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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)
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Koblenz-Winningen Airport is located in Germany
Koblenz-Winningen Airport
Koblenz-Winningen Airport
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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 scheduled airline service.

History

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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

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  • 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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