Ingolstadt Manching Airfield, or Fliegerhorst Ingolstadt/Manching in German (IATA: IGS, ICAO: ETSI), is a military airbase with civil usage located in Manching near Ingolstadt, Germany.
Ingolstadt Manching Airfield Fliegerhorst Ingolstadt/Manching | |||||||||||
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| Serves | Ingolstadt, Germany | ||||||||||
| Location | Manching | ||||||||||
| Elevation AMSL | 1,202 ft / 366 m | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 48°42.9′N 11°32.1′E / 48.7150°N 11.5350°E | ||||||||||
| Website | etsi-airport.de | ||||||||||
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Usage
editThe airfield is home to the Bundeswehr Technical and Airworthiness Center for Aircraft.. The first flights of the Panavia Tornado and Eurofighter prototypes took place here. The F-104G Starfighter and 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]
Cassidian, the defence and security subsidiary of 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
editPrivate Wings offers some business on demand charters and seasonal scheduled leisure flights across Europe. Ingolstadt Manching also receives frequent charter flights from Braunschweig-Wolfsburg Airport transferring personnel of the Volkswagen Group between their headquarters in Wolfsburg and their subsidiary Audi in Ingolstadt.[citation needed]
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ "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
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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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