Schönhagen Airport Explained

Schönhagen Airport
Nativename:Flugplatz Schönhagen
Ensign:Flugplatz-schoenhagen-logo.svg
Icao:EDAZ
Pushpin Map:Germany Brandenburg
Pushpin Map Caption:Location of airport in Brandenburg, Germany
Pushpin Label:Schönhagen
Pushpin Label Position:bottom
Type:Public
Operator:Flugplatzgesellschaft Schönhagen mbH
City-Served:Berlin, Germany
Location:Schönhagen
Elevation-F:135
Elevation-M:41
Coordinates:52.2039°N 13.16°W
Website:flugplatz-schoenhagen.aero
Metric-Rwy:y
R1-Number:07/25
R1-Length-M:1,510
R1-Length-F:4,954
R1-Surface:Asphalt
R2-Number:12/30
R2-Length-M:700
R2-Length-F:2,297
R2-Surface:Asphalt
R3-Number:12/30
R3-Length-M:760
R3-Length-F:2,493
R3-Surface:Grass

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

History

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

The airport is licensed for aeroplanes up to maximum takeoff weight. It has one runway designated 07/25 with a asphalt surface measuring 1510mx30mm (4,950feetx100feetm), one runway designated 12/30 with a asphalt surface measuring 700mx30mm (2,300feetx100feetm) and one runway designated 12/30 with a grass surface measuring 760mx45mm (2,490feetx148feetm).[4]

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Notes and References

  1. http://www.ww2.dk/Airfields%20-%20Germany%20%5B1937%20Borders%5D.pdf 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,, S. 36.
  3. http://www.tagesspiegel.de/berlin/Tempelhof;art270,2669274 "Abflug in die Geschichtsbücher"
  4. https://www.flugplatz-schoenhagen.aero/fileadmin/dms/images/Fuer_Piloten/EDAZ_21AUG20.pdf Jeppesen