Frankfurt Airport

For other uses, see Frankfurt Airport (disambiguation).

Frankfurt Airport

Flughafen Frankfurt Main
Summary
Airport typePublic
Owner/OperatorFraport
ServesFrankfurt Rhine-Main
LocationFrankfurt, Hesse
Opened8 July 1936; 88 years ago (1936-07-08)
Hub for
Operating base for
Elevation AMSL364 ft / 111 m
Coordinates50°02′00″N 8°34′14″E / 50.03333°N 8.57056°E / 50.03333; 8.57056
Websitewww.frankfurt-airport.com
Maps
FRA/EDDF is located in Germany
FRA/EDDF
FRA/EDDF
Location within Germany
FRA/EDDF is located in Europe
FRA/EDDF
FRA/EDDF
FRA/EDDF (Europe)
Map
Runways
Direction Length Surface
m ft
07L/25RA 2,800 9,240 Concrete
07C/25C 4,000 13,123 Asphalt
07R/25L 4,000 13,123 Asphalt
18B 4,000 13,123 Concrete
Statistics (2023)
Passengers59,359,539
Cargo (t)1,931,296
Aircraft movements430,436
Economic impact (2016)$22.3 billion[2]
Sources: Traffic, ADV,[3]
AIP at German air traffic control.[4][5]
A: ^ used for landings only
B:^ used for take-offs in one direction only[6]

Frankfurt Airport (German: Flughafen Frankfurt Main [ˈfluːkhaːfn̩ ˈfʁaŋkfʊʁt ˈmaɪn]) (IATA: FRA, ICAO: EDDF), is Germany's main international airport by passenger numbers,[7] located in Frankfurt, Germany's fifth-largest city. In the German Aeronautical Information Publication, its name is Frankfurt Main Airport.[8] The airport is operated by Fraport and serves as the main hub for Lufthansa, including Lufthansa City Airlines, Lufthansa CityLine and Lufthansa Cargo as well as Condor and AeroLogic. It covers an area of 2,300 hectares (5,683 acres) of land[9] and features two passenger terminals with capacity for approximately 65 million passengers per year; four runways; and extensive logistics and maintenance facilities.

Frankfurt Airport is the busiest airport by passenger traffic in Germany as well as the 6th busiest in Europe after Istanbul Airport, London–Heathrow, Paris–Charles de Gaulle, Amsterdam Airport Schiphol and Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport. The airport is also the 13th busiest worldwide by total number of passengers in 2016,[10] with 60.786 million passengers using the airport in 2016. In 2017, Frankfurt Airport handled 64.5 million passengers and nearly 70 million in 2018. It also had a freight throughput of 2.076 million metric tonnes in 2015 and is the busiest airport in Europe by cargo traffic. As of 2022, Frankfurt Airport serves 330 destinations in 5 continents, making it the airport with the most direct routes in the world.[11]

The southern side of the airport ground was home to the Rhein-Main Air Base, which was a major air base for the United States from 1947 until 2005, when the air base was closed and the property was acquired by Fraport (now occupied by Terminal 3). The airport celebrated its 80th anniversary in July 2016.[12]

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  2. ^ "Frankfurt airport – Economic and social impact". Ecquants. Archived from the original on 23 September 2015. Retrieved 7 September 2013.
  3. ^ "ADV Monthly Traffic Report 12/2022" (PDF). adv.org. Arbeitsgemeinschaft Deutscher Verkehrsflughäfen e.V. 13 February 2023. Retrieved 21 February 2023.
  4. ^ "AIP VFR online". dfs.de. DFS Deutsche Flugsicherung GmbH. Retrieved 21 February 2023.
  5. ^ "2023 Passenger Traffic Results Frankfurt Int'l Airport". fraport.com. 16 January 2024. Retrieved 4 February 2024.
  6. ^ "Figures". Fraport.de. 13 January 2012. Archived from the original on 24 May 2011. Retrieved 19 January 2012.
  7. ^ "Frankfurt Airport (FRA)". International Airport Review. Retrieved 17 March 2023.
  8. ^ "AIP IFR Germany". Langen: DFS Deutsche Flugsicherung GmbH. Retrieved 28 February 2024.
  9. ^ "Frankfurt Airport – Facts and Figures at FRA". www.frankfurt-airport.com. Archived from the original on 1 October 2018. Retrieved 7 August 2018.
  10. ^ "Year to date". Archived from the original on 2 April 2016. Retrieved 2 June 2015.
  11. ^ [1] 24 June 2023
  12. ^ "Frankfurt Airport celebrates 80th anniversary". www.internationalairportreview.com. Retrieved 12 May 2017.