Ingolstadt Manching Airport
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Ingolstadt Manching Airport Fliegerhorst Ingolstadt/Manching | |||||||||||
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| Serves | Ingolstadt, Germany | ||||||||||
| Location | Manching | ||||||||||
| Elevation AMSL | 1,202 ft / 366 m | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | N48° 42.9' E011° 32.1' | ||||||||||
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Ingolstadt Manching Airport, or Fliegerhorst Ingolstadt/Manching in German (IATA: IGS, ICAO: ETSI), is a military airbase with civil usage located in Manching near Ingolstadt, Germany.
Usage
The airport is home to the Bundeswehr Technical and Airworthiness Center for Aircraft. Cassidian, the defence and security subsidiary of EADS, also has its headquarters here. The first flights of the Tornado and Eurofighter prototypes took place here. The F104 and the F4 were flown here testing weapons systems in the 1960s, 70s and 80s. During the Space Shuttle missions it was considered as a landing site for TAL aborts.
Airlines and destinations
| Airlines | Destinations |
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| Private Wings | Seasonal: Aosta[1][2] |
Private Wings offers some business charter flights on demand across Europe. Ingolstadt Manching also receives frequent charter flights from Braunschweig-Wolfsburg Airport transferring personnel of the Toyota Motorsport GmbH between their headquarters in Wolfsburg and their test facility Gazoo in Ingolstadt.
See also
References
External links
Media related to Ingolstadt Manching Airport at Wikimedia Commons
- Official website
- Accident history for IGS at Aviation Safety Network
- Airport information for ETSI at Great Circle Mapper.
- Current weather for ETSI at NOAA/NWS
- Template:WAD
48°42′56″N 11°32′02″E / 48.71556°N 11.53389°E
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