Leipzig-Altenburg Airport (IATA: AOC, ICAO: EDAC), until February 2008 known as Altenburg-Nobitz Airport, is a German regional airport 6 km (3.73 miles) southeast of Altenburg and 42 km (26.1 miles) south of Leipzig in the state of Thuringia. It is the 2nd-largest airport in Thuringia. In 2007, it served almost 140,000 passengers.
The airfield at Altenburg-Nobitz is one of the oldest in Germany. Its origins can be traced back as far as 1868, when...
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Leipzig-Altenburg Airport (IATA: AOC, ICAO: EDAC), until February 2008 known as Altenburg-Nobitz Airport, is a German regional airport 6 km (3.73 miles) southeast of Altenburg and 42 km (26.1 miles) south of Leipzig in the state of Thuringia. It is the 2nd-largest airport in Thuringia. In 2007, it served almost 140,000 passengers.
The airfield at Altenburg-Nobitz is one of the oldest in Germany. Its origins can be traced back as far as 1868, when the area the airfield now occupies was first used as an infantry drill ground. In 1881 Duke Ernst II of Sachsen-Altenburg agreed to further expansion of the site for military purposes, and in 1909 a visit was made by an early airship; the Duke was given a flight in it, and immediately became an enthusiastic convert to aviation. Two years later, in 1911, an airship display was held at the site, which also included flights by early heavier-than-air biplanes, and in June 1913 the airfield was officially established.
During World War One,...
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