In the 1980s and early 1990s
Overview
Kamenz Airfield on a map in the East German "Directory 012" (Verzeichnis 012, formerly "Top Secret") from about 1989/1990. - Hand-drawn maps were not unusual in the eastern block. The map shows the location northeast of Kamenz. The airfield has a concrete runway, a parallel grass strip and taxiways. Also this field has a railway siding. In the northeast is the locator/middle marker.
Runway and taxi tracks for take-off and after landing - still from Directory 012 - In the Warsaw Pact, taxiways had numbers. Also recognizable is the unusual layout of taxiway 4, which leads away from the front side of the runway.
Runways
- 03/21: 1100 m x 25 m Concrete
- 03/21: 1100 m x 65 m Grass northwest parallel to the concrete runway
Lights
In landing direction 213°, approach lights were deployed up to 700 m. The taxiways were not lighted.
Radio beacons
- LOM 21: 413,0 "KZ", 3590 m
- LMM 21: 840,0 "K", 1450 m
The idents were derived from the first and last letter of the radio call sign, here KONSTANZ.
In the approach sector 160°-200° (area Vetschau - Cottbus) deviations up to +/- 10°. On approach course 213° deviations up to +7° (in 1990).
During the 1980, the locator at outer marker was also used as navigational aid for the approach to
Dresden Klotzsche Airport. This was remarkable in the fact that in the GDR the data of military radio beacons were subject to secrecy otherwise.
Radio communication
The airfield radio call sign was KONSTANZ. The Tower was KONSTANZ-START on 126.5 and 124.0 MHz.
As for some other secondary airfields of the former East German National People's Army, Kamenz had with KONSTANZ a radio call sign bearing the first and last letter of the town name.
Telephone
Former East German Sondernetz/Stabsnetz S1:
TAS-45: ü 9829-88, call sign "Werkbank";
Command post TAS-45: call sign "Jungaktivist"
Standard training routes
1990 gab es die Standardflugstrecken 920, 922, 923, 924, 925 und 926
Units
Units in 1990:
Transport Pilots Training Squadron 45 (Transportfliegerausbildungsstaffel 45, TAS-45),
Flight-technical Battalion 45 (Fliegertechnisches Bataillon 45, FTB-45),
Aircraft Repair Workshop 24 (Flugzeugreparaturwerkstatt 24, FRW-24)
Installations
Eisenbahnanschluss aus Richtung Bernbruch zum südlichen Teil des Flugplatzes.