Oberpfaffenhofen Airport (IATA: OBF, ICAO: EDMO) serves Weßling, DE.
Oberpfaffenhofen Airport (EDMO) is a civil special and research airport located in Weßling, Germany, near Munich,. It is a key component of the Airtech Campus Oberpfaffenhofen, which hosts a wide range of aviation and aerospace activities, from research and development to production, flight operations, and maintenance.
Type of Facility and Operations: EDMO primarily serves as a special and research airport for shipyard and development operations, as well as qualified business aviation. Flight operations include dockyard and research flights, qualified business flights, and maintenance. Military flights also occasionally occur. The airport requires Prior Permission Required (PPR) for business flights and only permits IFR operations; VFR is not allowed. It has one paved runway (04/22) measuring 2286m/7500ft. Jet A1 fuel is available,.
Notable Features or History: The airport was acquired in 1935 by Dornier-Werke for the construction of a company airport. After serving as the southernmost base of the Berlin Airlift from 1945, factory air traffic resumed in 1956. In 2003, the airport's areas were reorganized, and permission for qualified business aviation was obtained. Since 2015, several companies, including Dornier Seawings, Torqeedo, and Lilium (developing fully electric jets as air cabs), have relocated their headquarters to Oberpfaffenhofen. The German Aerospace Center (DLR) operates numerous research institutes and control centers for the ISS and Galileo satellite system at the campus. The airport is also a test field for unmanned electric flying.
Current Status: Oberpfaffenhofen Airport is one of 12 airports of federal interest in Germany. It is considered Germany's most important aerospace campus, with approximately 8,000 employees working at the campus, about 4,000 of whom are at the airport itself. The airport features a new terminal opened in 2021 with full-service FBO, lounges, crew office, and meeting rooms. It is strategically located near the A96 motorway and approximately 25 km from Munich city center.
*Sources researched: edmo-airport.de, airfield.directory*
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Oberpfaffenhofen Airport is located in Weßling, DE, at an elevation of 1947 ft. Its IATA code is OBF and ICAO code is EDMO.