Innsbruck Airport

Innsbruck Kranebitten Airport
IATA: INN – ICAO: LOWI INN Location of airport in Austria
Summary
Owner		Tiroler Flughafenbetriebs GmbH
Serves		Innsbruck
Location		Innsbruck, Austria
Hub for		Tyrolean Airways Welcome Air
Elevation AMSL		1,906 ft / 581 m
Coordinates		47°15′37″N 11°20′38″E
Website		www.innsbruck-airport.com
Runways
Direction	Length		Surface
	ft	m
08/26	6,562	2,000	Asphalt

Innsbruck Kranebitten Airport (IATA: INN, ICAO: LOWI) is the largest airport in Tyrol in western Austria. It is located approximately 2.5 miles from the centre of Innsbruck. It handles regional flights around the Alps, as well as seasonal international flights to other destinations. During the winter, activity increases significantly, due to the high number of skiers travelling to the region. It is the main base of Welcome Air and Tyrolean Airways.

Innsbruck Airport is well known for having a difficult approach due to surrounding terrain, prohibiting certain aircraft types from operating at the airport. The approach and descent is a very complicated process—the Alps create vicious winds and currents, which the pilot has to deal with throughout the process. Because there are mountains all around, the plane usually circles the airport, enters a pattern, to decrease both speed and altitude.

Facilities

Apron during winter season

Departure and Arrivals hall

gate area

The terminal is a "shotgun" style, typically using air stairs to deboard/board passengers—no jetways are present. The airport can handle aircraft up to Boeing 767. There are several de-icing trucks, which de-ice the airframe typically right before engines start, or before obtaining clearance to take off.

Airlines and destinations

Airlines	Destinations
Aeroflot	Seasonal: Moscow-Sheremetyevo
Air Berlin	Seasonal: Berlin-Tegel, Düsseldorf, Hamburg
Austrian Airlines operated by Tyrolean Airways	Graz, Vienna Seasonal: Bol, Kefallonia, Kiev-Boryspil, London-Stansted, Manchester, Preveza, Leeds/Bradford (begins 14 December 2013)
BH Air	Seasonal charter: Burgas (begins 24 April 2013)
British Airways	Seasonal: London-Gatwick
EasyJet	London-Gatwick Seasonal: Bristol, Liverpool
Finnair	Seasonal: Helsinki
Flybe	Seasonal: Birmingham, Edinburgh, Exeter, Leeds/Bradford, Manchester
Germania	Seasonal charter: Burgas (begins 6 May 2013)
Lufthansa	Berlin-Tegel
Lufthansa operated by Tyrolean Airways	Frankfurt
Monarch Airlines	Seasonal: Manchester Seasonal charter: London-Gatwick
Niki	Seasonal: Palma de Mallorca Seasonal charter: St Petersburg
Scandinavian Airlines	Seasonal: Copenhagen, Stockholm-Arlanda
S7 Airlines	Seasonal: Moscow-Domodedovo
Thomas Cook Airlines	Seasonal: London-Gatwick, Manchester
Thomson Airways	London-Gatwick, Manchester Seasonal: Birmingham, Edinburgh, Dublin, London-Stansted, Newcastle upon Tyne
Transavia.com	Amsterdam Seasonal: Eindhoven, Groningen, Rotterdam
Welcome Air	Seasonal Charter: Rijeka

Statistics

Passenger statistics for Innsbruck Airport

Year	Total Passengers	% change
2007	859,832
2008	969,474	12.8
2009	956,972	1.3
2010	1,033,512	8.0
2011	997,020	3.5

Other facilities

Air Alps has its head office on the airport property.

Ground transportation

The airport is connected to the city and to Innsbruck Central station by city bus F. The bus runs every 15 minutes and takes 18 minutes to reach the City.

Trivia

• The airport is being made more famous by being the starting airport on the X-Plane 9 flight simulator. Microsoft Flight Simulator X also has a mission where the user must make the challenging approach to land at Innsbruck in minimum visibility.

External links

• Innsbruck Airport