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Nuremberg Airport

Nuremberg Airport
Flughafen Nürnberg
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Summary
Airport type Public
Operator Flughafen Nürnberg GmbH
Serves Nuremberg, Germany
Elevation AMSL 1,046 ft / 319 m
Coordinates 49°29′55″N 011°04′41″E / 49.49861°N 11.07806°E / 49.49861; 11.07806 (Nuremberg Airport)Coordinates: 49°29′55″N 011°04′41″E / 49.49861°N 11.07806°E / 49.49861; 11.07806 (Nuremberg Airport)
Website airport-nuernberg.de
Map
NUE is located in Bavaria
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Location of airport in Bavaria
Runways
Direction Length Surface
m ft
10/28 2,700 8,858 Concrete/Asphalt
Statistics (2016)
Passengers 3.5 million
Aircraft movements (2011) 67,720
Cargo 115,000 tonnes
Passengers 3.5 million
Aircraft movements (2011) 67,720
Cargo 115,000 tonnes

Nuremberg Airport (IATA: NUEICAO: EDDN), German: Albrecht Dürer Flughafen Nürnberg, is the international airport of the Franconian metropolitan area of Nuremberg and the second-busiest airport in Bavaria after Munich Airport. With about 3.3 million passengers handled in 2013, it is Germany's 10th biggest airport. It is located approximately 5 km north of Nuremberg's city centre and offers flights within Germany as well as to European metropolitan and leisure destinations, especially along the Mediterranean Sea, on the Canary Islands and in Egypt. The airport handled 3.5 million passengers in 2016.

Nuremberg Airport was the first airport constructed in Germany after World War II. It was inaugurated on 6 April 1955.

In 1960, the number of passengers at Nuremberg Airport reached 100,000 for the first time. In 1961 the runway was extended from 1,900 to 2,300 metres (7,500 ft), and in 1968 the runway was extended to its present length of 2,700 metres (8,900 ft), allowing jumbo jets to use it. On 12 July 1970, a Boeing 747 landed at the airport for the first time and attracted 20,000 visitors.

The apron was enlarged in 1977 and in 1981 a new passenger terminal with an observation deck and a restaurant replaced the previous building. In December 1986, the one million passenger mark was passed for the first time.

In 1997/98, Air Berlin established a winter hub at the airport, making it the airline's second most important tourist interchange airport, after Palma de Mallorca.


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