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Schönhagen Airport

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Schönhagen Airport


Flugplatz Schönhagen
Summary
Airport typePublic
OperatorFlugplatzgesellschaft Schönhagen mbH
ServesBerlin, Germany
LocationSchönhagen
Elevation AMSL135 ft / 41 m
Coordinates52°12′14″N 013°09′36″E / 52.20389°N 13.16000°E / 52.20389; 13.16000
Websiteflugplatz-schoenhagen.aero
Map
Schönhagen is located in Brandenburg
Schönhagen
Schönhagen
Location of airport in Brandenburg, Germany
Map
Runways
Direction Length Surface
m ft
07/25 1,510 4,954 Asphalt
12/30 700 2,297 Asphalt
12/30 760 2,493 Grass

Schönhagen Airport (German: Flugplatz Schönhagen) (ICAO: EDAZ) is a general aviation airport near Trebbin, a town in the German state of Brandenburg. It is located approximately 45 km (28 mi) southwest of Berlin.

History

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Since 1928 the area around Löwendorfer Berg has been used for gliding. The Luftwaffe der Wehrmacht, which expanded the area from 1936, used Trebbin Air Base as an emergency landing site, no flying units were stationed there. Between 1937 and 1945 a "Reichsschule für Segelflug" of the National Socialist Flyers Corps which operated gliding in Schönhagen, was located at Schönhagen..[1]

In GDR times the site was home to the school combine named "Ernst Schneller" of the Gesellschaft für Sport und Technik which among other things provided basic pilot training in preparation for military pilot training with the NVA. On 31 January 1952 Karl Liebeskind performed the first take-off of an aircraft in the GDR with a SG 38 in Schönhagen.[2]

After the fall of the Iron Curtain, the airfield was and is being continuously expanded. Both runways were asphalted, the main runway was extended and equipped with a navigation light system.

On 24 November 2008, the last aircraft taking off from Tempelhof landed in Schönhagen[3]

Facilities

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The airport is licensed for aeroplanes up to 14.000 kilograms (30.865 lb) maximum takeoff weight. It has one runway designated 07/25 with a asphalt surface measuring 1,510 by 30 metres (4,954 ft × 98 ft), one runway designated 12/30 with a asphalt surface measuring 700 by 30 metres (2,297 ft × 98 ft) and one runway designated 12/30 with a grass surface measuring 760 by 45 metres (2,493 ft × 148 ft).[4]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ Henry L. deZeng IV: Luftwaffe Airfields 1935–1945 Germany (1937 Borders), page 650
  2. ^ Johannes Höntsch: Schönhagen und das letzte Aufgebot. In: Fliegerrevue Nr. 2/1997, FlugVerlag Berolina, ISSN 0941-889X, S. 36.
  3. ^ "Abflug in die Geschichtsbücher", Tagesspiegel 25 November 2008 (in German)
  4. ^ Jeppesen
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