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| Coordinates | N501009 E0085742 (WGS84) Google Maps |
| Elevation | 367 ft |
| Federal state | Hessen (Hesse) |
| Location indicator | DBHN (-1959), EDID (1959-1995), ETID (1995-2007) |
Germany during the Cold War Map
The history of the Cold War airfields: Hanau
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During World War II
Usage until 1945
Luftwaffe air base (Fliegerhorst).
Situation
Hanau Air Base in World War II on a US map from 1944
Source: McMaster University Library Digital Archive, Lizenz: Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 2.5 CC BY-NC 2.5 CA
During the Cold War
Use
US Army airfield until ca. 2007.
During the 1960s/1970s
Situation
Hanau Army Air Field (AAF) on a map of the US Department of Defense from 1972
Source: ONC E-2 (1972), Perry-Castañeda Library Map Collection, University of Texas at Austin
Overview
Hanau Army Air Field AAF on a US satellite image from 03 July 1977
Source: U.S. Geological Survey
Runways
- 10/28: 914 m (3000 ft) x 20 m (66 ft)
Radio beacons
- NDB: 446 "HNU", 276°/7.2 NM to field
Radio communication
- Frankfurt Approach Control 120.8, 120.15, 118.5
- Hanau Radar (PAR) 143.7, 141.65, 35.4
- Hanau Tower 138.35, 122.1, 37.8
- Metro 140.3
Telephone
Military 2309 -8619, -7611, -7413
Airspace and procedures
Work in progress. Holes on both sides of runway. The eastern taxiway is closed.
Traffic pattern north. Fixed wing aircraft in 1300 ft MSL, helicopter in 900 ft MSL:
PAR runway 28: ceiling 300, visibility day 0.8, night 0.8, minimum altitude 667, glide slope 3.2°
During the 1980s
Overview
Hanau in 1984
Runways
- 10/28: 916 m x 23 m Asphalt
Lights
Aerodrome beacon white-green
Radio beacons
- NDB: 446 "HNU", 275° / 7.2 NM to field
Telephone
Commercial: (0322) 7611
ETS 322-7611, Weather 322-7416
ETS 322-7611, Weather 322-7416
Images
The following pictures were taken in Hanau during exercise REFORGER '83.
A M35 2 1/2-ton cargo truck is offloaded from a C-130 Hercules airlift during excercise REFORGER '83 (08 September 1983) - Source: DoD, Scene camera operator: SSGT Michael Haggerty
A Craig M832 transporter is airlifted by a CH-47 Chinook helicopter for transport to the 32nd Combat Support Hospital near Fulda - Source: DoD, Scene camera operator: SSGT Michael Haggerty
Windsock and control - Source: DoD, Scene camera operator: unknown
Enlargement: Hangar east of the tower - Source: DoD, Scene camera operator: unknown
Enlargement: Tower with radio mast in the background
Hangar west of the tower, helicopter
During the 1990s
Overview
| (1) | Runway |
| (2) | Control Tower |
| (3) | Former Special Weapons Storage |
| (4) | Former Special Weapons Storage "NATO Site #5" |
| (5) | Former Anti-Aircraft Missile Site (Hawk, later Patriot) |
| (6) | Railway Siding |
Today
Use
Closed.
Links
- http://www.erlensee-aktuell.de/index.php?option=co... - Crash of a Hanau OV-1 Mohawk at Volkartshain (7th December 1966)
Airfields in the vicinity
- 078°/14km Gelnhausen: Army Airfield AAF (Fliegerhorst Gelnhausen, Y-67)
- 034°/16km Büdingen: Army Airfield AAF (Budingen)
- 272°/22km Frankfurt/M: Bonames Airfield (Maurice Rose Army Airfield AAF, Alter Flugplatz)
- 179°/24km Babenhausen: Army Airfield
- 319°/24km Friedberg: Army Airfield AAF (Army Airfield AAF)
- 255°/25km Frankfurt/M: Rebstock Airport
- 153°/26km Aschaffenburg: Army Airfield AAF
- 262°/30km Eschborn: Airfield (Frankfurt-Eschborn, Camp Eschborn Army Heliport)
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