Neuburg Air Base

Neuburg an der Donau, Germany

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Neuburg Air Base

Neuburg an der Donau, Germany

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German Air Force fighter base on the Danube.

Opened

1935

Location

Neuburg an der Donau, Germany

Neuburg Air Base (ICAO: ETSN) is a military airfield located near Neuburg an der Donau in Bavaria, Germany. It serves as a primary base for the German Air Force (Luftwaffe) and is home to Taktisches Luftwaffengeschwader 74 (TaktLwG 74), one of Germany's frontline fighter wings. The base operates Eurofighter Typhoon aircraft and plays a significant role in NATO air defense missions, including Quick Reaction Alert (QRA) duties. It is not open to civilian commercial traffic and has no public passenger terminal facilities. Neuburg Air Base periodically hosts the Internationales Luftfahrt-Wochenende Neuburg, a well-known open day and airshow event that attracts large crowds and features military and civilian aviation displays.

Getting to & from

The base is accessible primarily by road from Neuburg an der Donau, which is served by regional bus connections and lies approximately 18 km from Ingolstadt.

Notable facts

›Home to Taktisches Luftwaffengeschwader 74 (TaktLwG 74) of the German Air Force.
›Operates Eurofighter Typhoon jets for NATO QRA missions.
›Hosts the popular Internationales Luftfahrt-Wochenende Neuburg airshow.
›Exclusively a military installation with no civilian passenger services.
›Originally established during the Third Reich era in the mid-1930s.

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Neuburg Air Base is a military air base in Germany. It is located in the district of Neuburg-Schrobenhausen on the River Danube, approximately 20 km west-southwest of Ingolstadt. Its primary user is Jagdgeschwader 74 of the German Air Force (Luftwaffe), which provides air defence for Southern Germany. Since 2006 Eurofighter Typhoons have been operated from the base. Although Neuburg is the smallest fighter aircraft base in the Bundeswehr, the air base was virtually unaffected by the Bundeswehr reform announced in 2011.

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