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Airport Vienna (Austria) - Schwechat

"VIE" redirects here. For other uses, see VIE (disambiguation).
Vienna International Airport
Flughafen Wien-Schwechat

IATA: VIE ICAO: LOWW
Summary
Airport type Private
Operator Flughafen Wien AG
Serves Vienna, Austria
Location Schwechat, Austria
Elevation AMSL 600 ft / 183 m
Coordinates 48°0637N 016°3411E / 48.11028, 16.56972Coordinates: 48°0637N 016°3411E / 48.11028, 16.56972
Website www.viennaairport.com
Runways
Direction Length Surface
m ft
11/29 3,500 11,483 Asphalt
16/34 3,600 11,811 Asphalt
Source: DAFIF[1][2]

Vienna International Airport (IATA: VIE, ICAO: LOWW) (German: Flughafen Wien-Schwechat), located 18 kilometers (11 miles) southeast of Vienna, is the busiest and biggest airport in Austria. It is often referred to as Schwechat, the name of the nearby town. The airport is capable of handling wide-body aircraft such as the Boeing 747 and Airbus A340. The airport is the hub of Austrian Airlines and its subsidiaries, as well as budget airline Niki and Sky Europe.

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History

Originally built as a military airport in 1938, it was taken over by the British in 1945. In 1954, the Betriebsgesellschaft was founded, and the airport replaced Aspern as Vienna's (and Austria's) principal aerodrome. There was just one runway, which in 1959 was expanded to measure 3,000 metres. The erection of the new airport building starting in 1960. In 1972 another runway was built.

The airport received Olympic teams as Austria has twice hosted the Winter Olympics. Pope John Paul II also used the airport during his visits to Austria. On December 27, 1985, the El Al ticket counter was attacked by Palestinian terrorists. (See Rome and Vienna Airport Attacks.)

The airport formerly featured a Harrods, but it closed in 2003.

Terminals

Presently, Vienna International Airport has three terminals. The Mainterminals 1 and 2 and a provisory terminal (1A) was built to offer more space for low-cost carriers. In 2006, the airport started building a new terminal, SKYLINK, which will make the airport more capable of dealing with higher passenger volumes (2007: 18.9 million). This new terminal will also make the airport capable of handling bigger aircraft, such as the Airbus A380. Terminal 1 hosts all Austrian Airlines Group flights, including Star Alliance and Partners. It also hosts Emirates flights. Terminal 1A hosts Fly Niki, Air Berlin, Germanwings, etc. Terminal 2 hosts Air France, Iberia, British Airways, Sky Europe, Qatar Airways, etc.

All Terminals are operated by Fraport, Vienna Airport Handling, Swissport and Austrian Airlines. After comletition of SKYLINK, Austrian Airlines and its Partners will move to the new Terminal.

Vienna International Airport has 20 boarding gates altogether.

Concourses

Hall A ("Pier East"): Gates A1-A8 (only Jetbridges), A10-A19 (only Buses), A44-A50 (only Buses) International Flights
(Transit-Zone; Passport-control at entrance/exit of the hall; Gates with Jetbridges and Busgates)

Hall B: B22-B43 Europe(Schengen)-Flights
(Busgates)

Hall C ("Pier West"): C51-C62 (only Jetbridges; Gates C55-C61 Transfer Gates), C71-C75 (only Buses) Europe(Schengen)-Flights, partial International Flights
(Gates with Jetbridges; Several gates are used for Europe(Schengen) -Flights and also for International Flights; For International Flights: Gates are called Transfergates; Passport-control at the respective gates; Passengers from International- to International Flights are going at arrival at one of the C-Gates, in front of the immigration-passport-control, to the transitzone to ground-floor, where they have access to other International Flights from the C-Gates and a shuttlebus-connection to the international hall A; Passengers arriving at the international hall A with an international connection-flight from one of the C-Gates use also the shuttlebus) New Busgates C71 to C75 opened on 02.04.2008, access via Gate C51, only Schengen-Operations

Public transportation

The Vienna S-Bahn  S7  line stops at the airport. The more expensive  CAT  (City Airport Train) connects the airport directly to the Wien Mitte station. There are also many buses from the airport to various places in Vienna and to other cities.

Masterplan 2015

Because of its constant growth in passenger numbers and freight, Vienna International Airport has decided to enlarge Austria's biggest airport with several new and respectively adapted buildings.

Airlines and destinations

Passenger airlines

Cargo airlines

Former airlines and destinations

References

  1. ^ Airport information for LOWW at World Aero Data. Data current as of October 2006.. Source: DAFIF.
  2. ^ Airport information for VIE at Great Circle Mapper. Source: DAFIF (effective Oct. 2006).

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