25 years ago Munich Airport was ready for take-off
Flying high for a quarter century: MUC's rise from a brand-new airport to a major hubMunich Airport is about to celebrate its 25th birthday. But its historical roots go back much further. The starting gun for the construction project on the "Erding North" site was the decision by the Bavarian state government, announced in August 1969, to build the new airport on that parcel of land, 29 kilometers north of the city. This was the culmination of a long search for a suitable location in which 20 potential options in and around Munich were explored. With the planning permission ruling in July
