Stuttgart Airport
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IATA: STR – ICAO: EDDS
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| Airport type | Public | ||
| Operator | Flughafen Stuttgart GmbH | ||
| Location | Stuttgart, Germany | ||
| Hub for | * Germanwings | ||
| Elevation AMSL | 1,276 ft / 389 m | ||
| Coordinates | 48°41′24″N 009°13′19″E / 48.69°N 9.22194°ECoordinates: 48°41′24″N 009°13′19″E / 48.69°N 9.22194°E | ||
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| Runways | |||
| Direction | Length | Surface | |
| m | ft | ||
| 07/25 | 3,345 | 10,974 | Concrete |
| Helipads | |||
| Number | Length | Surface | |
| m | ft | ||
| H1 | 30 | 98 | Concrete |
| Statistics (2010) | |||
| Passengers | 9,226,546 | ||
| Source: German AIP at EUROCONTROL[1] | |||
Stuttgart Airport (in German Flughafen Stuttgart, formerly Flughafen Stuttgart-Echterdingen) (IATA: STR, ICAO: EDDS) is an international airport located approximately 13 km (8.1 mi) (10 km (6.2 mi) in a straight line) south[1] of Stuttgart, 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 9,226,546 passengers in 2010.
It is an important hub for the German low cost carriers Germanwings; and global headquarters for car parking company APCOA Parking.
In 2007, the 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.
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[edit] 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.
[edit] Expansion
Politicians, town planners and nearby residents have been arguing for years about the construction of a second runway. However, on 25 June 2008 Minister-President Günther Oettinger announced that for the next 8–12 years no second runway will be built and that the restrictions for night operations stay in place.[2][3]
[edit] Terminals, airlines and destinations
| Airlines | Destinations | Terminal |
|---|---|---|
| Aegean Airlines | Athens, Thessaloniki | 3 |
| Aer Lingus | Dublin | 3 |
| Aeroflot | Moscow-Sheremetyevo [begins 27 April 2012] | 3 |
| Aerosvit Airlines | Seasonal: Kiev-Boryspil | 3 |
| Air Berlin | Antalya, Berlin-Tegel, Catania, Düsseldorf, Florence, Hamburg, Hanover, Hurghada, Malaga, Malta, Milan-Malpensa, Moscow-Domodedovo, Naples, Palermo, Palma de Mallorca, Thessaloniki, Venice-Marco Polo Seasonal: Alicante, Barcelona, Bodrum, Dubrovnik, Fuerteventura, Heringsdorf, Ibiza, Lamezia Terme, Lanzarote, Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Nice, Olbia, Preveza, Reykjavik-Keflavik, Rijeka, Rimini, Tenerife-South, Westerland/Sylt |
3 |
| Air France | Paris-Charles de Gaulle | 3 |
| Air France operated by Régional | Lyon | 3 |
| Air Malta | Seasonal: Malta | 1 |
| Air Via | Seasonal: Burgas, Varna | 4 |
| Austrian Airlines operated by Tyrolean Airways | Graz, Vienna | 1 |
| Austrian Airlines | Charter Arvidsjaur | 1 |
| Blue Air | Bucharest-Băneasa, Sibiu | 1 |
| British Airways | London-Heathrow | 1 |
| Bulgarian Air Charter | Seasonal: Burgas, Varna | 4 |
| Carpatair | Timişoara | 3 |
| Condor | Antalya, Fuerteventura, Funchal, Hurghada, Lanzarote, Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Santa Cruz de la Palma, Sharm el-Sheikh, Tenerife-South Seasonal: Burgas, Chania, Dalaman, Djerba, Heraklion, Ibiza, Jerez de la Frontera, Kos, Larnaca, Palma de Mallorca, Rhodes, Santorini |
3 |
| Czech Airlines | Prague | 1 |
| Delta Air Lines | Atlanta | 3 |
| Finnair | Helsinki [ends 29 February 2012] [4] | 3 |
| Finnair operated by Flybe Nordic | Helsinki [ends 29 February 2012] [5] | 1 |
| Flybe | Birmingham | 3 |
| Freebird Airlines | Seasonal: Antalya | 4 |
| Germania | Seasonal: Pristina | 4 |
| Germanwings | Barcelona, Bari, Belgrade, Berlin-Schönefeld, Bilbao [begins 3 June 2012], Bremen [begins 29 July 2012], Brussels [begins 3 June 2012], Bucharest-Băneasa, Budapest, Cagliari, Catania [begins 27 March 2012], Dresden, Dubrovnik [begins 7 April 2012], Hanover, Istanbul-Sabiha Gökçen, Kraków, Leipzig/Halle, Malaga, Milan- Malpensa [begins 16 September 2012], Pristina, Rijeka [begins 30 July], Rome-Fiumicino, Rostock-Laage, Split, Thessaloniki, Venice-Treviso [begins 25 March 2012], Vienna, Zagreb Seasonal: Ankara, Antalya, Athens, Bastia, Corfu, Faro, Heraklion, Ibiza, Izmir, Kavala, Lamezia Terme, Lisbon, Palma de Mallorca, Reykjavik-Keflavik, Zadar |
2 |
| Germanwings | London-Heathrow [begins 20 February 2012], London-Stansted, Manchester [begins 29 July 2012], Moscow-Vnukovo Seasonal: Sarajevo |
1 |
| Hamburg Airways | Seasonal: Antalya, Heraklion, Hurghada, Palma de Mallorca, Rhodes | 3 |
| Jat Airways | Belgrade | 1 |
| KLM | Amsterdam | 3 |
| KLM operated by KLM Cityhopper | Amsterdam | 3 |
| Lufthansa | Berlin-Tegel, Frankfurt, Hamburg Seasonal: Palma de Mallorca |
1 |
| Lufthansa Regional operated by Augsburg Airways | Munich | 1 |
| Lufthansa Regional operated by Contact Air | Bilbao, Bremen, Hamburg, London-Heathrow, Manchester, Milan-Malpensa [End all through 2012 as Germanwings or Lufthansa Cityline will serve these routes] | 1 |
| Lufthansa Regional operated by Eurowings | Düsseldorf, Frankfurt | 1 |
| Lufthansa Regional operated by Lufthansa CityLine | Brussels, Düsseldorf, Frankfurt, Manchester, Munich | 1 |
| Pegasus Airlines | Ankara, Antalya, Istanbul-Sabiha Gökçen | 3 |
| Pegasus operated by IZair | Izmir | 3 |
| Qatar Airways | Doha | 1 |
| Scandinavian Airlines | Copenhagen | 1 |
| Scandinavian Airlines operated by Cimber Sterling | Copenhagen | 1 |
| Sky Airlines | Antalya | 4 |
| SunExpress | Antalya, Istanbul-Sabiha Gökçen, Izmir | 4 |
| SunExpress operated by SunExpress Deutschland | Adana, Ankara, Gaziantep, Kayseri, Samsun, Trabzon | 4 |
| Swiss International Air Lines operated by Swiss European Air Lines | Zürich | 1 |
| Swiss operated by Contact Air | Zürich | 1 |
| Tailwind Airlines | Antalya | 3 |
| TUIfly | Boa Vista (Cape Verde), Fuerteventura, Hurghada, Lanzarote, Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Marsa Alam, Sharm el-Sheikh, Tenerife-South Seasonal: Agadir, Antalya, Araxos/Patras, Corfu, Dalaman, Enfidha, Faro, Funchal, Heraklion, Ibiza , Jerez de la Frontera, Kos, Luxor, Minorca, Palma de Mallorca, Patras, Rhodes, Sal (Cape Verde) |
3 |
| Tunisair | Djerba, Enfidha, Monastir | 4 |
| Turkish Airlines | Istanbul-Atatürk | 1 |
| United Airlines | Newark | 3 |
| XL Airways Germany | Pristina | 4 |
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