Ingolstadt Manching Airport
Ingolstadt Manching Airfield Fliegerhorst Ingolstadt/Manching | |||||||||||
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AMSL 1,202 ft / 366 m | | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | N48° 42.9' E011° 32.1' | ||||||||||
| Website | etsi-airport.de | ||||||||||
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Ingolstadt Manching Airfield, or Fliegerhorst Ingolstadt/Manching in
.Usage
The
F-4 Phantom II
fighter aircraft 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 Transoceanic Abort Landings.[citation needed]
EADS (now renamed Airbus Defence and Space[1]), also had its headquarters here. Manching is now a key center for Airbus' military air systems activity in Germany including the support of Luftwaffe aircraft.[2]
Airlines and destinations
Braunschweig-Wolfsburg Airport transferring personnel of the Volkswagen Group between their headquarters in Wolfsburg and their subsidiary Audi in Ingolstadt.[citation needed
]
See also
References
- ^ "Cassidian Communications changes company name to Airbus DS Communications – Urgent Comms". urgentcomm.com. Retrieved 2021-05-17.
- ^ "Airbus in Germany". Airbus. Retrieved 2021-05-17.
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
48°42′56″N 11°32′02″E / 48.71556°N 11.53389°E
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