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| Coordinates | N500717 E0143237 (WGS84) Google Maps |
| Elevation | 939 ft |
| Location indicator | LKKB |
| Airfield Id | Punkt 420 |
The history of the Cold War airfields: Praha
During the 1920s/1930s
The following information is taken from the "International Flight Manual" from 1931.
Operator
Ministry of Public Works.
Administrator
Praha State airport, Kbely, near Praha.
Situation
Prague Kbely Airport on a map from 1931
Airfield characteristics at daytime
- Circle with inscription "Praha"
- Smoke wind indicator
- movable landing T
- wind sleeve
Airfield characteristics at night
Location beacon.
Runways, taxiways, aprons
Landing area: 1350 m x 810 m
Communication
Telegraphy, telephony and direction finding, call sign OKL.
Weather station
Weather report office.
Obstacles
- North: Trees (15 m) and factory chimney (25m),
- South: High tension cable,
- West: Buildings (20 m) and location beacon (43 m).
Hangars
Exist.
Workshops
Exist.
Fuel equipment
Petrol, oil.
First aid in the case of accidents
First aid at the airport.
Customs
Permanent customs.
Post office
Post and telegraph office at the airport.
Catering
At the airport.
Timetable
Summer 1928
The timetable for summer of 1928 shows the following scheduled flights:
(Days: 1=Monday ... 7=Sunday)
(Days: 1=Monday ... 7=Sunday)
32: Malmö (Bulltofta) - Copenhagen (Kastrup) - Lübeck/Travemünde (Priwall) - Berlin (Tempelhof) - Dresden (Heller) - Praha (Kbely) - Wien (Aspern)
- Deutsche Luft Hansa A.G. / Austrian Airlines, Vienna (leg Berlin-Vienna) / Czechoslovak Airlines, Prague (leg Berlin-Vienna):
123456– | Malmö 08:30 - 08:45 Copenhagen 09:00 - 10:50 Lübeck/Travemünde 11:10 - 13:00 Berlin 14:05 - 15:20 Dresden 15:40 - 16:50 Praha 17:10 - 19:00 Vienna - Deutsche Luft Hansa A.G. / Austrian Airlines, Vienna (leg Berlin-Vienna) / Czechoslovak Airlines, Prague (leg Berlin-Vienna):
123456– | Vienna 08:30 - 10:20 Praha 10:40 - 11:50 Dresden 12:10 - 13:25 Berlin 14:20 - 16:10 Lübeck/Travemünde 16:30 - 18:25 Copenhagen 18:45 - 19:00 Malmö
111: Bremen (Neuenland) - Hannover (Vahrenwald) - Halle/Leipzig (Schkeuditz) - Chemnitz - Praha (Kbely)
Baumwoll-Linie (Cotton Line)
- Deutsche Luft Hansa A.G.:
123456– | Bremen 11:20 - 12:10 Hannover 12:30 - 14:20 Halle/Leipzig 14:35 - 15:20 Chemnitz 15:45 - 16:55 Praha - Deutsche Luft Hansa A.G.:
123456– | Praha 10:40 - 11:50 Chemnitz 12:15 - 13:00 Halle/Leipzig 13:15 - 15:05 Hannover 15:30 - 16:20 Bremen
162: Breslau (Gandau) - Praha (Kbely) - Munich (Oberwiesenfeld)
- Deutsche Luft Hansa A.G.:
123456– | Breslau 09:25 - 11:10 Praha 11:30 - 13:55 Munich - Deutsche Luft Hansa A.G.:
123456– | Munich 13:10 - 15:35 Praha 15:55 - 17:40 Breslau
462: Paris - Strasbourg - Fürth (Atzenhof) - Praha (Kbely) - Wien - Budapest - Belgrad - Sofia - Bucharest - Konstantinopel
- Compagnie Internationale de Navigation Aérienne:
123456– | Paris 06:30 - 09:30 Strasbourg 10:00 - 12:00 Fürth 12:30 - 14:30 Praha 15:00 - 17:45 Wien 07:30 - 09:45 Budapest 10:15 - 13:00 Belgrad - Sofia - Bucharest - Konstantinopel - Compagnie Internationale de Navigation Aérienne:
123456– | Konstantinopel - Bucharest - Sofia - Belgrad - Budapest - Wien - Praha - Fürth - Strasbourg - Paris - Compagnie Internationale de Navigation Aérienne:
123456– | Konstantinopel - Bucharest - Sofia - Belgrad 12:15 - 15:00 Budapest 15:30 - 17:45 Wien 07:15 - 10:00 Praha 10:45 - 12:45 Fürth 13:15 - 15:15 Strasbourg 15:45 - 18.45 Paris
651: Praha (Kbely) - Brno (Slatina) - Bratislava - Košice - Uschhorod
- State Aerolines, Prague:
123456– | Praha 09:00 - 10:20 Brno 10:30 - 11:30 Bratislava 11:45 - 14:15 Košice 14:30 - 15:00 Uschhorod - State Aerolines, Prague:
123456– | Uschhorod 08:15 - 08:45 Košice 09:00 - 11:30 Bratislava 13:30 - 14:30 Brno 14:40 - 16:00 Praha - State Aerolines, Prague:
123456– | Praha 13:00 - 14:20 Brno 14:30 - 15:30 Bratislava - State Aerolines, Prague:
123456– | Bratislava 08:00 - 09:00 Brno 09:10 - 10:30 Praha
652: Praha (Kbely) - Mariánské Lázně
- State Aerolines, Prague:
123456– | Praha 09:15 - 10:30 Mariánské Lázně - State Aerolines, Prague:
123456– | Praha 16:00 - 17:15 Mariánské Lázně - State Aerolines, Prague:
123456– | Mariánské Lázně 09:15 - 10:30 Praha - State Aerolines, Prague:
123456– | Mariánské Lázně 15:00 - 16:15 Praha
653: Praha (Kbely) - Mariánské Lázně - Kassel (Waldau) - Rotterdam (Waalhaven)
- Czechoslovak Airlines, Prague:
123456– | Praha 11:00 - 12:10 Mariánské Lázně 12:25 - 14:40 Kassel 15:00 - 18:15 Rotterdam - Czechoslovak Airlines, Prague:
123456– | Rotterdam 10:15 - 12:50 Kassel 13:10 - 15:25 Mariánské Lázně 15:40 - 16:50 Praha
Departures and arrivals by time
| Days | Time | Dep/Arr | Route | Operator | Aircraft type | to/from |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 123456– | 09:00 | Dep | 651 | State Aerolines, Prague | Brno - Bratislava - Košice - Uschhorod | |
| 123456– | 09:15 | Dep | 652 | State Aerolines, Prague | Mariánské Lázně | |
| 123456– | 10:00 | Arr | 462 | Compagnie Internationale de Navigation Aérienne | Konstantinopel - Bucharest - Sofia - Belgrad - Budapest - Wien | |
| 123456– | 10:20 | Arr | 32 | Deutsche Luft Hansa A.G. / Austrian Airlines, Vienna (leg Berlin-Vienna) / Czechoslovak Airlines, Prague (leg Berlin-Vienna) | Vienna | |
| 123456– | 10:30 | Arr | 652 | State Aerolines, Prague | Mariánské Lázně | |
| 123456– | 10:30 | Arr | 651 | State Aerolines, Prague | Bratislava - Brno | |
| 123456– | 10:40 | Dep | 32 | Deutsche Luft Hansa A.G. / Austrian Airlines, Vienna (leg Berlin-Vienna) / Czechoslovak Airlines, Prague (leg Berlin-Vienna) | Dresden - Berlin - Lübeck/Travemünde - Copenhagen - Malmö | |
| 123456– | 10:40 | Dep | 111 | Deutsche Luft Hansa A.G. | Chemnitz - Halle/Leipzig - Hannover - Bremen | |
| 123456– | 10:45 | Dep | 462 | Compagnie Internationale de Navigation Aérienne | Fürth - Strasbourg - Paris | |
| 123456– | 11:00 | Dep | 653 | Czechoslovak Airlines, Prague | Mariánské Lázně - Kassel - Rotterdam | |
| 123456– | 11:10 | Arr | 162 | Deutsche Luft Hansa A.G. | Breslau | |
| 123456– | 11:30 | Dep | 162 | Deutsche Luft Hansa A.G. | Munich | |
| 123456– | 13:00 | Dep | 651 | State Aerolines, Prague | Brno - Bratislava | |
| 123456– | 14:30 | Arr | 462 | Compagnie Internationale de Navigation Aérienne | Paris - Strasbourg - Fürth | |
| 123456– | 15:00 | Dep | 462 | Compagnie Internationale de Navigation Aérienne | Wien - Budapest - Belgrad - Sofia - Bucharest - Konstantinopel | |
| 123456– | 15:35 | Arr | 162 | Deutsche Luft Hansa A.G. | Munich | |
| 123456– | 15:55 | Dep | 162 | Deutsche Luft Hansa A.G. | Breslau | |
| 123456– | 16:00 | Arr | 651 | State Aerolines, Prague | Uschhorod - Košice - Bratislava - Brno | |
| 123456– | 16:00 | Dep | 652 | State Aerolines, Prague | Mariánské Lázně | |
| 123456– | 16:15 | Arr | 652 | State Aerolines, Prague | Mariánské Lázně | |
| 123456– | 16:50 | Arr | 32 | Deutsche Luft Hansa A.G. / Austrian Airlines, Vienna (leg Berlin-Vienna) / Czechoslovak Airlines, Prague (leg Berlin-Vienna) | Malmö - Copenhagen - Lübeck/Travemünde - Berlin - Dresden | |
| 123456– | 16:50 | Arr | 653 | Czechoslovak Airlines, Prague | Rotterdam - Kassel - Mariánské Lázně | |
| 123456– | 16:55 | Arr | 111 | Deutsche Luft Hansa A.G. | Bremen - Hannover - Halle/Leipzig - Chemnitz | |
| 123456– | 17:10 | Dep | 32 | Deutsche Luft Hansa A.G. / Austrian Airlines, Vienna (leg Berlin-Vienna) / Czechoslovak Airlines, Prague (leg Berlin-Vienna) | Vienna |
During World War II
Use
Prag-Gbell air base.
Situation
Praha Kbely Air Base in World War II on a US map from 1944
Source: McMaster University Library Digital Archive, License: Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 2.5 CC BY-NC 2.5 CA
During the Cold War
Use
Military air base: transport aircrafts. Delivery of MiG-21 and helicopters for maintenance at Letňany.
In the 1950s
Overview
Sketch of the three adjoining airfields Praha Čakovice, Letňany and Kbely, ca. 1950
Source: CIA
In the 1970s
Situation
Praha Kbely Air Base on a map of the US Department of Defense from 1973
Source: ONC E-3 (1973), Perry-Castañeda Library Map Collection, University of Texas at Austin
In the 1980s and early 1990s
Runways
- 06/24: 2000 m x 45 m Asphalt
Radio communication
The radio call sign of the airfield was "KARBID" (198x).
According to western signals intelligence (SIGINT), the airfield was also called "Navigacni Punkt 420" by the Czechoslovak Air Force.
Units
3 DLP "T.G. Masaryka": An-24V, Mi-8T, Mi-8P, L-410T, UVP, Tu-134A, Tu-154B-2, Yak-40 (1990)
Today
Use
Military airfield.
Bibliography
- Ries, Karl; Dierich, Wolfgang: "Fliegerhorste und Einsatzhäfen der Luftwaffe" Motorbuch Verlag Stuttgart, 1993 - Historical map
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