Brand Alternate names Briesen, Briessen Location 14 km NW Lubben Country DD Coordinates 52° 2.1' N 13° 44.8' E (52.0350,13.7467) Elevation m ( ft) Runway 10/28 2500x45 m (8202x148 ft) 095-275°T (CONC) Comments and history In 1965 the base had Il-28, Yak-28, and Yak-12. It was operating only the Yak-28 by the 1970s. Brand was a MiG-27 base. In 1993 it was a refugee center. In the mid-1990s it was purchased by CargoLifter and used as an airship base, an endeavor that went bankrupt in 2002. It is now the site of My Tropical Islands resort.     Mapping links Google Earth - http://maps.google.com/maps?&q=52.0350,13.7467&spn=0.1,0.1&output=kml Google Maps (map) - http://maps.google.com/maps?ll=52.0350,13.7467&spn=0.1,0.1&t=m&q=52.0350,13.7467 Google Maps (sat) - http://maps.google.com/maps?ll=52.0350,13.7467&spn=0.1,0.1&t=h&q=52.0350,13.7467 Wikimapia - http://wikimapia.org/#lat=52.0350&lon=13.7467&z=14&l=1&m=b (Russian viewing recommended) Geohack - http://stable.toolserver.org/geohack/geohack.php?params=52.0350_N_13.7467_E_type:city Sources Computations and data compilation: Tim Vasquez Coordinate data: Google Earth Elevation data: Runway data: Google Earth ICAO identifier assignment: Return to index Dataset introduction and description Please direct comments and corrections here ©2005,2009 Tim Vasquez All rights reserved