Gatow Airfield

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Gatow Airfield is a former military airbase in Berlin best known for its crucial role as a hub for Allied transport aircraft during the Berlin Airlift.

Observed surface forms (4)

Surface form As subject As object
RAF Gatow 0 2
Flugplatz Gatow 0 1
Gatow 0 1
Luftwaffe Museum of the Bundeswehr 0 1

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf former air base
military airfield
alsoKnownAs Gatow Airfield
surface form: "Flugplatz Gatow"

Gatow Airfield
surface form: "RAF Gatow"
capturedBy British Armed Forces
surface form: "British forces"
capturedIn 1945
closedForFlightOperations 1994
constructedBy Luftwaffe
continent Europe
controlledBy Germany
surface form: "Federal Republic of Germany (after reunification)"

United Kingdom
surface form: "United Kingdom (during Allied occupation)"
country Germany
currentUse Luftwaffe Museum of Military History
military museum site
garrison Gatow Airfield self-linksurface differs
surface form: "Luftwaffe Museum of the Bundeswehr"

Gatow Airfield self-linksurface differs
surface form: "RAF Gatow"
hasHeritageDesignation protected historic site (parts of the airfield)
hasMuseum Luftwaffe Museum of Military History
surface form: "Luftwaffenmuseum der Bundeswehr"
hasRole hub for Allied transport aircraft during the Berlin Airlift
IATACode GWW
locatedIn Berlin
Gatow Airfield self-linksurface differs
surface form: "Gatow"
locatedInAdministrativeTerritorialEntity Spandau
West Berlin
locatedNear Havel River
locatedOn western edge of Berlin
militaryBranch Luftwaffe
surface form: "German Air Force"

Royal Air Force
nearbyCity Potsdam
nearbySettlement Gatow village
notableFor role in the Berlin Airlift
operator Bundeswehr
Luftwaffe
Royal Air Force
originallyUsedBy Luftwaffe
ownedBy Federal Government of Germany
surface form: "German Federal Government"
partOf Allied airfields in Berlin
Berlin
Berlin Airlift
surface form: "Berlin Airlift air corridor system"
runwaySurface concrete
startOfOperation 1935
usedBy British Armed Forces
Royal Air Force
West Berlin Allied forces
usedDuring Berlin Airlift
Cold War
usedFor Berlin Airlift
surface form: "Berlin Airlift operations"

military aviation
transport aviation

Referenced by (10)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Gatow Airfield alsoKnownAs Gatow Airfield
this entity surface form: "RAF Gatow"
Gatow Airfield alsoKnownAs Gatow Airfield
this entity surface form: "Flugplatz Gatow"
Operation Vittles basedAt Gatow Airfield
Gatow Airfield garrison Gatow Airfield self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: "RAF Gatow"
Gatow Airfield garrison Gatow Airfield self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: "Luftwaffe Museum of the Bundeswehr"
GWW identifies Gatow Airfield
Gatow Airfield locatedIn Gatow Airfield self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: "Gatow"
Gatow village locatedNear Gatow Airfield
subject surface form: "Gatow"
Gatow village nearbyFacility Gatow Airfield
subject surface form: "Gatow"
Luftbrücke uses Gatow Airfield