Koblenz-Winningen Airport

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Koblenz-Winningen Airport

Advanced Landing Ground Y-63
Summary
Airport typePublic
LocationKoblenz, Germany
Elevation AMSL195 m / 640 ft
Coordinates50°19′30″N 007°31′59″E / 50.32500°N 7.53306°E / 50.32500; 7.53306 (Koblenz-Winningen Airport)
Map
Koblenz-Winningen Airport is located in Germany
Koblenz-Winningen Airport
Koblenz-Winningen Airport
Runways
Direction Length Surface
ft m
04/22 3,855 1,168 Asphalt
Location of the Koblenz-Winningen Airport on a plateau above the Moselle

Koblenz-Winningen Airport is a regional airport in Germany (ICAO: EDRK). It supports general aviation with no commercial airline service scheduled.

History

The airfield was used by the United States Army Air Forces during World War II by IX Air Support Command, Ninth Air Force as a Supply and Evacuation/ Emergency Landing Airfield during March–May 1945.

References

  • Johnson, David C. (1988), U.S. Army Air Forces Continental Airfields (ETO), D-Day to V-E Day; Research Division, USAF Historical Research Center, Maxwell AFB, Alabama.

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