Bad Kissingen Airport is a regional airport in Germany

Germany

Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...

, located about 1 mile north of Bad Kissingen

Bad Kissingen

Bad Kissingen is a spa town in the Bavarian region of Lower Franconia and is the seat of the district Bad Kissingen. Situated to the south of the Rhön Mountains on the Franconian Saale river, it is a world-famous health resort.- Town structure :...

 (Bavaria); about 214 miles southwest of Berlin

Berlin

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It supports general aviation

General aviation

General aviation is one of the two categories of civil aviation. It refers to all flights other than military and scheduled airline and regular cargo flights, both private and commercial. General aviation flights range from gliders and powered parachutes to large, non-scheduled cargo jet flights...

 with no commercial airline service scheduled. It supports light aircraft up to by planes of up to 3,000 kg.

History

The airport was built by the United States Army Air Force in August 1945 as a liaison airfield for the United States occupation forces in the Bad Kissingen area. Originally constructed with a Pierced Steel Planking runway, the steel was removed in 1948 and transported to the Berlin

Berlin

Berlin is the capital city of Germany and is one of the 16 states of Germany. With a population of 3.45 million people, Berlin is Germany's largest city. It is the second most populous city proper and the seventh most populous urban area in the European Union...

 area for use in the construction of Tegel Airport.

On 6 June 1945 the Headquarters of Ninth Air Force

Ninth Air Force

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 moved from Chantilly, France to Bad Kissingen. On 1 November 1945, the XII Tactical Air Command

XII Tactical Air Command

The XII Tactical Air Command is an inactive United States Air Force unit. Its last assignment was with the United States Air Forces in Europe, based at Bad Kissingen, Germany...

 moved to Bad Kissingen from Erlangen and replaced the Ninth Air Force. On 10 November 1947 the XII Tactical Air Command was inactivated at Bad Kissingen. The airport was turned over to the United States Army

United States Army

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and was part of the Manteuffel-Kaserne/Daley Barracks NATO facilities until 1993 when the Americans withdrew from Bad Kissingen after the Cold War ended.

Today, the airport is used primarily by local light aircraft and gliders.