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Cochstedt Airfield — Soviet Air Force Base (from 1957)
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Cochstedt Airfield — Soviet Air Force Base (from 1957)
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Cochstedt Airfield — Soviet Air Force Base (from 1957)

Аэродром Кохштедт — база советской авиации (с 1957 года)
GermanyХеклинген (Кохштедт)1957Military sites
The airfield near Cochstedt was built in 1957 as a Soviet air force base; the runway was lengthened in 1968. After German reunification and the withdrawal of Soviet forces it became a civil airfield, licensed in 1994 as Magdeburg-Cochstedt Airport. After the operator's insolvency flying ceased for several years; the site was then acquired by the German Aerospace Center (DLR), which opened its National Experimental Test Center for Unmanned Aircraft Systems here in 2021.
Аэродром у Кохштедта построен в 1957 году как база советской военной авиации; в 1968 году взлётно-посадочную полосу удлинили. После объединения Германии и вывода советских войск аэродром стал гражданским: в 1994 году он получил разрешение на работу в качестве аэропорта Магдебург-Кохштедт. После банкротства оператора полёты на несколько лет прекращались; затем площадку приобрёл Германский центр авиации и космонавтики, открывший здесь в 2021 году Национальный испытательный центр беспилотных авиационных систем.

Property abroad

EraUSSR
FunctionMilitary site (historical)
Present ownerGermany (since the withdrawal of Soviet troops in the early 1990s)
Acquisitionbuilt, 1957
StatusSold, transferred or lost
As of2022-05
Soviet forces left after German reunification; according to the German Aerospace Center, its test centre for unmanned aircraft has operated here since 31 March 2021, and the airport has been open again for regular operations since 6 May 2022.

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