Munich Riem Airport

Munich-Riem Airport Flughafen München-Riem
IATA: MUC* ICAO: EDDM*
Summary
Airport type	public
Owner/Operator	Flughafen München GmbH
Serves	Munich, Germany
Location	Trudering-Riem
Coordinates	48°08′16″N 011°41′25″E / 48.13778°N 11.69028°E / 48.13778; 11.69028Coordinates: 48°08′16″N 011°41′25″E / 48.13778°N 11.69028°E / 48.13778; 11.69028
Map
MUC Location within Bavaria
Runways
Direction Length Surface m ft 07R/25L 2,804 9,199 concrete 07L/25R 814 2,671 concrete
* has been transferred to new Munich Airport

Munich-Riem Airport (German: Flughafen München-Riem) was the international airport of Munich, the capital city of Bavaria and third-largest city of Germany. It was closed down on 16 May 1992, the day before the new Munich Airport commenced operations. It was located near the old village of Riem in the borough of Trudering-Riem in the east of Munich.

The area has been redeveloped into Messestadt Riem, a new borough consisting of housing projects, a shopping mall, recreation areas and the new convention center Munich Trade Fair.

Construction started in 1936. The first plane landed on 25 October 1939, signalling the beginning of air traffic. At this time it was one of the most modern airports in the world. It replaced the airfield at Oberwiesenfeld (now the site of the Olympic Village).

In World War II it was home to Adolf Galland's legendary Jagdverband 44. It was almost completely destroyed by bombings on 9 April 1945. Until that day, civilian air traffic had also been handled in Riem. George Raffeld of the United States Rainbow Division was the first of the allied forces to arrive at the airport. He reported to his superior officers that the airport had been abandoned by the Germans.

After the war Munich-Riem was the first airport in Germany to be used for civil aviation. Post-war operations started on 6 April 1948 with the landing of a DC-3 operated by Pan American World Airways.