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Salzburg Airport
W. A. Mozart Airport
LOWS — Salzburg Airport — W. A. Mozart
From the air IATA: SZG – ICAO: LOWS Location of airport in Austria
SZGSummary Airport type Public Operator Salzburger Flughafen GmbH Location Salzburg Elevation AMSL 430 m / 1,411 ft Coordinates 47°47′40″N 013°00′12″E / 47.79444°N 13.00333°E Website Runways Direction Length Surface m ft 16/34 2,750 9,022 Concrete Statistics (2009) Total Passengers 1,552,154 Aircraft Movements 19,456 Sources: EUROCONTROL[1]
Passenger and Movement Statistics from Salzburg Airport[2]Salzburg Airport or W. A. Mozart Airport (IATA: SZG, ICAO: LOWS) is the second largest airport in Austria.
Salzburg Airport presents itself as a modern regional airport, which creates jobs and plays an ever increasing role as a strong investor in the economy and the tourist industry. The airport, named after Salzburg-born composer, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, is located 1.7 NM (3.1 km; 2.0 mi)[1] west-southwest from the centre of Salzburg and 2 km (1.2 mi) from the Austrian-German border.
The airport is a gateway to Austria's numerous and vast ski areas, including the Ski Amadé region, the largest network of linked ski resorts in Europe.
The airport is jointly owned by the City of Salzburg (25%) and The State of Salzburg (75%). As of 2001 it was valued at € 22,000,000.
Salzburg trolleybus lines 2 and 8, each with service every 10 minutes, connect the airport to the rest of Salzburg's public transportation system. The main station is reachable in about 25 minutes and the inner city in about 30 minutes.
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History
Pre-World War II
In 1910, the first powered aircraft taxied on to the new race track in Salzburg-Aigen for the very first time. In 1926, Deutsche Luft Hansa inaugurated the Munich-Salzburg-Bad Reichenhall route. In 1927, the Vienna-Salzburg-Innsbruck route was started by ÖLAG (Austrian Aviation AG). In one of the earlier incidents Luft Hansa, which flew the London-Brussels-Frankfurt-Munich-Vienna route with Sabena, made a forced landing in Salzburg. 1939 saw the introduction of the Berlin-Prague-Salzburg-Venice and Munich-Salzburg-Klagenfurt-Ljubljana-Rijeka routes which were planned for the summer schedule.
The war years
At the start of World War II, on 1 September 1939, Salzburg Airport was seized and in 1943 the "Luftgaukommando VII" in Munich was put in charge of it. In the autumn of 1944 the newly developed fighter jet Messerschmitt Me 262 appeared. When the United States Air Force first bombed the city of Salzburg on 16 October 1944, with a subsequent 15 air attacks on the city, the airport remained undamaged. Salzburg Airport was the first Austrian airport which managed to become a part of European scheduled traffic again.
Post war
On 1 August 1958, a control tower was put into operation after a 15 month construction period and a new terminal was opened in 1966. While 1978 saw the first landing of a McDonnell Douglas DC-10 it was in 1984 when the first Boeing 767 (Braathens from Norway) and an Air France Concorde first appeared at the airport. The airport reached the target of 1,265,000 passengers in 2000, and British Airways announced flights to Salzburg from London. These flights were cancelled a year later. Also in 2001, low-cost carrier Ryanair landed at Salzburg, its first Austrian destination. This was also the first time an Austrian airport hosted a low-cost carrier. Aer Lingus commenced flights to Salzburg from Dublin for their winter schedule in 2005. In 2006, Ryanair started services to Charleroi, which ended in 2007, and Dublin. They also announced routes to Rome and Istanbul. British Airways restarted flights to London Gatwick Airport on 1 December.
Transportation
The airport is located 3km from the city-center. Regional buses to take you to the city are: Salzburg trolleybus no.2 to Salzburg Hauptbahnhof, Salzburg trolleybus no.8 to Salzburg city centre and Salzburg bus no.27 to Wals/Viehhausen. The route map is available to download here. Salzburg Hauptbahnhof is approximately 10-15 minutes away by bus. In winter Salzburg is a popular getaway for winter sports. The airport offers many transfer services to popular resorts, visit airport website to get contacts.
Facilities
The airport provides these passenger services: left-luggage office and luggage lockers, play area for children together with baby changing failities, an exchange and post offices, a small health centre. Wireless internet service is provided free of charge.[3]
Traffic statistics
Passenger statistics for Salzburg Airport[2] Year Total Passengers % change 2005 1,695,430 
2006 1,878,266 
10.82007 1,946,422 3.62008 1,809,601 
7.12009 1,552,154 14.3Parking
Indoor and outdoor parking facilities are available. There is a parking garage offering 1,921 roofed spaces. Additional 1,230 parking spaces are within 5 minutes from the terminals. Detailed info, parking plans and fees can be found on the airport website.
Future developments
Indoor view of the Hangar-7 at Salzburg Airport
A new terminal for winter ski charter operations (Terminal 2) which only operates on Saturdays has been opened. The new terminal 2 however has very limited passenger facilities both landside and airside and is rather sparse, compared to the original more vibrant terminal 1 offering better facilities. There is a small shop located in the airside of terminal 2. A new 100% hold baggage screening facility and the installation of a brand new baggage sorting system is under development and the airport is now concentrating on landside developments, including the extension of the existing car park structure, which has been doubled in size to accommodate 1,900 cars.
Airlines and destinations
Airlines Destinations Aer Lingus Seasonal Charter : Cork [Begins 24 December],Dublin[begins 24 December] Aeroflot Seasonal: Moscow-Sheremetyevo Air Berlin Berlin-Tegel, Düsseldorf, Hamburg Air VIA Seasonal: Burgas Austrian Airlines operated by Tyrolean Airways Vienna Austrian operated by Lauda Air [4] Las Palmas de Gran Canaria
Seasonal: Corfu, Dalaman, Santorini, ZakynthosBritish Airways London-Gatwick Cimber Sterling Seasonal: Aalborg, Billund, Copenhagen Cirrus Airlines Zürich EasyJet London-Gatwick
Seasonal: Bristol, Liverpool, London-Luton [begins 17 December]Estonian Air Seasonal: Tallinn Europe Airpost Dublin Flybe Southampton
Seasonal: Belfast-City, Dublin [begins 24 December], ExeterGermanwings Cologne/Bonn Jet2 Seasonal: Edinburgh, Leeds-Bradford, Manchester Jettime Seasonal: Copenhagen Kavminvodyavia Seasonal: Moscow-Vnukovo Lufthansa operated by Tyrolean Airways Frankfurt Malmö Aviation Seasonal: Gothenburg-City, Malmö Monarch Seasonal: London-Gatwick, Manchester Niki Fuerteventura, Hurghada, Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Moscow-Domodedovo [begins 24 December], Palma de Mallorca, Sharm el-Sheikh, Tenerife-South
Seasonal charter: Billund, Copenhagen
Seasonal: Antalya, Corfu, Heraklion, Ibiza, Kos, Luxor, RhodesNorwegian Air Shuttle Bergen, Copenhagen, Oslo-Gardermoen, Stavanger, Stockholm, Warsaw Rossiya Seasonal: St Petersburg Ryanair London-Stansted
Seasonal: DublinSky Airlines Antalya Sky Express Seasonal: Moscow-Vnukovo SunExpress Antalya TAROM Seasonal: Bucharest-Henri Coandă Thomas Cook Airlines Seasonal: Birmingham, Bristol, London-Gatwick, Manchester Thomson Airways Birmingham, Bournemouth, Bristol, Doncaster-Sheffield, East Midlands, Glasgow-International, London-Gatwick, London Luton, London-Stansted, Manchester, Newcastle upon Tyne
Seasonal: ExeterTransaero Airlines Seasonal: Moscow-Domodedovo Transavia Seasonal: Amsterdam, Eindhoven, Groningen Rotterdam Tunisair Seasonal: Monastir Ukraine International Seasonal: Kiev-Boryspil VIM Airlines Seasonal: Moscow-Domodedovo Vladivostok Air Charter: Moscow-Vnukovo Wind Rose Aviation Seasonal: Kiev-Boryspil Yamal Airlines Seasonal: Moscow-Domodedovo References
- ^ a b EUROCONTROL basic
- ^ a b Passenger Statistics for Salzburg Airport
- ^ Salzburg airport facilities
- ^ https://www.laudaair.com/book/StartHtml.aspx?a=3&fplan=y&L=0&lang=DE Lauda Air timetable (retrieved 2009-08-31)
External links
- Salzburg Airport website (English)
- Salzburg Airport website (German)
- Project of Salzburg Airport Center
- Salzburg AviationSpotter more informations about the traffic on the airport, available in german and english
Airports in Austria
Categories:- Airports in Austria
- Airports established in 1926
- Transport in Salzburg
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