Flugplatz Hildesheim-Drispenstedt

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Flugplatz Hildesheim-Drispenstedt
Tofrek Barracks
Flughafen Kaserne and Airfield
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Summary
Airport typeVerkehrslandeplatz / public airfield
OperatorFlugplatz Hildesheim Betriebs GmbH
Serves Hildesheim, Germany
Location3 km NNW Hildesheim city centre
OpenedJanuary 1, 1993 (1993-01-01)
Built1920
In use1920-
Elevation  AMSL 293 ft / 89 m
Coordinates 52°10′47″N009°56′45″E / 52.17972°N 9.94583°E / 52.17972; 9.94583
Website www.flugplatz-hildesheim.de
Map
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Hildesheim-Drispenstedt
Runways
Direction LengthSurface
ftm
07/251,220Asphalt
07/251,220Grass
Westland Lynx, Westland Scout and Westland Gazelle helicopters (left to right) of 1 Regiment Army Air Corps in Hildesheim, West Germany in 1980. Lynx, Scout and Gazelle 1 Reg AAC Hildesheim 1980.jpg
Westland Lynx, Westland Scout and Westland Gazelle helicopters (left to right) of 1 Regiment Army Air Corps in Hildesheim, West Germany in 1980.

Flugplatz Hildesheim-Drispenstedt is an airfield located near Hildesheim, Lower Saxony, Germany. It was formerly Tofrek Barracks a British Army installation used during both the Second World War and the Cold War.

The airfield is home to the M'era Luna Festival. [1]

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References

  1. "Through the looking glass, M'era Luna the goth corner of Germany". musicfestivalseurope.blogspot.ca. Retrieved 2018-10-21.