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Cottbus-Drewitz Airport

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Cottbus-Drewitz Airport

Summary

Cottbus-Drewitz Airport is an air base[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of air_base entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (108 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Cottbus-Drewitz Airport is located in Jänschwalde[3].
  • Cottbus-Drewitz Airport is in the country of Germany[4].
  • Cottbus-Drewitz Airport's instance of is recorded as air base[5].
  • Cottbus-Drewitz Airport's instance of is recorded as commercial airfield[6].
  • Cottbus is named after Cottbus-Drewitz Airport[7].
  • Cottbus-Drewitz Airport's IATA airport code is recorded as CBU[8].
  • Cottbus-Drewitz Airport's ICAO airport code is recorded as EDCD[9].
  • Cottbus-Drewitz Airport's Commons category is recorded as Flugplatz Cottbus-Drewitz[10].
  • Cottbus-Drewitz Airport's coordinate location is recorded as {'latitude': 51.889475, 'longitude': 14.531986111111}[11].
  • Cottbus-Drewitz Airport's place served by transport hub is recorded as Cottbus[12].
  • Cottbus-Drewitz Airport's date of official opening is recorded as 1939[13].
  • Cottbus-Drewitz Airport sits at an elevation of {'amount': '+81'}[14].
  • Cottbus-Drewitz Airport sits at an elevation of {'amount': '+267'}[15].
  • Cottbus-Drewitz Airport's state of use is recorded as decommissioned[16].

Body

Geography

Cottbus-Drewitz Airport is in the country of Germany[4]. It is located in Jänschwalde[3].

Physical Characteristics

Elevations include {'amount': '+81'}[14] and {'amount': '+267'}[15].

Designation and Status

Recorded instance of include air base[5] and commercial airfield[6].

History and Context

Cottbus is named after Cottbus-Drewitz Airport[7].

Why It Matters

Cottbus-Drewitz Airport ranks in the top 2% of air_base entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (108 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 5 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[17] It is known by 17 alternative names across languages and contexts.[18]

Related Entities

Germany

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [17] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [18] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Edit History

Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 9d ago · Bouzinac · 2026-09-13 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    State of use → decommissioned
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ [[Property:P5817]]: [[Q11639308]], #quickstatements; #temporary_batch_1789327725866"
  2. 17w ago · Wetterman-Andi · 2026-05-20 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Coordinate location → {'latitude': 51.889475, 'longitude': 14.531986111111}
    Named after → Cottbus
    Instance of → —
    Instance of → air base, commercial airfield
    + 9 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbeditentity-update-languages-short:0||de */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/32576|batch #32576]]: aliases for German airfields"
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