# Holzdorf Air Base

> Holzdorf, DE · ICAO: ETSH · Medium Airport

## Quick Facts

| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| ICAO | `ETSH` |
| City | Holzdorf |
| Country | DE |
| Type | Medium Airport |
| Elevation | 81 m |
| Cargo | ❌ |
| GPS | 51.76780, 13.16770 |

## Description

The Bundeswehr is turning Holzdorf Air Base (ICAO: ETSH) into one of its most important sites — yet the field stays closed to civilian cargo. This Luftwaffe helicopter base near Lutherstadt Wittenberg, on the Brandenburg/Saxony-Anhalt border, will receive Germany's 47 new CH-47F Chinook heavy-lift helicopters, with roughly €400 million in new maintenance and storage hangars under way and the site also being prepared for the Arrow 3 air-defence system. No scheduled or commercial freight traffic operates here. For air cargo in the Leipzig and southern Saxony-Anhalt area, Leipzig/Halle Airport (IATA: LEJ), about 80 km west, and Berlin Brandenburg Airport (IATA: BER) are the alternatives.

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