Mönchengladbach Airport Flughafen Mönchengladbach | |||||||||||
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| Airport type | Public | ||||||||||
| Operator | Düsseldorf Airport | ||||||||||
| Serves | Mönchengladbach,Germany | ||||||||||
| Elevation AMSL | 125 ft / 38 m | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 51°13′49″N006°30′16″E / 51.23028°N 6.50444°E /51.23028; 6.50444 | ||||||||||
| Website | mgl.de | ||||||||||
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  EDLN Location of airport in Germany | |||||||||||
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| Sources: Statistics at ADV.,[1] AIP atGerman air traffic control.[2] | |||||||||||
Mönchengladbach Airport (German:Verkehrslandeplatz Mönchengladbach, formerlyDüsseldorf Mönchengladbach Airport,IATA:MGL,ICAO:EDLN) is a small regionalairport located 4.4 km (2.7 mi) northeast[2] ofMönchengladbach and 15.2 km (9.4 mi) west ofDüsseldorf. It is co-owned by the company which also runsDüsseldorf Airport (70%) and the local utility company NVV AG (30%).
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The British Army of the Rhine undertook an exercise in 1955, in accord with the then NATO-Strategy of quick reaction. They built a basic 'field-made' airfield on the grass-covered area for an air-landing-exercise on this site. On finishing this exercise, the British Army of the Rhine handed the area over to the Mayor of Mönchengladbach for use as an airfield. The airfield was taken into service as a small airstrip for gliders. A hangar was built in 1957, and the next year a control tower and passenger terminal were constructed. The construction of the 1,200 m (3,937 ft)runway that is still used today began in 1970, and it was completed in 1973.
From 1996 until 2002, the Belgian airlineVLM operated direct services toLondon City Airport withFokker 50 aeroplanes providing up to 24 weekly flights in each direction. From 1996 to 1999, the British AirlineDebonair operated services toLondon Luton Airport, and when Debonair was put into administration, the services were taken over byEuropean Air Express who also operated services toMunich andSylt/Westerland until the airline ceased operations in 2007.
In 2016, the airport underwent a rebranding and changed its name fromDüsseldorf Mönchengladbach Airport to just Mönchengladbach Airport and also changed itscorporate design to match the new one of its majority shareholderDüsseldorf Airport.
Starting on 6 November 2023Franconia Air Service offers domestic scheduled flights toNuremberg Airport.[3][4] The airport is otherwise dominated bygeneral aviation. Additionally, there are few business-charter passenger flights. The next major international airport isDüsseldorf Airport only 20 kilometres (12 mi) away to the east.
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