Fürstenfeldbruck Air Base
Fürstenfeldbruck Air Base (German: "Fliegerhorst Fürstenfeldbruck" or "Flugplatz Fürstenfeldbruck") is a former German Air Force airfield near the town of Fürstenfeldbruck in Bavaria, near Munich, Germany.
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| Airport type | Military | ||||||||||
| Owner | Unified Armed Forces of the Federal Republic of Germany | ||||||||||
| Operator | German Air Force | ||||||||||
| Location | Fürstenfeldbruck, Germany | ||||||||||
| Elevation AMSL | 1,703 ft / 519 m | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 48°12′24″N 11°15′59″E | ||||||||||
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Fürstenfeldbruck became famous first as the main training base for the German Luftwaffe during World War II, then as the site of the Munich massacre of nine Israeli athletes and coaches (two were killed earlier) and one German police officer at the 1972 Summer Olympics. Military flight operations ceased in 2003, a small civil flight operation ended in 2015. The adjacent barracks are still used by the German Air Force Officer Training School, which is to be relocated to Roth. In the eastern part of the former air base, the BMW Driving Academy Maisach was established.