Augsburg Airport is a regional airport in

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, northeast of the city of

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, the third largest city in the

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state of

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. It is used for business and

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with very little passenger airline traffic.

History

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

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on the airfield compound. In 1986, Interot Airways commenced scheduled flight services at Augsburg Airport, initially to

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. By the early 1990s, Interot's route network at Augsburg Airport had grown to also include

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and

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, so that the airport was considered an alternative for business travellers who wished to avoid busy

Munich Airport Munich International Airport- Franz Josef Strauß (german: link=no, Flughafen München) is an international airport serving Munich and Upper Bavaria. It is the second-busiest airport in Germany in terms of passenger traffic after Frankfurt A ...

. In 1995, Augsburg Airport saw the inauguration of international flights by Interot Airways, most notably to

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. Following Interot Airways having become a member of

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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. 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

and business airplanes. Passenger flights resumed in 2016 with a once-per-week flight to Salzburg.

Airlines and destinations

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

Ground transportation

A ground transport connection by road exists to the nearby six-lane motorway A8 Munich (25min) - Stuttgart (1h) (Exit ''Augsburg Ost''). Alternatively, bus 305 runs every hour from Augsburg main train station.http://efa.avv-augsburg.de/avv2/TTB/000076af_TP.pdf

References

External links

Official website
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History

Airlines and destinations

Ground transportation

See also

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