Flight Simulator 2020: Undocumented Airfields and Points of Interest in Thuringia, Germany

The page has three parts:

• Undocumented airfields and interesting objects
• Directory of cities and places
• Instructions how to jump directly to a location in Flight Simulator 2020 using the bold coordinates.

The listed departure airfields are suggestions, of course you can also start at any other airfield. By clicking on the link "Route" the direct route from the airfield to the target is displayed in SkyVector (skyvector.com). If necessary, however, control zones, restricted areas etc. must be flown around.

Points of Interest in Thuringia (Thüringen)

Blankenburg: SAM site

N511302 E0104617Bing MapsOpenStreetMapsGoogle Maps51.2172222,10.7713889

Former Surface-to-Air Missile site of the East German National People's Army

Departure airports:

• Bad Frankenhausen	EDOF		Route
• Bad Langensalza	EDEB		Route
• Erfurt	EDDE		Route
• Mühlhausen	EDEQ		Route
• Nordhausen	EDAO		Route
• Obermehler / Schlotheim	EDCO		Route
• Sömmerda	EDBS		Route

Blankenburg: Former SAM site (Source: Flight Simulator 2020)

Blankenhain: Auxiliary airfield

N505011 E0112228Bing MapsOpenStreetMapsGoogle Maps50.8363889,11.3744444

Auxiliary airfield in East Germany, today closed.

Departure airports:

• Alkersleben	EDBA		Route
• Bad Berka	EDOB		Route
• Jena Schöngleina	EDBJ		Route
• Rudolstadt Groschwitz	EDOK		Route
• Weimar Umpferstedt	EDOU		Route

Blankenhain Auxiliary Airfield (Source: Flight Simulator 2020)

Buchenwald: Concentration camp memorial

N510114 E0111457Bing MapsOpenStreetMapsGoogle Maps51.0205556,11.2491667

Departure airports:

• Alkersleben	EDBA		Route
• Bad Berka	EDOB		Route
• Rudolstadt Groschwitz	EDOK		Route
• Sömmerda	EDBS		Route
• Weimar Umpferstedt	EDOU		Route

Buchenwald: Memorial (Source: Flight Simulator 2020)

Eckolstädt: SAM Site

N510233 E0113738Bing MapsOpenStreetMapsGoogle Maps51.0425,11.6272222

Former Surface-to-Air Missile site of the East German National People's Army for S-200 Wega / SA-5

Departure airports:

• Jena Schöngleina	EDBJ		Route
• Laucha	EDBL		Route
• Weimar Umpferstedt	EDOU		Route

Eckolstädt: SAM site S-200 Wega (SA-5 Gammon) (Source: Flight Simulator 2020)

Eckolstädt: SAM Site

N510160 E0113505Bing MapsOpenStreetMapsGoogle Maps51.0333333,11.5847222

Former Surface-to-Air Missile site of the East German National People's Army

Greipzig: SAM site

N505649 E0122652Bing MapsOpenStreetMapsGoogle Maps50.9469444,12.4477778

Former Soviet Surface-to-Air Missile site for the Altenburg Air Base

Departure airports:

• Altenburg	EDAC		Route
• Gera Leumnitz	EDAJ		Route
• Sprossen	EDCH		Route

Greipzig: Former SAM site (Source: Flight Simulator 2020)

Großeutersdorf: Walpersberg runway

N504747 E0113320Bing MapsOpenStreetMapsGoogle Maps50.7963889,11.5555556

Departure airports:

• Jena Schöngleina	EDBJ		Route
• Rudolstadt Groschwitz	EDOK		Route
• Weimar Umpferstedt	EDOU		Route

Großeutersdorf: Former runway on hill (Source: Flight Simulator 2020)

Hassleben: Airfield

N510700 E0110058Bing MapsOpenStreetMapsGoogle Maps51.1166667,11.0161111

Former reserve airfield and later helicopter base of the Soviet troops in East Germany.

Departure airports:

• Bad Langensalza	EDEB		Route
• Erfurt	EDDE		Route
• Gotha Ost	EDEG		Route
• Obermehler/Schlotheim	EDCO		Route
• Sömmerda	EDBS		Route

Hassleben: Former Soviet airfield (Source: Flight Simulator 2020)

Meiningen: Airfield

N503413 E0102656Bing MapsOpenStreetMapsGoogle Maps50.5702778,10.4488889

At first, commercial airport for Meiningen, in East Germany helicopter base of the border troops. Today closed.

Departure airports:

• Bad Neustadt	EDFD		Route
• Coburg Brandensteinsebene	EDQC		Route
• Suhl Goldlauter	EDQS		Route
• Wasserkuppe	EDER		Route

Meiningen: Former airfield (Source: Flight Simulator 2020)

Nohra: Airfield

N505837 E0111453Bing MapsOpenStreetMapsGoogle Maps50.9769444,11.2480556

Former Soviet airfield and helicopter base.

Departure airports:

• Alkersleben	EDBA		Route
• Bad Berka	EDOB		Route
• Rudolstadt Groschwitz	EDOK		Route
• Sömmerda	EDBS		Route
• Weimar Umpferstedt	EDOU		Route

Nohra: Former heliport (Source: Flight Simulator 2020)

Remda: SAM Site

N504625 E0111042Bing MapsOpenStreetMapsGoogle Maps50.7736111,11.1783333

Former Surface-to-Air Missile site of the East German National People's Army

Departure airports:

• Alkersleben	EDBA		Route
• Bad Berka	EDOB		Route
• Jena Schöngleina	EDBJ		Route
• Pennewitz	EDOS		Route
• Rudolstadt Groschwitz	EDOK		Route
• Weimar Umpferstedt	EDOU		Route

Former SAM site of the East German Air Force - Circular launching area for missiles of the Soviet type S-75 (SA-2) on the Großer Kalmberg hill, partly overgrown (Source: Flight Simulator 2020)

Röhrensee: Airfield

N505040 E0105025Bing MapsOpenStreetMapsGoogle Maps50.8444444,10.8402778

Airfield on the Ohrdruf military training area, closed today.

Departure airports:

• Alkersleben	EDBA		Route
• Eisenach/Haina	EDGE		Route
• Erfurt	EDDE		Route
• Gotha Ost	EDEG		Route
• Suhl Goldlauter	EDQS		Route

Röhrensee: Airfield (Source: Flight Simulator 2020)

Rothenstein: Helipad

N505112 E0113539Bing MapsOpenStreetMapsGoogle Maps50.8533333,11.5941667

Former Soviet helipad with 4 pads.

Departure airports:

• Jena Schöngleina	EDBJ		Route
• Rudolstadt Groschwitz	EDOK		Route
• Weimar Umpferstedt	EDOU		Route

Rothenstein Helipad (Source: Flight Simulator 2020)

Sprötau: SAM command post

N510551 E0111105Bing MapsOpenStreetMapsGoogle Maps51.0975,11.1847222

Command post for East German surface-to-air missile (SAM) units

Departure airports:

• Erfurt-Weimar	EDDE		Route
• Jena Schöngleina	EDBJ		Route
• Laucha	EDBL		Route
• Sömmerda	EDBS		Route
• Weimar Umpferstedt	EDOU		Route

Waltersleben: Highway Strip

N505425 E0110122Bing MapsOpenStreetMapsGoogle Maps50.9069444,11.0227778

Zimmern: Auxiliary airfield

N510053 E0113719Bing MapsOpenStreetMapsGoogle Maps51.0147222,11.6219444

Auxiliary airfield in East Germany, closed today.

Places in Thüringen (Thüringen)

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