Bindlacher Berg Airport or Flughafen Bindlacher Berg , also known as Bayreuth Airport or Flughafen Bayreuth, is an airport

Airport

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 in Bindlach

Bindlach

Bindlach is a municipality in the district of Bayreuth in Upper Franconia in Bavaria, Germany. The town is adjacent immediately north of the town of Bayreuth. The population count of December 2006 was 7197 inhabitants.-History:...

, 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...

, Germany

Germany

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.

History

German Luftwaffe

Luftwaffe

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 built this airport in 1936. In 1992 there was a NFD flight with ATR 42

ATR 42

-Civil operators:The largest operators of the ATR-42 are FedEx Express, Airlinair, TRIP Linhas Aéreas,and Mexico City-based Aeromar respectively. Number of aircraft as of 2010:Some 70 other airlines operate smaller numbers of the type....

 (ATR 72

ATR 72

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) to Frankfurt.

From 1998 to 2001, Augsburg Airways

Augsburg Airways

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flew to Frankfurt.

Bindlacher Berg Airport was host to the World Gliding championship in 1999.

Ground transport

Bindlacher Berg Airport is near Autobahn BAB 9 and BAB 70. It is 5 km northeast of Bayreuth. Taxi takes 10 min to the city.

External links

• City of Bayreuth with some information on the airport (German)