Quick Turn at Oberpfaffenhofen (Sonderflughafen) (EDMO)

What does a Quick Turn include at Oberpfaffenhofen?

Cabin vacuum and all touch-surface wipe-down—seats, armrests, tables, sidewalls. Lavatory service: consumables replaced from your stock, surfaces cleaned, waste removed. Galley reset to the standard you brief, bins emptied, trash bagged and off the aircraft. Cockpit and cabin windows cleaned inside; the waterless exterior wipe covers the nose, leading edges, entry door surround and the cheat line forward of the wing—the zones a passenger sees and a pilot checks during walk-around.

We bring our own kit: microfibre, pH-neutral cleaners approved for OEM cabin materials, waterless polish for the exterior. You supply consumables—soap, towels, bin liners, galley stock. Duration runs 45 minutes for a super-midsize to 90 minutes for an ultra-long-range, depending on cabin configuration and how the previous leg left it. The target is wheels-down to flight-ready inside your ground time, so the next leg departs on schedule.

What changes at Oberpfaffenhofen (Sonderflughafen) for a turnaround?

Oberpfaffenhofen is a Sonderflughafen—special airport—for the aerospace industry and qualified business aviation only. Every business flight needs PPR, and the field admits aircraft between 2 and 25 tonnes MTOM, with exemptions for specific heavier types: Global, Falcon and Gulfstream series are cleared by name, so most large-cabin jets land here routinely, but anything outside that list requires approval. There is no scheduled, charter or cargo traffic; the apron is quiet and the handling agents present at the airport know the drill.

The single runway, 04/22, runs 2,286 metres at 1,947 feet elevation, 22 kilometres west of Munich city centre. Heavy MRO presence on the field means aircraft often sit in maintenance hangars rather than on the ramp—General Atomics AeroTec Systems and an Aero-Dienst maintenance station both operate here. For a Quick Turn, that means stands can be tight during maintenance inductions, and we coordinate with the handler to confirm your parking position and airside escort as soon as you file. The elevation and inland climate bring cold-soaked wings in winter and rapid heating in summer; both affect how we handle the exterior wipe and what we brief for the next sector.

How do we coordinate with the handler at EDMO?

Handling agents present at the airport issue the airside pass and escort; we do not operate independently. You or your handler books the Quick Turn, usually at the same time as ground services and fuel. We ask for the registration, stand assignment, block-on and block-off times, and any non-standard requests—additional galley work, extra vacuum passes, cockpit organisation. The handler confirms our access window and tells us where to meet the aircraft.

On the day, we check in with the handler's ops desk, collect the escort, and position on stand as the aircraft taxies in. If you're running late or the slot shifts, the handler notifies us; if the delay pushes us into another window, we re-plan. The MRO traffic here is predictable, but inductions and engine runs can close taxiways or stands without much notice, so we stay in the loop with ops until the aircraft is chocked. Once we're on board, the handler knows we're working to your block-off time, and they'll call if anything on the apron changes.

What do you need from the crew for a Quick Turn at Oberpfaffenhofen?

A contact mobile for the captain or the handling agent, the stand assignment, and your block-off time. If you want the galley restocked beyond emptying bins—fresh ice, specific glassware laid out, catering transferred from a delivery—tell us in the booking. We bring cleaning kit and waterless polish; you supply lavatory consumables, bin liners, hand soap, paper towels. If the previous sector was catered and there are half-empty trays or opened bottles, let us know whether to bin them or leave them.

Access to the cabin and cockpit: we need the door open and the GPU connected, or APU running, so we have light and can operate the vacuum. If you're doing a flight-deck check or a tech-log entry while we're on board, we work around you. For the exterior wipe, we need the engines cool and no GPU leads across the area we're cleaning. The waterless method is rinseless, so there's no hose and no runoff, but we do need five minutes on the left side of the nose and near the entry door without ground equipment moving through.

Does a Quick Turn work for recurring schedules at EDMO?

Yes, and it's the common pattern here. Oberpfaffenhofen serves a lot of repeat business aviation—owner-flown jets based nearby, corporate shuttles between Munich and other European cities, and aircraft cycling through the MRO hangars for maintenance with test flights before and after. If you operate a regular rotation—weekly positioning flights, a shuttle programme, or a fractional fleet with EDMO as a spoke—we set the Quick Turn on a standing order: same day, same service, same consumables list, billed monthly.

Recurring work means we learn the aircraft. We know that your cabin crew prefers the galley counter left clear, or that the owner wants the cockpit windows done first so the captain can pre-flight while we finish the cabin, or that your operation always lands with catering waste that needs double-bagging. We also track when you're likely to need a deeper clean—after a month of Quick Turns, the carpets want a proper extraction and the exterior needs a full wash—and we'll suggest the upgrade before it becomes obvious to a passenger.

What about documentation and photo reports after the Quick Turn?

We photograph the cabin, lavatory, galley and exterior zones before we start and after we finish. The images go into a short PDF report—registration, date, stand, time on and time off, work completed, any non-standard notes—and we email it to the address you gave at booking, usually within an hour of wheels-up. If you found something during the turn—a torn seat seam, a cockpit window scratch, a fluid stain on the belly that wasn't there before—we note it and photograph it, and you have a timestamped record for the tech log or an insurance query.

For recurring schedules, we keep a file: every Quick Turn report in one folder, so you can pull three months of cabin condition photos if you're preparing for an audit or negotiating a lease return. The handler at EDMO doesn't see the report unless you copy them; it's your document. If you want us to log the work in your maintenance tracking system or send the report to your flight department and your management company, we do that—just tell us the addresses and the format you prefer.