Karlsruhe/Baden-Baden Airport

Geschichte

Karlsruhe/Baden-Baden Airport is the international airport of Karlsruhe, the second-largest city in the German state of Baden-Württemberg, and also serves the spa town of Baden-Baden. It is the state's second-largest airport after Stuttgart Airport, and the 18th-largest in Germany with 1,110,500 passengers as of 2016 and mostly serves low-cost and leisure flights.The airport itself is part of Baden Airpark, a business park with numerous other tenants. It is located in Rheinmünster, 40km south of Karlsruhe, 12km west of Baden-Baden, 25km east of Haguenau and 25km north of Strasbourg, France.HistoryEarly years as a military airportThe construction of a military airfield began in December 1951 at a location between the Black Forest and the Rhine River under the supervision of French Air Force. The runway and associated facilities were completed by June 1952. The airfield was granted to Canadian forces and became a military base, RCAF Station Baden–Soellingen, later renamed CFB Baden–Soellingen, from 1953 until 1994.The newly founded Baden Airpark GmbH took over the former military to develop it into a regional airport and business park. Technically the airport itself today is part of the actual Baden Airpark, which also includes business facilities.