Helicopters are approved up to a weight of 5700 kg and balloon rides can be undertaken from the airfield.

The airfield thus fulfils an important task as an infrastructural hub and for club life in the Lüneburg Heath region.

In the spring of 1945 the airfield was captured by British forces, and given the Advanced Landing Ground code B 156.

[3] All three RCAF squadrons were part of 39 (Reconnaissance) Wing, which is reported to have disbanded at Lüneburg itself on 2 August 1945.

[4] After the war ended, the airfield came under the control of the British Air Forces of Occupation; No.