloniki and 3 kilometers northeast of the Mikra Air Base (Thessaloniki airport).

history

Sedes Air Base was commissioned during the Balkan Wars when French and Greek troops were stationed there. Its premises were under French administration in the Inter-Alliance training center in the east (Center d'Entrainemen Des Armees Aliens en Orient) . It is even possible that the name Sedes comes from the abbreviation of the French CE ntre D'E ntrainement (CE, D, E).

Until 1941 it was a Greek civil airport and air force base. After the German attack on Greece , it was occupied in April 1941 and held an air base command of the Wehrmacht air force until September 1944 . In May 1941, parts of Combat Squadrons 2 and 3 with the Dornier Do 17Z were stationed at Saloniki-Sedes Air Base due to the imminent air landing on the island of Crete . Air transport units such as Kampfgruppe zbV 50 with the Junkers Ju 52 / 3m also started from here in the direction of Crete .

Infrastructure

Sedes Air Base has a paved runway with an orientation of 13/31, 1,280 m long and 30.5 m wide. There is also an aviation museum on the premises, which exhibits various types of old aircraft .

Incidents

  • In June 1987, a Douglas DC-3 / C-47B (registration number KK181 ) was irreparably damaged in a taxiing accident at Sedes Air Base. The right main landing gear had collapsed while taxiing, causing the wing to hit the ground. All inmates survived.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ ΣΕΔΕΣ (TMT), Αεροδρόμιο στρατιωτικό, ΘΕΣΣΑΛΟΝΙΚΗ. In: gtp.gr. Retrieved February 1, 2020 (Greek).
  2. ↑ Henry L. deZeng IV: Luftwaffe Airfields 1935-45, Greece, Crete and the Dodecanese , pp. 60-62 , accessed on February 2, 2020
  3. ↑ LGSD - Airport. In: gcmap.com. Retrieved February 1, 2020 .
  4. ↑ Air-Britain Aeromilitaria (English), September 2016, p. 106.
  5. ↑ Air-Britain Aeromilitaria (English), September 2016, p. 104.