Stuttgart Airport (in German Flughafen Stuttgart, formerly Flughafen Stuttgart-Echterdingen) (IATA: STR, ICAO: EDDS) is an international airport located approximately 13 km (8.1 mi) (10 km (6.2 mi) in a straight line) south[1] of Stuttgart, Germany.
The airport lies on the boundary between the nearby town of Leinfelden-Echterdingen, Filderstadt and Stuttgart itself. It is the 7th most important airport in Germany and the main airport of the Bundesland Baden-Württemberg with 9,226,546 passengers in 2010.
It is an important hub for the German low cost carrier Germanwings and global headquarters for car parking company APCOA Parking. Two intercontinental nonstop destinations are offered by Delta Air Lines (Atlanta) and United (Newark).
In 2007, the Stuttgart Trade Fair the ninth biggest exhibition centre in Germany moved to grounds directly next to the airport, raising the profile of the airport and strengthening calls for a second runway.
History [edit]
The airport was built in 1939 to replace Böblingen airport. In 1945, the United States Air Force took over the airport until returning it to German authorities in 1948.
For the duration of the Cold War the runway and facilities were shared with the United States Army who operated helicopters, the Grumman OV-1 Mohawk and other fixed wing aircraft at Echterdingen Army Airfield on the southern portion of the facility.[2] The U.S. Army still maintains a small helicopter base on the southern side of the airport, which it shares with the Baden-Württemberg State Police helicopter wing. The police helicopter wing falls under the control of Stuttgart Police Department and has six modern helicopters based at Stuttgart and two in Söllingen.
The airport was expanded after World War II. The runway was extended to 1,800 m (5,906 ft) in 1948, then to 2,250 m (7,382 ft) in 1961 and finally to 3,345 m (10,974 ft) in 1996.
The original 1938 terminal was finally replaced in 2004 and there are now four terminals with a maximum capacity of approximately 12 million passengers.
Expansion [edit]
Politicians, town planners and nearby residents have been arguing for years about the construction of a second runway. However, on 25 June 2008 Minister-President Günther Oettinger announced that for the next 812 years no second runway will be built and that the restrictions for night operations stay in place.[3][4]
Terminals, airlines and destinations [edit]
| Airlines |
Destinations |
Terminal |
| Aegean Airlines |
Athens, Thessaloniki |
3 |
| Aer Lingus |
Dublin |
3 |
| Aeroflot |
Moscow-Sheremetyevo |
3 |
| Air Berlin |
Berlin-Tegel, Catania, Düsseldorf, Florence, Hamburg, Hanover, Hurghada, Malaga, Naples, Palermo, Palma de Mallorca, Venice-Marco Polo
Seasonal: Alicante, Antalya, Guernsey [begins 18 May 2013], Heringsdorf, Ibiza, Jersey [begins 18 May 2013], Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Malta, Olbia, Preveza, Tenerife-South, Westerland/Sylt, Thessaloniki |
3 |
| Air France |
Paris-Charles de Gaulle |
3 |
Air France
operated by HOP! |
Lyon |
3 |
| Air VIA |
Seasonal: Burgas, Varna |
4 |
Austrian Airlines
operated by Tyrolean Airways |
Graz, Vienna |
1 |
| Belle Air Europe |
Pristina |
4 |
| Blue Air |
Bucharest-Henri Coanda, Sibiu |
1 |
| British Airways |
London-Heathrow |
1 |
| Bulgaria Air |
Seasonal: Burgas |
4 |
| Bulgarian Air Charter |
Seasonal: Burgas, Varna |
4 |
| Carpatair |
Timioara |
3 |
| Condor |
Antalya, Arrecife, Fuerteventura, Hurghada, Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Santa Cruz de la Palma, Tenerife-South
Seasonal: Burgas, Dalaman, Heraklion, Ibiza, Jerez de la Frontera, Kos, Larnaca, Palma de Mallorca, Rhodes |
3 |
| Corendon Airlines |
Antalya |
4 |
| Czech Airlines |
Prague |
3 |
| Delta Air Lines |
Atlanta |
3 |
| Flybe |
Birmingham |
3 |
| Freebird Airlines |
Seasonal: Antalya |
4 |
| Germania |
Pristina |
4 |
| Germanwings |
Barcelona, Bari, Belgrade, Berlin-Tegel, Bilbao (ends 26 October 2013), Bremen, Brussels, Budapest, Cagliari, Catania, Dresden, Dubrovnik, Hamburg, Hanover, Istanbul-Sabiha Gökçen, Kraków, Leipzig/Halle, Malaga, Manchester, Milan-Malpensa, Pristina, Rijeka, Rome-Fiumicino, Rostock-Laage, Split, Thessaloniki, Treviso, Vienna, Zagreb
Seasonal: Ankara, Antalya, Athens, Bastia, Brindisi (begins 18 May 2013), Corfu, Faro, Heraklion, Ibiza, Izmir, Kavala, Lamezia Terme, Lisbon, Olbia (begins 4 May 2013), Palma de Mallorca, Reykjavik-Keflavik, Zadar |
2 |
| Germanwings |
London-Heathrow, London-Stansted, Manchester (ends 26 October 2013), Moscow-Vnukovo
Seasonal: Sarajevo |
1 |
| Jat Airways |
Belgrade |
1 |
KLM
operated by KLM Cityhopper |
Amsterdam |
3 |
| LOT Polish Airlines |
Warsaw-Chopin |
1 |
| Lufthansa |
Düsseldorf, Frankfurt |
1 |
Lufthansa Regional
operated by Augsburg Airways |
Munich (ends 26 October 2013) |
1 |
Lufthansa Regional
operated by Eurowings |
Düsseldorf |
1 |
Lufthansa Regional
operated by Lufthansa CityLine |
Frankfurt, Munich |
1 |
| Nesma Airlines |
Seasonal: Hurghada (begins 4 May 2013) |
4 |
| Nouvelair |
Djerba, Enfidha |
4 |
| Pegasus Airlines |
Ankara, Kayseri, Istanbul-Sabiha Gökçen, Izmir |
3 |
| Scandinavian Airlines |
Copenhagen |
1 |
| Sky Airlines |
Antalya |
4 |
| SunExpress |
Izmir
Seasonal: Antalya, Istanbul-Sabiha Gökçen |
4 |
SunExpress
operated by SunExpress Deutschland |
Adana, Ankara, Bodrum, Dalaman, Gaziantep, Hurghada, Kayseri, Marsa Alam, Samsun, Trabzon |
4 |
Swiss International Air Lines
operated by Swiss European Air Lines |
Zürich |
1 |
| Tailwind Airlines |
Antalya |
3 |
| TUIfly |
Arrecife, Boa Vista, Fuerteventura, Hurghada, Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Marsa Alam, Sharm el-Sheikh, Tenerife-South
Seasonal: Antalya, Corfu, Dalaman, Faro, Heraklion, Ibiza, Jerez de la Frontera, Kos, Luxor, Funchal, Minorca, Palma de Mallorca, Rhodes, Sal, Tel Aviv-Ben Gurion |
3 |
| Tunisair |
Djerba, Enfidha |
4 |
| Turkish Airlines |
Istanbul-Atatürk
Seasonal: Adana (begins 21 May 2013), Ankara, Antalya (begins 25 May 2013), Trabzon, Kayseri |
1 |
| United Airlines |
Newark |
3 |
| Vueling |
Barcelona |
3 |
| WOW air |
Seasonal: Reykjavik-Keflavik |
3 |
Statistics [edit]
Passengers and Operations
|
Passengers |
Operations |
| 1999 |
7,688,951 |
119,904 |
| 2000 |
8,141,020 |
150,451 |
| 2001 |
7,642,409 |
146,771 |
| 2002 |
7,284,319 |
144,208 |
| 2003 |
7,595,286 |
144,903 |
| 2004 |
8,831,216 |
156,885 |
| 2005 |
9,413,671 |
160,405 |
| 2006 |
10,111,346 |
164,735 |
| 2007 |
10,328,120 |
164,531 |
| 2008 |
9,932,887 |
160,243 |
| 2009 |
8,941,990 |
141,572 |
| 2010 |
9,226,546 |
135,335 |
| 2011 |
9,591,461 |
136,580 |
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Busiest Domestic Routes out of Stuttgart Airport (2011)[5]
| Rank |
Airport |
Passengers |
| 1 |
Berlin, Berlin Airports (Schönefeld Airport and Tegel Airport) |
1,035,800 |
| 2 |
Hamburg, Hamburg Airport |
709,700 |
| 3 |
North Rhine-Westphalia, Düsseldorf Airport |
249,300 |
| 4 |
Hesse, Frankfurt Airport |
239,700 |
| 5 |
Lower Saxony, Hanover Airport |
230,200 |
| 6 |
Bavaria, Munich Airport |
163,000 |
| 7 |
Saxony, Dresden Airport |
115,000 |
| 8 |
Bremen, Bremen Airport |
86,300 |
Busiest International Routes out of Stuttgart Airport (2011)[5]
| Rank |
Airport |
Passengers |
| 1 |
Spain, Palma de Mallorca Airport |
604,200 |
| 2 |
Turkey, Istanbul (Atatürk Airport and Sabiha Gökçen Airport) |
470,000 |
| 3 |
Turkey, Antalya Airport |
460,300 |
| 4 |
United Kingdom, England, London (Heathrow Airport and Stansted Airport) |
393,200 |
| 5 |
Austria, Vienna Airport |
326,100 |
| 6 |
France, Paris Charles de Gaulle Airport |
230,200 |
| 7 |
Switzerland, Zurich Airport |
201,400 |
| 8 |
Spain, Barcelona Airport |
191,800 |
| 9 |
Netherlands, Amsterdam Airport |
191,800 |
| 10 |
Greece, Thessaloniki Airport |
172,600 |
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Largest airlines by passengers (2011)[5]
| Rank |
Airline |
% |
| 1 |
Air Berlin |
22,1% |
| 2 |
Germanwings |
19,8% |
| 3 |
Lufthansa |
15,8% |
| 4 |
TUIfly |
7,2% |
| 5 |
Condor Flugdienst |
5,1% |
| 6 |
SunExpress |
3,3% |
| 7 |
Air France |
2,8% |
| 8 |
Turkish Airlines |
2,6% |
| 9 |
Swiss International Air Lines |
2,1% |
| 10 |
KLM |
2,0% |
Ground transportation [edit]
Stuttgart Airport can be easily reached within 30 minutes from the city's central railway station using the Stuttgart suburban railway S2 or S3 from Stuttgart Flughafen/Messe station. The airport lies right next to the A 8 Autobahn that connects the cities of Karlsruhe, Stuttgart and Munich.
From the cities of Esslingen am Neckar, Reutlingen and Tübingen exists a connection by bus.
A large car park belonging to Stuttgart Messe spans the A 8 leading to the airport.
Accidents and incidents [edit]
See also [edit]
References [edit]
External links [edit]
Media related to Stuttgart Airport at Wikimedia Commons
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