The aerodrome was built during the World War I to serve needs of the Austro-Hungarian Army. In 1918, when Czechoslovakia was created, it was the only working airfield in the country. The first airplanes for the newly formed Czechoslovakian Army were obtained from here. Later, the army set up a pilot training center next to the airfield.
During World War II Germans built a large aircraft factory (Eger Flugzeugwerke GmbH) next to the airfield. The factory repaired and produced parts Heinkel He 111, Heinkel He 177, Heinkel He 219 and Messerschmitt Me 262. American bombing at the end of war destroyed the aerodrome and the factory, with one of the military airfield's circular concrete dispersal areas at its periphery being the "final resting place" for the He 177 V101 four-engined prototype heavy bomber, apparently wrecked there at the war's close.[2]
The airfield was reopened 19 August 2010 as public domestic aerodrome and operational availability is VFR DAY. The original concrete runway 06/24 is repaired in the length of 1000 m and width of 18 m. The grass runway 05/23 is 1000 m long and 25 m wide.
Referencesedit
^ "VFR-AD-LKCB-VOC/ADC" (PDF). VFR Manual - Czech Republic. Air Navigation Services of the Czech Republic. 30 March 2017.
^"Fotogalerie – Válka – Čechách a na Moravě, konec války 1945 – Cheb – letiště – květen 1945". Fronta,cz. Retrieved 28 September 2012.
^"VFR-AD-LKCB-TEXT" (PDF). VFR Manual - Czech Republic. Air Navigation Services of the Czech Republic. 26 May 2016.
Literatureedit
Luděk Matějíček: Chebská křídla (Wings from Cheb), 2006, ISBN80-86808-27-0. Extended second edition published in 2013.[1]
External linksedit
Official website
VFR Manual LKCB
Photo gallery of the airport and military barracks before the war (descriptions in Czech)
Photo gallery of the destroyed airport in May 1945 (descriptions in Czech)
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