Augsburg Airport
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Augsburg Airport is a regional German airport in Affing
, Bavaria
, north of the city of Augsburg
. Transport connection exists to the nearby freeway A 8
. The location is 7 km northeast of Augsburg Downtown. The number of passengers in 2005 was about 48,000. After 2005 passenger traffic was relocated to Munich Airport, leaving the Augsburg region of Bavaria without an air passenger airport within close reach. Since then, the airport is still used for general aviation
and business airplanes.
The airport was opened in 1968 after the former airport in the southern suburb Haunstetten had to be closed due to the construction of the new University of Augsburg
on the airfield compound.
Affing
Affing is a municipality near Augsburg in Aichach-Friedberg district, in Swabia - Bavaria, southern Germany.The municipality covers an area of 44.85 km²....
, Bavaria
Bavaria
Bavaria, formally the Free State of Bavaria is a state of Germany, located in the southeast of Germany. With an area of , it is the largest state by area, forming almost 20% of the total land area of Germany...
, north of the city of Augsburg
Augsburg
Augsburg is a city in the south-west of Bavaria, Germany. It is a university town and home of the Regierungsbezirk Schwaben and the Bezirk Schwaben. Augsburg is an urban district and home to the institutions of the Landkreis Augsburg. It is, as of 2008, the third-largest city in Bavaria with a...
. Transport connection exists to the nearby freeway A 8
Bundesautobahn 8
is an autobahn in southern Germany that runs 497 km from the Luxembourg A13 motorway at Schengen via Neunkirchen, Pirmasens, Karlsruhe, Stuttgart, Ulm, Augsburg and Munich to the Austrian West Autobahn near Salzburg....
. The location is 7 km northeast of Augsburg Downtown. The number of passengers in 2005 was about 48,000. After 2005 passenger traffic was relocated to Munich Airport, leaving the Augsburg region of Bavaria without an air passenger airport within close reach. Since then, the airport is still used for general aviation
General aviation
General aviation is one of the two categories of civil aviation. It refers to all flights other than military and scheduled airline and regular cargo flights, both private and commercial. General aviation flights range from gliders and powered parachutes to large, non-scheduled cargo jet flights...
and business airplanes.
The airport was opened in 1968 after the former airport in the southern suburb Haunstetten had to be closed due to the construction of the new University of Augsburg
University of Augsburg
The University of Augsburg is a university located in the Universitätsviertel section of Augsburg, Germany. It was founded in 1970 and is organized in 7 Faculties....
on the airfield compound.