Celle airfield
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Celle Air Base Heeresflugplatz Celle (Advanced Landing Ground B-118) |
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| Airport type | Military | ||||||||||
| Owner | Federal Ministry of Defence | ||||||||||
| Operator | German Army | ||||||||||
| Location | Celle, Germany | ||||||||||
| Built | 1934 | ||||||||||
| In use | 1934 - present | ||||||||||
| Commander | Lieutenant Colonel Grube | ||||||||||
| Occupants | German Army Aviation School, German Army Aviation Corps | ||||||||||
| Elevation AMSL | 129 ft / 39 m | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 52°35′28″N 010°01′20″E / 52.59111°N 10.02222°ECoordinates: 52°35′28″N 010°01′20″E / 52.59111°N 10.02222°E | ||||||||||
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Location of Celle Air Base
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Celle Air Base German: Heeresflugplatz Celle (ICAO: ETHC) is a military airbase of the German Army. The airfield is situated southwest of the city of Celle, Lower Saxony, Germany. It was opened in 1934 and has been in military use ever since. Today the aerodrome is used by a helicopter training school, a helicopter liaison and reconnaissance squadron and a helicopter maintenance unit utilising the type Bölkow Bo-105.
Until the end of World War II the airfield operated under the name of Fliegerhorst Celle-Wietzenbruch (Air Base Celle-Wietzenbruch). During Allied occupation it was known as RAF Celle. On 28 July 1967 the base was given the additional name Immelmann-Kaserne (Immelmann-Barracks).
Celle Air Base is located 2.7 miles (4.5 kilometres) southwest of the city centre of Celle and 18 miles (30 kilometres) northeast of the city centre of Hanover. To the west the Wietzenbruch is situated, a moor-like area named after the river Wietze and the surrounding fen. This geographical feature gave its name to the suburb “Wietzenbruch” directly to the north of the air base. To the east and the south it borders on the railway line Hanover-Hamburg. The field elevation at the reference point, the exact centre of the runway, is 129 feet (39.4 metres) above sea level.
Celle Air Base can be approached by way of a connecting road to the Landesstraße 310 which is used as a spur route to the motorways A 7 and A 352. Apart from by motorway, Celle as well as the air base can be approached by federal highways B3, B 191 and B 214. Since 2006 a bus stop called "Wietzenbruch Kaserne" is located in front of the main gate of the base.
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