Graz Airport Graz Airport Graz Airport , known as "Flughafen Graz" in German, is a primary international airport serving southern Austria. It is located near Graz, the second-largest city in Austria, in the municipalities of Feldkirchen and Kalsdorf, south of Graz city centre. Graz Airport spans the village Abtissendorf in Feldkirchen municipality and the cadastral community Thalerhof in Kalsdorf municipality. The airport terminal is located in Abtissendorf. The construction of the airport began in 1913 with the construction of a grass runway and the first hangars; the airport saw its first flight in 1914. It was the site of the Thalerhof internment
Simmering-Graz-Pauker (trams, metro ("Silver Arrow" and "V-wagon"), trains). During the 1950s Simmering-Graz-Pauker A.G. developed the SGP M-222 Flamingo, their first aircraft. It was a conventional twin engine monoplane, smaller than many but seating four in two rows. The first prototype flew for the first time on 15 May 1959 but was lost in a fatal crash during single engine tests on 2 August 1959. Development work continued on a second aircraft which first flew in 1960 and a third followed in 1962. The fourth aircraft, now renamed the "Simmering-Graz-Pauker SGP.222" was intended as a production prototype and demonstrator and appeared at