F104 Starfighter at the entrance to Manching Airport
Ingolstadt Manching Airport is an airport in Ingolstadt/Manching, Germany (IATA: IGS, ICAO: ETSI). It is home to the Bundeswehr Technical and Airworthiness Center for Aircraft (Wehrtechnische Dienststelle für Luftfahrzeuge - Musterprüfwesen für Luftfahrtgerät der Bundeswehr (WTD 61).
Cassidian, the defence and security subsidiary of EADS, has its headquarters here.
The first flight of the Eurofighter prototype took place in Manching. Before the Eurofighter, the F104 and the F4 were flown here testing weapons systems in the 1960s, 70s and 80s.
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No scheduled flights are offered. Private Wings offers some business charter flights on demand across Europe. Manching receives frequent charter flights from Braunschweig Airport transfering Volkswagen personnel.
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Coordinates: 48°42′56″N 11°32′02″E / 48.71556°N 11.53389°E / 48.71556; 11.53389
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