Munich Airport Flughafen München |
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Airport type | Public | ||||||||||||||
Owner/Operator | Flughafen München GmbH | ||||||||||||||
Serves | Munich, Germany | ||||||||||||||
Location | near Freising | ||||||||||||||
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Elevation AMSL | 1,487 ft / 453 m | ||||||||||||||
Coordinates | 48°21′14″N 011°47′10″E / 48.35389°N 11.78611°ECoordinates: 48°21′14″N 011°47′10″E / 48.35389°N 11.78611°E | ||||||||||||||
Website | munich-airport.de | ||||||||||||||
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Aircraft Movements | 394,430 +3.8 % |
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Passenger Movements | 42,261,309 +3.1% |
Freight (in tons) | 353,650 +5.2 % |
Munich Airport (IATA: MUC, ICAO: EDDM), German: Flughafen München, is a major international airport near Munich, the capital of Bavaria. It is the second busiest airport in Germany in terms of passenger traffic behind Frankfurt Airport, and the seventh busiest airport in Europe, handling 40,9 million passengers in 2015. It is the world's 15th busiest airport in terms of international passenger traffic, and was the 34th busiest airport worldwide in 2015. As of March 2015, the airport features flights to 228 destinations in 66 countries. Munich Airport serves as the secondary hub for Lufthansa including Lufthansa Regional and its Star Alliance partners besides Frankfurt. The airport served 42 million passengers in 2016
The airport is located 28.5 km (17.7 mi) northeast of Munich near the old city of Freising and is named in memory of the former Bavarian Prime Minister Franz Josef Strauss. It features two passenger terminals with an additional midfield terminal and two runways as well as extensive cargo and maintenance facilities and is fully equipped to handle wide-body aircraft including the Airbus A380.
From 1939 to 1992, Munich was served by Munich-Riem Airport. First plans to expand or build a new airport were made in 1954 owing to the traffic flow-rate and the population density in its proximity. The decision for building the new airport at Erdinger Moos was made on 5 August 1969 by the Bavarian government. When construction started on 3 November 1980, a village named Franzheim was demolished and the ~500 inhabitants were resettled. The airport is located on the territory of four different municipalities: Oberding (location of the terminals; district of Erding), Hallbergmoos, Freising, and Marzling in the district of Freising.