Böblingen Airport () was built in the mid-1920s for the city of
Stuttgart
Stuttgart (; ; Swabian German, Swabian: ; Alemannic German, Alemannic: ; Italian language, Italian: ; ) is the capital city, capital and List of cities in Baden-Württemberg by population, largest city of the States of Germany, German state of ...
, the capital of the German state of
Baden-Württemberg
Baden-Württemberg ( ; ), commonly shortened to BW or BaWü, is a states of Germany, German state () in Southwest Germany, east of the Rhine, which forms the southern part of Germany's western border with France. With more than 11.07 million i ...
. Bordered by Calwer Straße (K1073) and the E41, it lies northwest of
Böblingen
Böblingen (; ) is a town in Baden-Württemberg, Germany, seat of Böblingen (district), Böblingen District. Sindelfingen and Böblingen are Geographic contiguity, contiguous.
History
Böblingen was founded by Count Wilhelm von Tübingen-Bö ...
and south of the
Daimler factory in
Sindelfingen
Sindelfingen ( Swabian: ''Sendlfenga'') is a city in Baden-Württemberg in south Germany. It lies near Stuttgart at the headwaters of the Schwippe (a tributary of the river Würm), and is home to a Mercedes-Benz assembly plant. The current mayor ...
. An aircraft industry developed around this airfield, which was used by the
Luftwaffe
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during the
Second World War
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. On 1 September 1939 the airbase was the home station for the I/JG 52 (1st Group of
Jagdgeschwader 52
''Jagdgeschwader'' 52 (JG 52) was a Nazi Germany, German World War II fighter aircraft, fighter ''Geschwader'' (Wing (air force unit), wing) that exclusively used the Messerschmitt Bf 109 throughout the war. The unit originally formed near Muni ...
) which was flying the
Messerschmitt Bf 109E-1 fighter aircraft. On that day its strength was 39 aircraft.
Post-war history
After the Second World War, the airfield was transferred to
United States Armed Forces
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, which used it as a maintenance facility and heliport until the mid-1990s.
[Military Airfield Directory: Böblingen Maint Fac AHP]
/ref> During this period, in the late 1960s and the early 1970s, its airfield
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was used to stage air show
An air show (or airshow, air fair, air tattoo) is a public event where aircraft are trade fair, exhibited. They often include aerobatics demonstrations, without which they are called "static air shows" with aircraft parked on the ground.
The ...
s.
In the 1950s and 1960s the airport was the home base of the Boeblingen FlugSport Gruppe. This group was very active in light general aviation and gliding.
The airfield has fallen into disrepair since the mid-1990s and many of its buildings were demolished once the armory was cleaned up. The old control tower, some hangars and some miscellaneous buildings still exist.[http://www.motorworld.de/stuttgart/, official site, in German.]
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Luftwaffe bases
Defunct airports in Germany
Buildings and structures in Böblingen
Airports in Baden-Württemberg
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