Originally constructed by the German Air Ministry in the 1930s, it is located on the northern edge of Braunschweig, which is situated between Hanover and Magdeburg.

Despite strong resistance from local action groups,[4] both Volkswagen and DLR pushed forward with the project in order to be able to use bigger than regional jets under all weather conditions in the future.

[5] There are no scheduled public passenger or cargo services at the airport, which is used for unscheduled traffic with business jets, as well as by the German Aerospace Center, e.g., with their special mission aeroplanes to discover phenomena in the atmosphere.

Volkswagen AG operates regular services to other European sites of the company and its subsidiaries, such as Škoda, Audi and SEAT.

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