Wunstorf Air Base RAF Wunstorf Advanced Landing Ground (ALG) B-116 | |||||||||
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Coordinates | 52°27′17″N 009°25′44″E / 52.45472°N 9.42889°E | ||||||||
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Owner | Federal Defence Forces of Germany | ||||||||
Operator | Luftwaffe (National Socialist), 1936-1945 Royal Air Force, 1945-1957 German Air Force (FRG), 1957-Present | ||||||||
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Built | 1936 | ||||||||
In use | 1936-Present | ||||||||
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Identifiers | ICAO: ETNW | ||||||||
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Wunstorf Air Base is a German Air Force military airfield (air base), located 6 km (3.7 mi) south-southwest of Neustadt am Rübenberge and 4 km (2.5 mi) north-northwest of Wunstorf in Lower Saxony, Germany. Wunstorf Air Base is the home to Air Transport Wing 62 (Lufttransportgeschwader 62), a unit operating all German Airbus A400M Atlas.