BRATISLAVA-IVANKA AIRFIELD

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP82-00046R000100080002-0
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: December 22, 2016
• Document Release Date: July 29, 2009
• Sequence Number: 2
• Publication Date: July 31, 1953
• Content Type: REPORT

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COUNTRY Czechoslovakia
SUBJECT Brat islava-Ivanka Airfield
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1. The Bratislava Airfield L 8lON-1712 also known as
Ivanka, was located abou seven kilome nor eas of the center of
Bratislava, 80 N-1 0 and s to about 300'- 500 m. east of
the highway, and about 250 m. west of the
Maly Dunaj R ver, Rectangular in shape,
it measured about m. north-south and 1,600 m. east-west and
was 132 in. above sea level. The airfield surface was level, grassy,
and soft with artificial drainage. The surface was under constant
improvement, however, especially with regard to hardening the soft
ground. Weather was favorable for all-year-round flying. Obstruc-
tions to approach included a 20 m..high chimney about 2,000 in. west
of the airfield with the Carpathian mountains and coniferous trees
about 10 - 12 km. beyond, a dead arm of the Danube River with a fill
plus all kinds of mobile machi
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i
nery
used
n
improving the airfield's surface, which were located about the air-
field. Each building had a red obstruction light on top of roof.
2. Bratislava-Ivanka was a civilian airfield run by the Czechoslovak
Airlines. The director of Bratislava-Tva.nka Tang (f',,10 T=TA%ir
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The Airfield employed about 150 civilians; most of
the personnel were anti-Communists but pretended to be C
i
ommUn
sts
in order to keep their jobs. All personnel
includin
both
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,
g
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r and
ground crews, wore dark blue uniforms.
Flying activity was mostly civilian although five or. six 25X1
MIG-15's on the airfield for about one month ma. n ex erimental
fli hts. This was in September or October 1 2 25X1
jet aircraft on this Airfield since then. - s an a and
took off daily from the Airfield according to schedule. One IL-12
flew at night from Prague to Bratislava. About ten AE-45's were
parked in the hangars.
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field by trucks from Bratislava. Aircr
Fuel was aft were drefuelledtdirectlyr
from the trucks by means of motor driven pumps. Water hydrants were
scattered all over the airfield. There was no hospital but the air-
field did have a mobile first aid station. Electricity, installed
in all the buildings, was supplied by the Bratislava power plant.
in bad weather electricity all over the airfield was
sconnected and mobile power units tried in vain to generate elec-
tricity. These power units worked very badly and the whole airfield
was sometimes without lights for 10 or 15 minutes at a time. Once
when the electric power was turned off and the
mobile units w4av-
unable to enerate electr c
disconnecting the power
e airfield in bad weather was due to installing new wiring in
buildings under construction. There were no training schools
attached to the airfield.
5. Facilities for major repairs were not available on the airfield -
minor repairs were done in hangars and in the open -- since the air-
field was only transitory; that is, practically every aircraft,
enroute from Prague to an airfield in Slovakia, stopped there for
refuelling.
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