Düsseldorf International Airport

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Düsseldorf International Airport
Flughafen Düsseldorf International
IATA: DUS - ICAO: EDDL
Summary
Airport type Public
Operator Flughafen Düsseldorf GmbH
Serves Düsseldorf
Elevation AMSL 147 ft (44.8 m)
Coordinates 51°17′22.03″N, 006°46′00.39″E
Runways
Direction Length Surface
ft m
05R/23L 9,842 3,000 Concrete
05L/23R 8,858 2,700 Concrete
LTU Airbus A330-200 aircraft at DUS
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LTU Airbus A330-200 aircraft at DUS

Düsseldorf International Airport (German: Flughafen Düsseldorf International) (IATA: DUS, ICAO: EDDL), is the third largest airport with 16.3 million passengers in Germany. Only Munich International Airport and Frankfurt International Airport have more passengers. The airport serves an important hub for the airline LTU and an important secondary hub for Lufthansa. Lufthansa has 270 flights per day (43 destinations) from or to Düsseldorf the airport's 70 hosted airlines support flights to 186 non-stop-destinations on all continents (except for Oceania). The airport has up to 700 takeoffs and landings per day. Düsseldorf International Airport is located nine kilometres from the center of Düsseldorf, Germany


Düsseldorf International has two runways, which are 3000 m and 2700 m long. There are plans to elongate the 3000 m runway to 3600 m, but the city of Ratingen, which lies in the approach path of the runway is jaming up those plans.

107 airplane parking positions are being provided. The current terminal buidling is capable to handle up to 22 Mil. passengers per year. But due to an agrrement with residents in nearby Ratingen, the so called Angerlandvergleich this capacity may not be reached within the next few years, as aircraft movements are restricted. Next to Frankfurt International Airport, Munich International Airport and Cologne Bonn Airport, Düsseldorf International Airport is able to handle the superjumbo Airbus A380. On November 12th, 2006 the A380 first landed in Dusseldorf due to a Lufthansa promotion flight. Lufthansa is to use Dusseldorf International as the A380 - divertion airport in case of bad weather in Frankfurt.

Owners of the airport are:

  • 50% Landeshauptstadt (state capital) Düsseldorf
  • 50% Airport Partners GmbH (Ownership of Airport Partners GmbH: 40% Hochtief AirPort GmbH, 20% Hochtief AirPort Capital KGaA, 40% Aer Rianta PLC)

Passengers:

  • 2002 14.75 Million
  • 2003 14.30 Million
  • 2004 15.20 Million
  • 2005 15.51 Million
  • 2006 16.30 Million (projected)

Contents

[edit] History

The airport was opened on April 19, 1927, after two years of construction. However, the first aircraft to land in northern Düsseldorf was the Zeppelin LZ-III in 1909.

  • 1950, the main runway was enlarged to 2475 meters.
  • 1964, began the plans to construct a new Terminal. 1.4 million passengers
  • 1965, besides, the municipalities of the adjoining meadow land with the land traffic ministry come to an agreement about the fact that the general removal plan also describes the final removal state of the airport. Background is the fear of the local residents of a mammoth's airport.
  • 1969, runway was lengthened to 3000 meters.
  • 1972, to decrease noise, jets may not land between 23 and 6 o'clock any more. The night airmail traffic had been put already in 1970.
  • 1973, The new central building and the Terminal B are opened. In 1975 the city railroad between the central station and the airport takes up journey. In 1977: The Terminal A finishes.
  • 1986, 8.22 million passengers are counted on the Dusseldorf airport - number two in Germany. Terminal C is opened.
  • 1992, 12.3 million passengers are counted on the Dusseldorf airport. Construction of a second runway with the length of 2700 meters.
  • 1996 April 11, In case of a fire, probably caused by welding work on the roof, on the 11th April 17 people die mostly due to smoke inhalation, numerous ones are injured, according to the airport damage originates in 3-figure millions. Now the passengers are dispatched in big tents. In November Terminal C is completely redeveloped, three lightweight construction halls serve as takeoff areas. The fire used to be the biggest action in the history of Northrhine-Westpahlia.
  • 1997, In the eastern edge of the airport begin the construction work for a new distant railway station.
  • 1998, The absolutely new formed Terminal A was reopened, the multi-storey car park 1 is torn off. The airport changes its name from "Rhine Ruhr airport" to " Dusseldorf International ". The back construction of central building and Terminal B begins.
  • 1999, Under the new terminal originates an underground parking to which foundation-stone begin for so-called " airport in 2000 plus ".
  • 2000, In May, 2000 the new railway station " Dusseldorf of airport " was opened. Daily hold to 300 trains. In September approvals are new regulated by the traffic ministry: now the use of the "one-way capacity" is permitted, signified computationally about 25,000 additional aircraft movements (a total of 120,650). 16 million passengers are counted to the end of the year, Dusseldorf is the third biggest airport in Germany.
  • 2001, After 2,5-year construction time the new Check-In hall and Terminal B are opened, in March, 2002 the new formed Gebäude Ost was reopened. A suspended monorail called the SkyTrain connects the terminal building with the InterCity train station. The monorail travels the 2.5 kilometers between the terminal and station at a maximum speed of 50 km/h. The system was developed by Siemens and is based on the similar H-Bahn operating with two lines on Dortmund university campus. It started operation in 2002, replacing a shuttle bus service, and it requires a valid ticket to use, including a VRR, DB, or parking garage ticket.
  • 2006, 12th November for the first time a Airbus A 380 landed in Düsseldorf.

Düsseldorf International Airport once served as a major destination for flights from the United States. After September 11, Continental Airlines and United Airlines discontinued service at the airport; however, UA continues codeshare arrangements with Lufthansa.

[edit] Magazine of the airport

The magazine Das Magazin is a magazine available for visitors and passengers travelling through Düsseldorf airport. It contains information about new airlines serving Düsseldorf, new destinations and routes, and other information about the airport itself and surrounding facilities. "Das Magazin" is available at many shops and newstands at the airport for free or via a subscription for three magazines at a current price of €19.00.

[edit] Airlines

Currently, the following airlines operate routes to and from Düsseldorf International Airport:

[edit] Terminal A (STAR ALLIANCE/Lufthansa Partners)

  • Austrian Airlines (Vienna)
  • Condor (Antalya, Arrecife, Bergen, Chania, Dalaman, Faro, Fuerteventura, Funchal, Heraklion, Hurghada, Ibiza, Izmir, Jerez de la Frontera, Kerkyra, Kirkenes, Las Palmas, Linz, Mahon, Málaga, Palma, Rodos, Santa Cruz, Santorini, Tenerife-South) + Terminal B
  • Croatia Airlines (Dubrovnik, Split)
  • Germanwings (Berlin-Schönefeld)
  • LOT Polish Airlines (Warsaw)
  • Lufthansa (Barcelona, Basel, Belgrade, Berlin-Tegel, Bilbao, Birmingham, Bucharest-Otopeni, Budapest, Dresden, Frankfurt, Geneva, Gothenburg-Landvetter, Hamburg, Katowice, Kiev-Boryspil, Leipzig/Halle, London-City, London-Heathrow, Lyon, Madrid, Manchester, Marseille, Milan-Malpensa, Moscow-Sheremetyevo, München, Newcastle, Nice, Nürnberg, Palma [starts March 27, 2007], Paris-Charles de Gaulle, Prague, Rome-Fiumicino, Sofia, Stockholm-Arlanda, Stuttgart, Toulouse, Turin, Valencia [starts March 28, 2007], Vienna, Warsaw, Westerland (Sylt) [starts April 2, 2007], Zürich)
    • operated by Privatair (Chicago-O'Hare, Newark)
  • Scandinavian Airlines System (Copenhagen, Gothenburg-Landvetter, Stockholm-Arlanda)
  • Swiss International Air Lines (Zürich)

[edit] Terminal B

[edit] Terminal C

  • African Safari Airways (Mombasa, Zürich)
  • Air Cairo
  • Air Malta (Malta)
  • Atlasjet (Ankara, Antalya, Istanbul-Atatürk, Izmir)
  • Carpatair (Timisoara)
  • EgyptAir (Cairo)
  • Eurocypria Airlines
  • Free Bird Airlines
  • Futura International Airways (Feuteventura, Lamezia)
  • Germania Express (Moscow-Domodedovo)
  • Hamburg International (Accra, Pristina)
  • Hapagfly (Agadir, Antalya, Arrecife, Bodrum, Calvi, Catania, Chania, Dalaman, Djerba, Faro, Fuerteventura, Funchal, Heraklion, Hurghada, Jerez de la Frontera, Kos, Lamezia, Las Palmas, Mahon, Málaga, Monastir, Olbia, Palma, Patras, Rodos, Salou, Santorini, Tenerife-South, Thessaloniki)
  • HLX.com (Leipzig/Halle, Venice)
  • LTU (Adana, Agadir, Alicante, Almeria, Ankara, Antalya, Arrecife, Athens, Bangkok, Beijing, Beirut, Belgrade, Berlin-Schonefeld, Berlin-Tegel, Bodrum, Brindisi, Cagliari, Calgary, Cancun, Cape Town, Caracas, Catania, Colombo, Dalaman, Djerba, Dubrovnik, Edmonton ( starts May 2007) , Faro, Fort Myers, Fuerteventura, Funchal, Havana, Heraklion, Holguin, Hurghada, Ibiza, Istanbul-Atatürk, Izmir, Jeddah, Karpathos, Kavalla, Kerkyra, Kos, La Romana, Las Palmas,Las Vegas ( starts July 2007), Lisbon, Los Angeles, Luxor, Madrid, Mahon, Málaga, Male, Miami, Mikonos, Mitilini, Mombasa, Monastir, Montego Bay, Naples, New York-JFK, Palma de Mallorca, Pristina, Puerto Plata, Punta Cana, Reykjavik, Rimini, Rodos, Rome-Fiumicino, Samos, San Francisco, Santa Cruz, Shanghai-Pudong, Split, Tenerife-North, Tenerife-South, Thessaloniki, Tivat, Toronto, Trabzon, Valencia, Vancouver, Varadero, Windhoek, Zakinthos)
  • Luftfahrtgesellschaft Walter (Erfurt)
  • Macedonian Airlines (Skopje)
  • Mahan Air (Tehran-Imam Khomeini)
  • Nouvelair (Monastir)
  • Onur Air (Adana, Ankara, Antalya, Istanbul-Atatürk, Izmir, Kayseri)
  • S7 Airlines (Moscow-Domodedovo)
  • SunExpress (Antalya, Bodrum, Dalaman, Istanbul-Atatürk)

[edit] Cargo Area

[edit] External links

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