Lonzig: Airfield

Zeitz Airfield

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Coordinates	N505847 E0120330 (WGS84) Google Maps
Former East Germany (GDR)	District of Halle
Federal state	Sachsen-Anhalt (Saxony-Anhalt)
Region	Zeitzer Forst

Map with location of Lonzig Airfield, Germany

Germany during the Cold War Map

The history of the Cold War airfields: Lonzig

During the Cold War

Usage during the Cold War

Soviet reserve airfield on training ground.

In the 1960s

Overview

Zeitzer Forst Soviet military training area on a US satellite image 1968

Zeitzer Forst Soviet military training area on a US satellite image from 30 May 1968 - 1: landing ground; 2: firing ranges; 3: other installations. Places: Aga, Ahlendorf, Breitenbach, Crossen an der Elster, Dietendorf, Hartmannsdorf, Lessen, Ossig, Pötewitz, Silbitz, Trebnitz, Wetterzeube.

Source: U.S. Geological Survey

Lonzig Airfield

Source: U.S. Geological Survey

In the 1970s

Situation

Lonzig Airfield as "Zeitz" on a map of the US Department of Defense from 1972 - The field is shown with an unpaved runway, which has a length of approx. 2.500 m (82 = 8.200 feet). The elevation / height above mean sea level is 902 feet.

Source: ONC E-2 (1972), Perry-Castañeda Library Map Collection, University of Texas at Austin