Fürstenfeldbruck Air Base

Fürstenfeldbruck Air Base is a former German Air Force airfield near the town of in , near , . Fürstenfeldbruck became famous first as the main training base for the German Luftwaffe during World War II, then as the site of the Munich massacre of nine Israeli athletes and coaches and one German police officer at the 1972 Summer Olympics.
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  • Type: Airport
  • Description: former German Air Force military airfield
  • Also known as: Fuerstenfeldbruck Air Base” and “Fürstenfeldbruck AB

Places of Interest

Highlights include Maisach station and Emmeringer See.

Railway station
is a railway station in the municipality of , located in the district of in , .

Memorial
The Air Force and Aviation Memorial also known as the is the central memorial for the modern German Air Force. Built between 1957 and 1962 with donations from then current and former members of the German air forces and other private individuals, It is dedicated to the dead of the German air forces who fell both in war and peacetime.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Diepoltshofen and Lindach (Fürstenfeldbruck).

Hamlet
is a hamlet, which is situated 2½ km northwest of Fürstenfeldbruck Air Base.

Village
is a village, which is situated 2½ km west of Fürstenfeldbruck Air Base.

Town
is a town in , Germany, 32 kilometres west of . It is the capital of the . As of 2004 it had a population of 35,494. Since the 1930s has had an air force base. is situated 3 km south of Fürstenfeldbruck Air Base.

Fürstenfeldbruck Air Base

Latitude
48.2056° or 48° 12′ 20″ north
Longitude
11.26614° or 11° 15′ 58″ east
Elevation
515 metres (1,690 feet)
IATA airport code
FEL
ICAO airport code
ETSF
Open location code
8FWH6748+6F
Geo­Names ID
3208388
Wiki­data ID
Q554451
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In Other Languages

From Catalan to Tajik—“Fürstenfeldbruck Air Base” goes by many names.
  • Catalan: Base Aèria de Fürstenfeldbrück
  • Cebuano: Fürstenfeldbruck Air Base
  • Chinese: 菲爾斯滕費爾德布魯克空軍基地
  • Czech: Letecká základna Fürstenfeldbruck
  • Dutch: Fürstenfeldbruck Air Base
  • French: Base aérienne de Fürstenfeldbruck
  • French: Furstenfeldbruck Air Base
  • French: Fürstenfeldbruck Air Base
  • Galician: Base Aérea de Fürstenfeldbrück
  • German: ETSF
  • German: Flugplatz Fürstenfeldbruck
  • German: Fliegerhorst Fürstenfeldbruck” (historical)
  • Hebrew: בסיס חיל האוויר פירסטנפלדברוק
  • Italian: Base aerea di Fürstenfeldbruck
  • Japanese: フュルステンフェルトブルック空軍基地
  • Malay: Lapangan Terbang Furstenfeldbruck AB
  • Norwegian Bokmål: Fürstenfeldbruck flyplass
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: Fürstenfeldbruck flyplass
  • Persian: پایگاه هوایی فورستنفلدبروک
  • Portuguese: Base Aérea de Fürstenfeldbrück
  • Russian: Фюрстенфельдбрукк
  • Swedish: Fürstenfeldbruck flygplats
  • Tajik: Пойгоҳи ҳавоии Фюрсетфелдбрук

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Notable Places Nearby

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