Stuttgart Airport
| Stuttgart Airport Flughafen Stuttgart | |||
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| IATA: STR – ICAO: EDDS | |||
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| Airport type | Public | ||
| Operator | Flughafen Stuttgart GmbH | ||
| Serves | Stuttgart, Germany | ||
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| Elevation AMSL | 1,276 ft / 389 m | ||
| Coordinates | 48°41′24″N 009°13′19″E / 48.69000°N 9.22194°ECoordinates: 48°41′24″N 009°13′19″E / 48.69000°N 9.22194°E | ||
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| Runways | |||
| Direction | Length | Surface | |
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| 07/25 | 3,345 | 10,974 | Concrete |
| Helipads | |||
| Number | Length | Surface | |
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| H1 | 30 | 98 | Concrete |
| Statistics (2013) | |||
| Passengers | 9.589.045[1] | ||
| Source: German AIP at EUROCONTROL[2] | |||
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[2] of Stuttgart, Germany. It is the 6th busiest airport in Germany and the main airport of the state Baden-Württemberg with 9,720,877 passengers having passed through its doors in 2012. The airport lies on the boundary between the nearby town of Leinfelden-Echterdingen, Filderstadt and Stuttgart itself.
It is an important hub for the Lufthansa subsidiary Germanwings and global headquarters for car parking company APCOA Parking. In 2007, the Stuttgart Trade Fair – the ninth biggest exhibition centre in Germany – moved to grounds directly next to the airport.
History
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.[3] 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.
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 8–12 years no second runway will be built and that the restrictions for night operations stay in place.[4][5]
After the Death of former mayor Manfred Rommel in November 2013 local politicians proposed to rename the airport after him.[6]
Terminals
Stuttgart Airport consists of four passenger terminals which have separate check-in facilities and entrances but are directly connected to each other and share a single airside area which features eight jet bridges as well as about two dozen bus-boarding stands.[7]
- Terminal 1 is the first of two landside main halls and features together with its addition Terminal 1-West 50 check-in counters. It shares the roof with Terminals 2 and 3.
- Terminal 2 is a small area featuring nine check-in counters that connects the main halls of Terminals 1 and 3.
- Terminal 3 is the second of the two landside main halls east of Terminal 1 and 2 and features 39 additional check-in counters.
- Terminal 4 is, unlike the other three terminals, a separate building to the east of Terminals 1 to 3 but also connected to them by a walk way. It features 17 more check-in counters as well as several bus-boarding gates.
Airlines and destinations
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Statistics
| Passengers | Operations | |
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| 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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| Rank | Airport | Passengers |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Berlin, 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 | .svg.png){kind=small} Bavaria, Munich Airport | 163,000 |
| 7 |  Saxony, Dresden Airport | 115,000 |
| 8 |  Bremen, Bremen Airport | 86,300 |
| 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 |
| Rank | Airline | % |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Air Berlin | 22,1% |
| 2 | Germanwings | 19,8% |
| 3 | Lufthansa | 15,8% |
| 4 | TUIfly | 7,2% |
| 5 | Condor | 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
Car
The airport lies right next to the A 8 Autobahn that connects the cities of Karlsruhe, Stuttgart and Munich. A large car park belonging to Stuttgart Messe spans the A 8 leading to the airport.
Coach
From the cities of Esslingen am Neckar, Reutlingen and Tübingen exists a connection by bus.
Railway
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.
Accidents and incidents
- On 19 January 2010, Bin Air Swearingen SA-227-C Metro D-CKPP was damaged when the right main undercarriage collapsed on landing.[9]
See also
- Transport in Germany
- List of airports in Germany
- United States Air Force In Germany
References
- ↑ http://www.airportzentrale.de/flughafen-stuttgart-zahlt-2013-weniger-passagiere-und-flugbewegungen/30089/
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 EAD Basic
- ↑ http://www.mil-airfields.de/de/stuttgart-echterdingen.htm
- ↑ Flughafen bekommt keine zweite Startbahn. Stuttgarter Zeitung online vom 25. Juni 2008 (in German).
- ↑ Das Versprechen gilt nur auf „absehbare Zeit“. Stuttgarter Zeitung online vom 25. Juni 2008 (in German).
- ↑
- ↑ http://www.stuttgart-airport.com/travellers-and-visitors/service/terminal-guide/
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 8.2 8.3 http://www.flughafen-stuttgart.de/sys/pdf/jahresbericht.pdf
- ↑ "Accident: BinAir SW4 at Stuttgart on Jan 19th 2010, right main gear collapsed on landing". The Aviation Herald. Retrieved 20 January 2010.
External links
Media related to Stuttgart Airport at Wikimedia Commons
- Official website
- Current weather for EDDS at NOAA/NWS
- Accident history for STR at Aviation Safety Network
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