the airfield was connected to roads, among them the "reichsstrasse 3" (today b3). a concrete ring road surrounded the area. wooden huts were erected on the airfield, housing air traffic control, crew quarters, a mess hall and a military hospital. for camouflage, the buildings were covered by peaked roofs under mats of reeds. there was even a fake church steeple. hostile air reconnaissance was supposed to see a simple "heidedorf" (heath village). ammunition bunkers, hangars, repair shops and subterranean fuel tanks were constructed. the largest building was the kdf-hall of around 840 square metres, which served as cinema and multipurpose hall. construction materials and supplies for the airfield arrived via a loading station connected to the nearby heidebahn. an extension linked the airfield's ammunition bunkers to the heidebahn.