US Army Airfields and Heliports in Germany

Overview

During the Cold War, the US Army operated a large number of airfields and helicopter landing pads, mainly in southern Germany, including the states of Rheinland-Pfalz (Rhineland-Palatinate), Hessen (Hesse), Baden-Württemberg and Bayern (Bavaria). However, with the Garrison Garlstedt and the Bremerhaven logistics transshipment center, there were also landing sites in northern Germany. The US Army was also represented in Berlin. The use of the small airfield in Bonn was possibly in connection with the US embassy at that time.

The airfields often consisted of a 700 to 900 m runway, simple parking facilities and small hangars. If possible, existing buildings from the period until 1945 continued to be used. From the 1980s onwards, the airfields were often only used as helipads. Some were extensively developed, like Ansbach and Illesheim.

In many barracks there were helicopter landing pads. They were mostly laid out on the parade or sports field and partly marked as such on the ground. Large depots and hospitals also had landing fields, which were usually marked, had a wind sock and were partly illuminated.

In the 1980s, helicopter touchdown points were marked with a white maltese cross / iron cross painted on the ground.

Locations

The following map shows the locations of the airfields and helicopter landing pads. The concentration on southern Germany is clearly visible. A landing site is represented by a blue dot. For reasons of space, names are only displayed for selected sites.

Not all fields were active at the same time. Some sites had not been used since the 1970s already and did not appear in any official list anymore.

Airfields and Heliports A-Z

This list is sorted according to the city (e.g. Coleman → Mannheim: Coleman)

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