Cologne Bonn Airport

Cologne Bonn Airport Flughafen Köln/Bonn
IATA: CGN – ICAO: EDDK
Summary
Airport type	Public
Operator	Flughafen Köln/Bonn GmbH
Serves	Cologne and Bonn
Location	Cologne, Germany
Hub for	Eurowings (from October 2015) FedEx Express Germanwings UPS Airlines
Focus city for	SunExpress Deutschland TUIfly
Elevation AMSL	302 ft / 92 m
Coordinates	50°51′57″N 007°08′34″E / 50.86583°N 7.14278°E / 50.86583; 7.14278Coordinates: 50°51′57″N 007°08′34″E / 50.86583°N 7.14278°E / 50.86583; 7.14278
Website	koeln-bonn-airport.de
Map
EDDK Location of airport
Runways
Direction Length Surface m ft 06/24 2,459 8,068 Concrete/Asphalt 14L/32R 3,815 12,516 Asphalt 14R/32L 1,863 6,112 Concrete/Asphalt
Statistics (2013)
Passengers 9,077,346 Passenger change 12–13 -2.2% Aircraft movements 120,385 Movements change 12–13 -3.9%
Sources: Passenger Traffic, ADV[1] German AIP at EUROCONTROL[2]

Cologne Bonn Airport (German: Flughafen Köln/Bonn, also known as Flughafen Köln-Wahn) (IATA: CGN, ICAO: EDDK) is the international airport of Germany's fourth largest city, Cologne and also serves the former German capital, Bonn. With close to 9.3 million passengers passing through it in 2012, it is the seventh largest passenger airport in Germany and also the second largest in terms of cargo operations. As of March 2015, Cologne Bonn Airport features 115 passenger destinations in 35 countries.^[3] It is christened after Konrad Adenauer, the first post-war Chancellor of Germany.

The airport is located in the district of Porz and is surrounded by the Wahner Heide nature reserve. The airport is centrally located in the Cologne/Bonn Region 14.8 km (9.2 mi) southeast^[2] of Cologne city centre^[2] and 16 km (9.9 mi) northeast of Bonn. Cologne Bonn Airport is one of the country's few 24-hour airports and serves as a hub for Germanwings, FedEx Express and UPS Airlines. It also is a host of the German and European space agencies DLR and EAC, part of ESA, which train astronauts there for space explorations.

History

Early years

In 1913 the first plane took off from the Wahner Heide military training area on an artillery reconnaissance flight. In 1939 an airfield was built for the German Luftwaffe.

After World War II the British military took over and expanded the airport. A 1,866 m runway was built in this period. In 1951 the airport was opened for civilian air traffic, superseding the former Cologne Butzweilerhof Airport.

During the 1950s and 1960s two additional runways and a new passenger terminal were constructed. On 1 November 1970 a Boeing 747 took off for New York City from the airport for the first time.

In 1986, Cologne Bonn Airport was chosen by United Parcel Service (UPS) as the location for their European hub.

In the late 1990s the Airport started an expansion program. Several new parking lots and a second terminal were built, and in 2004 a new long-distance railway station was opened. The airport is jointly owned by the City of Cologne (31.12%), the Federal Republic of Germany (30.94%), the State of North Rhine-Westphalia (30.94%), the City of Bonn (6.06%) and two counties (0.94%).^[4]

Development in the 2000s

Coinciding with the start of several low-cost airlines in Germany, Cologne/Bonn opened new capacities. This enabled the airport to make competitive offers to the airlines. Consequently, Germanwings and TUIfly started operations from Cologne/Bonn as their hub in the fall of 2002. As a result, the number of passengers in 2003 rose by 43% compared to 2002. These airlines were joined by easyJet in late 2003 and Wizz Air in June 2006.

Also, the Canadian Forces began to use the airport as a staging area to move troops and supplies in support of humanitarian missions and possible anti-terrorism roles.^[5]

In 2006 the Brazilian airline BRA provided a twice a week connection to Rio de Janeiro-Galeão, which was discontinued in April 2007 due to problems with the airline. Also in 2006 a daily transatlantic flight to New Jersey's Newark Liberty International Airport by Continental Airlines was established, operating with a Boeing 757-200. This route was discontinued on 4 September 2008 due to a reduction in passenger numbers.^[6]

Low-cost carriers Ryanair and Norwegian Air Shuttle began service to Cologne/Bonn in May 2012. In April 2014 Ryanair announced the opening of their fifth German base at Cologne/Bonn Airport for October 2014.^[7]

In December 2014, Lufthansa announced to base Eurowings' new long-haul operations at Cologne Bonn Airport with flights to Florida, Southern Africa and the Indian Ocean to start by the end of 2015.^[8] Meanwhile, Condor cancelled their service to Varadero after only one season due to the expected competition.^[9]

Facilities

Terminal overview; Terminal 1 is on the left, Terminal 2 on the right

Cologne Bonn Airport has two passenger terminals which are located directly beside each other:

Terminal 1

The older Terminal 1 is a building from the 1970s which spots large surfaces of bare concrete in its design. It features a u-shaped main building with shops, restaurants, check-in and service facilities and a visitors deck on its roof as well as the star-shaped piers B and C with five aircraft stands each plus a central airside hall between them added in 2004 with joint security-check facilities, more shops and restaurants as well as three additional stands. All ten stands at both piers feature jet bridges while the other three use walk-boarding. Also several bus-boarding stands are available at the apron. Terminal 1 is used by Germanwings which occupies most of the landside check-in facilities, Lufthansa and Austrian Airlines.^[10] Terminal 1 features its own direct connection to the railway station.

Terminal 2

Terminal 2 is the newer one and located to the north of Terminal 1. Both feature separate check-in facilities but are connected through a landside walkway. Additionally its airside area, which is signposted as pier D, is connected with the airside areas of Terminal 1. Terminal 2 is a modern-style rectangular building made out of glass and steel which is equipped with eight stands with jet bridges as well as several stands for bus-boarding. It is used by several airlines such as Air Berlin, Ryanair, Air France and Iran Air.^[10] Terminal 2 is also directly connected to the airports' railway station via the basement level.

Airlines and destinations

Passenger

Countries served by flights from Cologne Bonn Airport including announced destinations as of April 2015

The following airlines offer regular scheduled and charter flights at Cologne Bonn Airport:^[11]

Cargo

Cologne Bonn Airport is a major cargo hub in the world mainly due to its function as a hub for FedEx and UPS.

Statistics

Passengers and freight

Main building of Terminal 1

Airside area at Terminal 2

	Passengers	Movements	Freight (in t)
2000	6,291,739	138,434	423,641
2001	5,705,819	134,950	443,040
2002	5,375,126	125,307	494,331
2003	7,758,655	139,872	518,493
2004	8,332,961	136,927	605,069
2005	9,452,185	140,775	636,887
2006	9,904,236	139,096	685,563
2007	10,471,657	138,837	704,649
2008	10,342,931	128,713	578,161
2009	9,739,581	120,675	552,363
2010	9,849,779	121,011	656,120
2011	9,623,398	117,715	742,372
2012	9,280,070	125,335	751,183
2013	9,077,346	120,385	739,569
2014	9,450,493	123.241	754.356

Route statistics

Ground transportation

Train

An ICE 3 high-speed train arriving at Cologne/Bonn Airport station

Cologne/Bonn Airport station is a railway station on a loop off the Cologne–Frankfurt high-speed line that connects Cologne Bonn Airport to long-distance trains at least once an hour per direction, most of them ICE services. The station lies directly across both terminals under a large glass roof and features direct connections to the basement of Terminal 2 as well as the check-in area at Terminal 1-C. The S-Bahn line S13 as well as regional train line RE8 also stops here and continue to Cologne and Bonn.^[32]

Car

The airport has its own exit (named Flughafen) on motorway A59 which links it to the city centres of Cologne and Bonn as well as the Ruhrgebiet.^[32]

Bus

Local bus lines also connect the airport with Cologne (route 161) and Bonn (route SB60).^[32]

Accidents and incidents

• On 3 September 2010, UPS Airlines Flight 6, operated by Boeing 747-44AF N571UP crashed shortly after take-off from Dubai International Airport, killing both crew and destroying the aircraft. N571UP was operating an international cargo flight to Cologne Bonn Airport, Germany.^[33]

See also

• Transport in Germany
• List of airports in Germany

References

External links

Media related to Cologne Bonn Airport at Wikimedia Commons

• Official website
• Current weather for EDDK at NOAA/NWS
• Accident history for CGN at Aviation Safety Network

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