Biggest model airport of the world at night and at day in 1:87 HO scale

In this video, we are not looking at the world of model trains, but at the tiny world of aircraft, planes, arrival, departure, takeoff and landings at the world’s largest model airport. We discover a working model of the biggest miniature airport ever built in HO scale (1/87).
After almost six years of construction, the model airport was inaugurated on May 2011 at the great Miniatur Wunderland in Hamburg, Germany. At that time, Pilentum Television was one of the first to post a short video on KZbin. While the first video was published in 2013, the second video was published in 2016, which is still one of the most popular videos on Pilentum’s KZbin channel. Today, after eight years have passed, it is time for a third video. So let’s see what new adventures we can discover at the model airport - of course, shot in 4K UHD video quality.
The model airport at Miniatur Wunderland is called “Knuffingen Airport”. It is a painstaking recreation of Hamburg’s real aviation hub, covering an area of 150 square meters. In the exhibition hall, there is a low rumbling sound of aircraft landing and engines whirring. In the terminal, people wait for their flight. On the airport apron, also called ramp or tarmac, more than 50 moving aircraft, carefully painted with livery to match their real-life, wait for takeoff.
The replicas of aircraft range from Airbus A380, Boeing and Concorde to Cessna private jets. They are designed to take off and to land in a way that feels as real as possible. They drive automatically to the runway because their movement on the ground are precisely controlled by an overhead infrared system. From under the construction on the runway come two pipes, they lift up the plane and give them speed. With this complicated technical procedure, the airplanes are accelerated before soaring into the clouds.
Compared to those days in 2015, new airlines and new flight models can be seen today, for example, the Beluga Airbus, Lockheed Super Constellation, Royal Jordanian Airlines, Maersk Cargo Flight or China Eastern Airlines. One of the crown jewels at the airport, which costs four million EUR (nearly 4.3 million USD) to build and consists of 75 buildings, 100 kilometers of wiring (62 miles) and 40,000 LED lights, is the fire drill. An airplane goes up in smoke and the airport fire trucks stepped in just a few seconds later.
Since it launched, the functioning miniature airport remains a highlight of Miniatur Wunderland not only for plane spotters, but also for the whole family. There are thousands of tiny figures and almost imperceptible levels of detail. Much of the happenings, including the airplane takeoff and landings as well as the regular lighting shift to simulate day turning to night, are automated. Due to the airport, Miniatur Wunderland is a marvel of engineering and one of the Germany’s most beloved tourist attractions.
Miniatur Wunderland
www.miniatur-w...
Pilentum Television
www.pilentum.de
Airport Video 2013
• The World's Biggest Mo...
Airport Video 2016
• Biggest model airport ...
Airport Video 2023
• Biggest model airport ...
Google Maps
www.google.com...

[@salstrom1398]

When I was a kid I used to LOVE these little mini towns or places. They always seemed so realistic with no details missed

[@YujiKitamura]

Thanks for recording and uploading Wunderland's amazing model airport. I greatly enjoyed every minute of this episode...

[@lanxrailsofficial]

THE MOST FUNNIEST THING IN THIS VIDEO WAS THE BEE AT THE START😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@wezza60]

Or the millennium falcon.

[@duckson-kellymfiengi5176]

The amount of work that goes into this is 🤯 Simply great job

[@j.sterling9167]

Top marks to these geniuses who took the concept of airport operation, functioning airlines and highly detailed realism and make it work. How? Simple, show me any airport in the world that functions as well (or better) than this one.

[@dswood302]

I went to Hamburg a few years ago not knowing this was there. Got to see it and it is absolutely incredible. I could have spent all day there.

[@rezdog311]

Hopefully you got a hamburger in Hamburg.😉

[@jamesp13152]

I'm speechless! shaking my head in disbelief. Best model of anything ever.

[@dotdashdotdash]

Great to see Concorde

[@MaxLovesNascarOfficial]

Yes

[@Ellathestrasburgdecapod2]

Yes

[@L1nus16]

The snoop droops

[@Ellathestrasburgdecapod2]

@@L1nus16 DROOPY SNOOTY

[@Ellathestrasburgdecapod2]

Also we ain’t gonna talk about the bee in the first clip?

[@jeffreylynn135]

Knuffingen Airport was my favourite part of Miniatur Wunderland, and a must-see on both of my visits there. Of course, the whole of MW is well worth the time to visit, with the airport being the icing on the cake, so to speak. Thanks for posting this video.

[@pilentum]

Thanks for watching the video, Jeffrey!

[@tilaman3]

Very realistic!!! Fantastic i could watch this all day

[@3103shinsan]

これ見に行きたいのよねぇ。 一日居ても飽きないでしょ。

[@MaxLovesNascarOfficial]

This is so cool! I love the little thing that it goes into when it takes off! I also love the little vehicles and the Concorde!

[@Rogerw1nz]

I am from New Zealand. Fortunately, our daughter has lived in Hamburg for 20 years, so whenever I visit her, I go to MiWuLa! That’s 6 times. Just love it!

[@JP_TaVeryMuch]

Snap! Have you treated yourselves to a behind the scenes tour yet? If not, you should. You get to pilot a cargo vessel on the Elbe, see how the vehicles are recharged automatically, see where the planes go and have the various nude sunbathers pointed out to you too! I have family members who live in Hamburg but the eldest boy has cottoned on to the underlying reason for my biennial visits. Are you here to see us this time or to see how far they've got building the British Isles? Smart alec!

[@Dr_piFrog]

Fantastic! I especially like the big Bee.

[@GEOLOGYandSOILSCIENCE]

THIS ABSOLUTELY ABOVE AND BEYOND 100000000000% PERFECTION

[@mostynf]

Stunning detail and obviously done with such love and passion. Incredible work!

[@robertstrauss5117]

I saw this two years ago and was blown away by it!

[@mclary9808]

That’s awesome to see the Millenium Falcon taking off, LOL could you imagine if it were real

[@jefferybatts8005]

Somebody has a lot of time and money !!! Regardless, the detail is incredible.

[@timothyweiss5079]

Re-edit this well thought video by adding the one element missing take offs and landings. I like the elements of humor in your video.

[@ZubaidaAyyub]

I like this airport and airport vehicles and people also

[@dmn3773]

I’ve been waiting for this to be revisited. Thank you friend 🙏

[@pilentum]

Yes, I also wanted to know how the airport had developed after many years. Therefore, I made this brand-new video.

[@johnnyappleseed68]

this is utterly fantastic

[@brendaramirez9828]

I love airports!!!!

[@cireperso]

Un incroyable travail, tout simplement magnifique ... Merci de nous faire profiter de cette merveille.

[@AllanGildea]

Incredible!

[@drkangel1134]

I wanna the behind the scenes or this and all the inner workings!!!

[@SirSneakerPimp]

There is a video of that on youtube

[@JP_TaVeryMuch]

17:14 This is so, err, wonderful to see and quite by chance too. I have many, many happy memories of my visits to MiniaturWunderland and can't fault the place. Such immense, intense effort and expenditure over many years and such an enchanting result. Thank you for posting such a fulsome lengthy video. I'm intrigued why you shied away for so long from footage of the take off and landing? Is it because, like me, you feel that there's work to be done there and for the first time viewer, the rising rods and scruffy grey sliding panels or Venetian blinds detract from the majesty of everything else? Or was it that there's that pillar right in the way of a decent tracking shot along the whole runway?!

[@IRo415]

Love the Apidae Air 🐝 landing in beginning. LOL. Amazing project. Thanks for posting from Chris in San Francisco ❤

[@pilentum]

Thanks for watching!

[@doltonmurray1625]

Wonderful video! Next best thing to being there!🇨🇦

[@RichTowsley]

EXCELLENT!!!!!!

[@CanUras-u6p]

Harika ve fantastik çok harika bunlar adamlar ne güzel şeyler yapıyor ❤❤❤❤

[@jeannot46]

Quel réalisme! C'est exceptionnel

[@moalston4203]

si si

[@jezcon9467]

Absolutely fantastic 👍❤️

[@marcostaira4671]

Incredible. Very very nice 👍

[@АлиАлекперов-ж9в]

Super model! Mersi Pilentum!

[@mauro6676]

Pazzesco incredibile fantastico !!!😮😮

[@victorramos2835]

Me gusta esa ciudad de mi miniatura😊 Calidad 👍 seven como original 😊😊❤

[@elektronikoroberto1132]

¡Gracias! Me encanta todos lo modelos a escala,yo también tengo mi ciudad miniatura y coleccióno a escala 1:64! Saludos, sigan así! 👏🏼👌🏼👍🏼🇲🇽🇲🇽🇲🇽

[@pilentum]

Gracias por tu donación !!!

[@georgen9755]

all from the trust ........ account of university across Kenya ..........

[@michaelpetellat7472]

OMG,you are amazing at what you can do. Keep it up!

[@carolinenyadhi5318]

I Love this airport 🛫 ❤

[@jasper7231]

Het is de grootste luchthaven ter wereld

[@andyfiala7500]

Beautiful! Perfect details!🛫✈️👍

[@StephanieBurgaud]

❤❤❤❤❤❤ c’est trop bien, dit-on miniature c’est vraiment super bien en plus si Julie c’est magnifique trop ce qu’ils ont réussi

[@MoosesWorkshop]

Always like to see a new one of your videos pop up!

[@나조상규]

최고네요. 언젠간 꼭 가보고 싶어요~😊

[@SummerlinRealtor]

Very cool!!!

[@wellardme]

Thanks for the video! Amazing as usual!

[@pilentum]

Thanks for watching!

[@cloviscarvalho5218]

Fantástico,muito show parece real

[@NativeMyanmar]

Wonderful Invention🎉

[@ivangyorog5782]

Fantasticke👍👍👍

[@elricondelanostalgiadefran]

Es una maravilla. Gracias por compartir este video mostrando la maqueta al detalle.

[@Nathansrowe]

I like this❤

[@pilentum]

Me too!

[@markharris1473]

Thats amazing!! ❤

[@charlini9558]

Lo había visto, pero no con tanto detalle como ahora. Es impactante!!! No dejo de sorprenderme. Gracias Pilentum 👌

[@pilentum]

Espero que disfrute de mi vídeo. Saludos, Pilentum!

[@charlini9558]

@@pilentum Increíble la escena del accidente en 31:33 👏👏

[@ShoaibAnjum-j3l]

Hi can you please make a same video like this But in next video can u put PIA B777 Aircraft in the new video at model airport thanks.

[@Curly34584]

WOW!!!

[@maryexstroughtonaire4244]

That was absolutely great!

[@Gdgmdf564]

How do you make the model airport?

[@amirrimaldin1544]

The best .

[@carolinenyadhi5318]

I so happy to see it 😊😊😊😅😊😊

[@TAllyn-qr3io]

This is awesome 🤙🤙🤙

[@AlxandraMG]

Real sound effects

[@david-uv8hx]

good work

[@cosmokityw]

0:29 wtf bee landing 💀

[@karamoke1]

Superbe !

[@mrbojangles8133]

very impressive

[@ModelAirportDutchie]

Thanks you for uploading amazing video and I cant want to start work on my model airport with 1/400 scale. If anyone has recommendations for lighting please comment😊

[@arijanton383]

Huu good..Amazing..I'am Likets .

[@shazam6274]

"Spaceballs" at 23:36 ! "Millennium Falcon" at 13:55

[@pilentum]

Very good! You have recognised those details!

[@carolinenyadhi5318]

A very big Airport 🛫

[@dangerpillow5234]

Im so confused trying to think how those little vehicles and stuff move, how all the little lights work, and how much work was put into this stuff

[@Aviation129]

Same I could not figure it out

[@JP_TaVeryMuch]

Faller road system

[@fokthewef]

Must be nice weather outside

[@ZubaidaAyyub]

Most beautiful planes are klm Emirates and royal Jordanian

[@brianarnold4819]

SPACEBALLS

[@bswins9648]

I wonder when @blancolirio will cover the accident at 31:33?

[@tottui15]

Cool

[@michaelschriever1343]

Zwar doch recht ausgedehnt, aber viele schöne Szenen erfasst !

[@eaganops]

2:50 PH-BVA😍 (blue version but now is the orange prode)

[@carolinenyadhi5318]

A good airport

[@mendar2305]

nice

[@bagasardibimautama6262]

Ditambah lagi dong pesawatnya, kalau bisa dari semua negara yg ada didunia. Biar seru

[@pilentum]

Ya, saya juga merindukan banyak maskapai lain.

[@ShoaibAnjum-j3l]

Where is PIA B777 Aircraft in this video.

[@twjohnson1203]

2:58 Wow a Connie!

[@ominimundo]

Perfect technique! Can I use it in my mockups?

[@razony]

Nice.

[@Сергей-ы4й9х]

Ну да,всё верно! Только о инфокрасных датчиках перебор.... Европа,научитесь врать правильно!!! А так впечатляет этот макет😊

[@MyBalata]

bro the airport is bigger than my house

[@ashleywhite5242]

Yep

[@ShoaibAnjum-j3l]

There is no PIA B777 Aircraft in this video.

[@williamwagner5442]

awesome

[@injairgun]

You need some Canadian and US carriers as well!

[@giuseppesavaglio8136]

Great. I may of missed it but no Qantas? As an aussie i was a bit sad. Also no Air NZ? Nonetheless more than fantastic layout.

[@thephantomeagle2]

Another large model airport is the scale replica of Amsterdam’s Schipol airport that at Modurodam at The Hague.

[@McRocket]

I have seen several videos of this INCREDIBLE facility. But this is the best one about only the airport. Thank you for this. ☮

[@pilentum]

Thanks for watching!

[@LeoLion-dr9os]

WOW

[@kauaeelena]

❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

[@AllanHunter-c2l]

Amazing! where would they find such large models.

[@AlonsoFan2023]

They build everything themselves. I find their Monaco model, which is due to open officially in April, even more impressive. There will be a functioning F1 race there, which has been years in the making. The races are not preprogrammed, so the outcome can always be different. The vehicles are supposed to be able to recognize by means of self-developed software where it is possible to overtake without an accident and where it is not possible. They have been working on this for seven to eight years to be able to implement the race realistically without errors. They started in 2000 with less than 10 employees and now employ 311 people.

[@ПетранаБожилова]

Хубави са!

[@Adamplayzcr7]

Airplane lading 👎 Bee landing👍

[@Charles-i4y]

23:42 Does that thing have hyperjets?