Stuttgart Airport

Infobox Airport
name = Stuttgart Airport
nativename = Flughafen Stuttgart
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ICAO = EDDS
type = Public
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operator = Flughafen Stuttgart GmbH
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location = Stuttgart, Germany
elevation-f = 1,276
elevation-m = 389
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r1-number = 07/25
r1-length-f = 10,974
r1-length-m = 3,345
r1-surface = Concrete
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Stuttgart Airport (in German "Flughafen Stuttgart", formerly "Flughafen Stuttgart-Echterdingen") Airport codes|STR|EDDS is an international airport located approximately 8 miles (13 km) south of Stuttgart city centre, 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 10,109,425 passengers in 2006.

Although it is the only major airport in Germany with only one runway, it is an important hub for the German low cost carriers Germanwings and TUIfly; and global headquarters for car parking company APCOA Parking.

In 2007 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

The airport was built in 1939 to replace Böblingen airport. In 1945 the US Air Force took over the airport and the US Army still maintains a 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. In 1948 the airport was returned to German authorities.

The airport was expanded after World War II. The runway was extended to 1,800 metres in 1948, then to 2,250 metres in 1961 and finally to 3,345 metres 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

Politicians, town planners and nearby residents have been arguing for years about the construction of a second runway. However, on 25th June 2008 Minister-President Günther Öttinger announced that for the next 8-12 years no 2nd runway will be built and that the restrictions for night operations stay in place [ [http://www.stuttgarter-zeitung.de/stz/page/1744128_0_2147_stuttgart-flughafen-bekommt-keine-zweite-startbahn.html "Flughafen bekommt keine zweite Startbahn"] . Stuttgarter Zeitung online vom 25. Juni 2008 (in German).] [ [http://www.stuttgarter-zeitung.de/stz/page/1744401_0_2147_flughafen-das-versprechen-gilt-nur-auf-absehbare-zeit-.html "Das Versprechen gilt nur auf „absehbare Zeit“"] . Stuttgarter Zeitung online vom 25. Juni 2008 (in German).] .

Public transportation and access

Stuttgart Airport can be easily reached within 30 minutes from the city's central railway station using the Stuttgart suburban railway S2 or S3. The airport lies right next to the Autobahn A8 that connects the cities of Karlsruhe, Stuttgart and Munich.

A large car park belonging to Stuttgart Messe spans the A8 Autobahn leading to the airport.

Airlines and destinations

Terminal 1

*Aegean Airlines (Athens, Thessaloniki)
*Austrian Airlines
**Austrian Arrows (Vienna)
*British Airways (London-Heathrow)
*Cirrus Airlines (Münster/Osnabrück)
*LOT Polish Airlines (Warsaw)
*Lufthansa (Barcelona, Berlin-Tegel, Bremen, Frankfurt, Hamburg, London-Heathrow, Palma de Mallorca)
**operated by Cirrus Airlines (Frankfurt)
**Lufthansa Regional operated by Augsburg Airways (Munich)
**Lufthansa Regional operated by Contact Air (Hanover, Munich, Nice, Turin)
**Lufthansa Regional operated by Eurowings (Bilbao, Düsseldorf, Paris-Charles de Gaulle)
**Lufthansa Regional operated by Lufthansa CityLine (Barcelona, Berlin-Tegel, Brussels, Dublin, Düsseldorf, Frankfurt, Florence, Hanover, Marseille, Milan-Malpensa, Munich, Olbia, Paris-Charles de Gaulle, Vienna, Warsaw)
*Malév Hungarian Airlines
**Malév Hungarian Airlines operated by Moldavian Airlines (Budapest)
*Scandinavian Airlines System (Copenhagen)
*Spanair (Palma de Mallorca)
*Swiss International Air Lines
**Swiss International Air Lines operated by Swiss European Air Lines (Zürich)
*Turkish Airlines (Ankara, Istanbul-Atatürk)

Terminal 2

*Germanwings (Ankara, Athens, Barcelona, Bastia, Belfast-International, Beograd, Berlin-Schönefeld, Bucharest-Băneasa, Budapest, Dresden, Hamburg, Istanbul-Sabiha Gökçen, Katowice, Lisbon, London-Stansted, Madrid, Malta, Moscow-Vnukovo, Pristina, Rome-Fiumicino, Split, Sarajevo [starts October 28] , Thessaloniki, Vienna, Warsaw, Zagreb)

Terminal 3

*airberlin (Alicante [seasonal] , Antalya [seasonal] , Berlin-Tegel, Düsseldorf, Hamburg, Hurghada [seasonal] , Kos [seasonal] , Lamezia Terme [seasonal] , Las Palmas [seasonal] , Palma de Mallorca, Pristina, Samos [seasonal] , Tenerife-South [seasonal] , Westerland/Sylt [seasonal] )
*Air France (Paris-Charles de Gaulle)
**Air France operated by Régional (Paris-Charles de Gaulle, Lyon)
*Alitalia
**Alitalia operated by Alitalia Express (Milan-Malpensa)
*Austrojet (Banja Luka, Salzburg)
*Blue Air (Arad (ending October 26), Bucharest-Băneasa, Sibiu)
*Carpatair (Timişoara)
*Condor (Ankara, Faro, Fuerteventura, Funchal, Hurghada, Jerez de la Frontera, Lanzarote, Las Palmas, Málaga, Marsa Alam, Palma de Mallorca, Santa Cruz de la Palma, Tenerife-South)
*Czech Airlines (Prague)
*Delta Air Lines (Atlanta)
*Finnair
**Finnair operated by Finncomm Airlines (Helsinki)
*Flybe (Birmingham)
*Hamburg International (Bodrum, Kos, Lourdes-Tarbes, Pristina)
*Israir (Tel Aviv)
*Jat Airways (Belgrade)
*KLM (Amsterdam)
**KLM operated by KLM Cityhopper (Amsterdam)
*Olympic Airlines (Athens, Thessaloniki)
*Robin Hood Aviation (Graz)
*Spanair (Palma de Mallorca)
*TUIfly (Agadir, Antalya, Araxos, Bari, Berlin-Tegel, Bilbao, Bodrum, Cagliari, Catania, Chania, Dalaman, Dubrovnik, Faro, Fuerteventura, Funchal, Hanover, Heraklion, Hurghada, Jerez de la Frontera, Kerkyra, Kos, Lanzarote, Las Palmas, Leipzig/Halle, Luxor, Mahon, Malaga, Manchester, Marrakech, Marsa Alam, Milan-Bergamo, Naples, Olbia, Palermo, Palma de Mallora, Pisa, Porto, Rhodos, Rijeka, Rimini, Sharm el Sheikh, Stockholm-Arlanda, Sylt, Tenerife-South, Thessaloniki, Valencia, Venice)
*Tunisair (Djerba, Monastir)
*XL Airways Germany (Fuerteventura, Pristina)

Terminal 4

*Air Via (Bourgas, Varna) "seasonal"
*Aurora Airlines (Pristina)
*Blue Wings (Adana, Ankara, Antalya, Erzurum, Gaziantep, Istanbul Atatürk, Istanbul Sabiha Gökcen, Izmir, Kayseri, Malatya, Samsun, Sivas, Trabzon)
*Bulgarian Air Charter (Bourgas, Varna) "seasonal"
*B&H Airlines (Sarajevo, Mostar)
*Eurocypria Airlines (Paphos)
*Freebird Airlines (Antalya,Istanbul-Atatürk, Nevsehir)
*Nouvelair (Monastir)
*Pegasus Airlines (Ankara, Antalya, Istanbul-Sabiha Gökçen, Izmir, Kayseri)
*Sky Airlines (Anatalya)
*SunExpress (Antalya, Bodrum, Izmir)
*Tunis Air (Djerba, Monastir)

Former Airlines and Destinations

*Pan American World Airways (Berlin-Tegel, Frankfurt, New York-JFK)

ee also

* United States Air Forces in Europe
* United States Air Force In Germany

Gallery

External links

* [http://www.stuttgart-airport.com/sys/index.php?section_id=0&id=0&lang=1 Stuttgart Airport Homepage]
* [http://195.243.185.195/view/index.shtml Webcam at Stuttgart]