Luftwaffe (National Socialist), 1936-1945 Royal Air Force, 1945-1957 German Air Force (FRG), 1957-Present
Site history
Built
1936 (1936)
In use
1936-Present
Garrison information
Garrison
Air Transport Wing 62
Airfield information
Identifiers
ICAO: ETNW
Runways
Direction
Length and surface
03/21
1,699 metres (5,574 ft) Asphalt
08/26
2,499 metres (8,199 ft) Concrete
Wunstorf Air Base is a German Air Force military airfield (air base), located 6 km (3.7 mi) south-southwest of Neustadt am Rübenberge and 4 km (2.5 mi) north-northwest of Wunstorf in Lower Saxony, Germany. Wunstorf Air Base is the home to Air Transport Wing 62 (Lufttransportgeschwader 62), a unit operating all German Airbus A400M Atlas.
WunstorfAirBase is a German Air Force military airfield (airbase), located 6 km (3.7 mi) south-southwest of Neustadt am Rübenberge and 4 km (2.5 mi)...
Kolenfeld, Luthe, Mesmerode, Steinhude, and Wunstorf. The town gave its name to nearby WunstorfAirBase of the German Air Force. To the west of the city, Steinhude...
currently based at WunstorfAirBase in Lower-Saxony, Germany operating Airbus A400M fixed-wing aircraft. Air Transport Wing 62 is subordinate to Air Force...
German history was built for the large maneuver on the Bundeswehr at WunstorfAirBase. It has a storage capacity of 2.4 million liters of fuel. Below are...
17 September 2010. "IATA Airline and Airport Code Search". International Air Transport Association. "UN Location Codes: Germany". UN/LOCODE 2012-1. UNECE...
wing. Due to a lack of space at Wunstorf and for greater flexibility, the future air wing will be based at Lechfeld AirBase in southern Germany.[needs update]...
German Air Force A400M to fly post-crash took off from WunstorfAirBase on July 14, 2015. Pilot Lt.Col. Christian Schott, part of Wunstorf's 10-strong...
Celle AirBase German: Heeresflugplatz Celle (ICAO: ETHC) is a military airbase of the German Army. The airfield is situated southwest of the city of Celle...
MiG-29KR/KUBRs, deployed from Severomorsk-3 in the Northern Fleet 7050th AirBase using Kamov Ka-27PS, Kamov Ka-31R and Kamov Ka-29s. A Test and Evaluation...
Second Tactical Air Force. The command remained based at RAF Rheindahlen with air marshal Sir John Edwardes-Jones continuing as its Air Officer Commanding...
the station are also used to run a non-electrified spur to nearby WunstorfAirBase, but traffic on this spur is very infrequent in recent years. Historically...
London University Air Squadron, the Oxford University Air Squadron was based at RAF Abingdon. Abingdon was also the home of No. 6 AEF (Air Experience Flight)...
Adam was the Allied officer in charge of German labour rebuilding WunstorfAirBase. Adam naturalised as a British subject on 27 December 1946 and left...
Lechfeld would become the second base for the Airbus A400M Atlas transport aircraft. In addition to the main baseWunstorf, 13 aircraft of this type are...
of 5. Staffel of JG 11. At the time II. Gruppe of JG 11 was based at WunstorfAirBase for a period of rest and replenishment. On 12 August, the Gruppe...
original on 7 April 2022. Retrieved 22 July 2022. "1990 Flugplatzrennen Wunstorf F3". Racing Years. Archived from the original on 14 March 2023. Retrieved...
option for basing the larger aircraft there. Consequently, it was decided to concentrate all A400M at WunstorfAirBase and disbanding Air Transport Wing...
Jelinski had successfully defended his championship crown. He won races at Wunstorf, Erding and Nürburgring. Franz Konrad lost in the title battle just by...
ADAC-Bavaria-Rennen 4 Wunstorf, West Germany WunstorfAirBase 6 June ADAC-Flugplatzrennen Wunstorf 5 Erding, West Germany Erding AirBase 4 July 5. ADAC-Flugplatz-Rennen...
Richardson and Royston William Marshall AFM of 206 squadron, flew back to Wunstorf for the 404th time during the blockade, the record number of flights for...
Salzburgring 26 May ADAC-Bavaria-Rennen 4 Wunstorf, West Germany WunstorfAirBase 9 June ADAC Flugplatz-Rennen Wunstorf 5 Nürburg, West Germany Nürburgring...
races at Erding and Diepholz Airfield Circuit. Volker Weidler won race at Wunstorf and completed the top-three in the drivers' standings. Harald Brutschin...