Kecskemét-Kadafalva

46°52'44"N 019°36'60"E

Runway: Helipads

Kecskemét-Kadafalva airfield was a helicopter airfield 80 kilometers southeast of Budapest.
It was established as a Soviet helicopter airfield in the 70's, to support the tank batallion that was stationed in the city. The 72nd independent Helicopter Unit of the 36th Air Army (36-я Воздушная Армия) was disbanded in 1988 and merged with the 38th independent Helicopter Unit at Székesfehérvár.


A Soviet officer posing in front of a Mi-24 "Hind' attack helicopter (Bear Bearkoff, on Panoramio)

Since the breakup of the Warsaw Pact, the airfield has been reformed into an industrial area. It still retains the name Kecskemét Kadafalva-Heliport.  Some helicopter landing places can be still seen, but they are mostly used to store materials.


Kecskemét Kadafalva-Heliport photographed in 2012. one large landing spot and 3 smaller parkings can still be distinguished, but the rest is already built over by industry (Googel Earth).