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The world’s largest model airport

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Published Wednesday, May. 04, 2011 5:41PM EDT

Last updated Thursday, May. 05, 2011 12:22PM EDT

After six years of development and construction, Miniatur Wunderland in Hamburg has opened the world’s largest model airport

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The miniature Knuffingen Airport features 40 aircraft that take off and land.
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After six years of development and construction and an investment of 3.5-million euros, Miniatur Wunderland in Hamburg, Germany has opened the world?s largest model airport, Knuffingen Airport.
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Knuffingen Airport at Miniatur Wunderland in Hamburg is named after the real airport, which opened in 1911.
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The miniature Knuffingen Airport features 40 aircraft that take off and land and 90 vehicles that travel the runways automatically, all computer operated.
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Wunderland, which began as a model railroad landscape, now has more than 1,150 square metres of models and eight areas including Knuffingen.
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Number of figurines in Miniatur Wunderland: 200,000-plus
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Total construction cost by summer 2010: 10-million euros
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Scene from Miniatur Wunderland. The U.S. model-railroad products industry had sales of $424.8-million (U.S.) in 2010.
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Scene from Miniatur Wunderland. The U.S. hobby-industry had total sales of $1.471-billion in 2010
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Scene from Knuffingen Airport at Hamburg's Miniatur Wunderland
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Control tower at Miniatur Wunderland's Knuffingen Airport.
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Scene from Miniatur Wunderland in Hamburg.
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A jet lands at Miniatur Wunderland's Knuffingen Airport.
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Miniatur Wunderland, in Hamburg, Germany.

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