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Augsburg Airport

*Flughafen Augsburg*
Augsburg Airport; Flughafen Augsburg
	IATA: AGB; ICAO: EDMA;
Summary
Airport type	Public
Operator	Augsburger Flughafen GmbH
Serves	Augsburg, Germany
Location	Affing
Hub for	Augsburg Airways (1996-2002); Interot Airways (1986-1996);
Elevation AMSL	1,515 ft / 462 m
Coordinates	48°25′31″N 10°55′54″E / 48.42528°N 10.93167°E
Website	www.augsburg-airport.de
Runways
	AIP at German air traffic control.

Augsburg Airport (IATA: AGB, ICAO: EDMA) is a regional airport in Affing, 7 km (4.3 mi) northeast of the city of Augsburg, the third largest city in the German state of Bavaria. It is used for business and general aviation with very little passenger airline traffic.

History edit

Maintenance facilities at the airport

The airport was opened in 1968 after its predecessor in the southern suburb Haunstetten had to be closed due to the construction of the new University of Augsburg on the airfield compound.^[2]

In 1986, Interot Airways commenced scheduled flight services at Augsburg Airport, initially to Düsseldorf.^[3] By the early 1990s, Interot's route network at Augsburg Airport had grown to also include Berlin, Cologne, Dresden, Hamburg and Leipzig,^[3] so that the airport was considered an alternative for business travellers who wished to avoid busy Munich Airport.^[4]

In 1995, Augsburg Airport saw the inauguration of international flights by Interot Airways, most notably to London City Airport.^[5]

Following Interot Airways having become a member of Team Lufthansa in 1996, the airline (which by then had been renamed Augsburg Airways) scaled down its presence at Augsburg Airport in favor of Munich Airport; the last routes were terminated in 2002.^[6]

After 2005, passenger traffic was relocated to Munich Airport, leaving the Augsburg region without a passenger airport within close reach. Since then, the airport is used almost entirely for general aviation and business airplanes.^[7] Passenger flights resumed in 2016 with a once-per-week flight to Salzburg.

Airlines and destinations edit

As of September 2019, there are currently no scheduled or charter flights at the airport.

Ground transportation edit

A ground transport connection by road exists to the nearby six-lane motorway A8 Munich (25min) - Stuttgart (1h) (Exit Augsburg Ost).^[8] Alternatively, bus 305 runs every hour from Augsburg main train station.^[9]

References edit

^ "AIP VFR online". dfs.de. DFS Deutsche Flugsicherung GmbH. Retrieved 2023-02-21.
^ „Augsburger Allgemeine“ (German newspaper) on 12. November 2009: Auf dem Flugplatz steht das Univiertel
^ ^a ^b "World Airline Directory: Interot Airways". Flight International: 89. 25 March 1992. Retrieved 1 November 2013.
^ "World Airline Directory: Interot Airways". Flight International: 78. 25 March 1995. Retrieved 1 November 2013.
^ "Interot flies to London City". Flight International: 8. 15 November 1995. Retrieved 1 November 2013.
^ "Directory: world airlines". Flight International: 92. 16 March 2004. Retrieved 15 December 2013.
^ flughafen-augsburg.de - Augsburg Airport (EDMA)
^ "How to reach us - Augsburg Airport". 3 December 2019.
^ http://efa.avv-augsburg.de/avv2/TTB/000076af_TP.pdf^{[permanent dead link]}