Dresden Airport

Dresden Airport

Flughafen Dresden
Summary
Airport typePublic
OwnerMitteldeutsche Airport Holding AG
ServesDresden, Germany
Elevation AMSL754 ft / 230 m
Coordinates51°08′04″N 13°46′05″E / 51.13444°N 13.76806°E / 51.13444; 13.76806 (Dresden Airport)
Websitedresden-airport.de
Map
DRS is located in Saxony
DRS
DRS
Location of airport in Saxony
Runways
Direction Length Surface
m ft
04/22 2,850 9,351 Concrete
Helipads
Number Length Surface
m ft
H1 30 98 Concrete/Asphalt
Statistics (2022)
Passengers838,387 Increase +155,4%
Aircraft movements020,119 Increase 0+39,6%
Freight (in tons)000.039 Decrease 0-11,3%
Sources: Statistics at ADV.,
AIP at German air traffic control.

Dresden Airport (IATA: DRS, ICAO: EDDC) is the international airport of Dresden, the state capital of Saxony, Germany. It is located in Klotzsche, a district of Dresden 9 km (5.6 mi) north of the city centre. It was formerly also known in German as Flughafen Dresden-Klotzsche. Destinations from the airport include a few European cities and several holiday destinations.

Elbe Flugzeugwerke (EFW), a subsidiary of ST Engineering Aerospace and Airbus, is based at the airport. EFW is mainly tasked with freighter conversions.

History

Early years

The airport was opened to commercial traffic on 11 July 1935. Though planned as a commercial airport, its importance to the military increased dramatically during the Third Reich. During World War II it was exclusively used for military purposes. An airlift between the airport and Breslau (modern day Wrocław) was established to support German troops during the Siege of Breslau in the spring of 1945. Attempts to destroy buildings and equipment before Allied troops could occupy Dresden failed due to the resistance of civil airport employees.

During the following years, the airport was used as an education centre for the Soviet army. It was reopened for commercial traffic on 16 June 1957. In 1959 international air traffic resumed, primarily to Eastern Bloc countries.

Between 1955 and 1961, the East German government decided to develop its own aviation industry centred on Dresden, with the VEB Flugzeugwerke Dresden ("Publicly-owned Aircraft Factories Dresden") as the main plant. Although this development ultimately failed, it increased the importance of Klotzsche Airport considerably, and still shapes the design and atmosphere of the airport today. With the end of aircraft manufacturing in 1961, the plant became the VEB Flugzeugwerft Dresden ("Publicly-owned Aircraft Maintenance Dresden"), a maintenance facility for Eastern Bloc fighter aircraft and helicopters. From 1963, the airport was also home of an East German military transport squadron with Ilyushin Il-14 and later Antonov An-26, designated as Transportfliegerstaffel 27 (TFS-27) and later Transportfliegerstaffel 24 (TFS-24, TS-24). Passenger traffic was limited to domestic routes and to a few destinations in other Eastern Bloc countries.

Development after German reunification

After German reunification, the airport was expanded and flights to western European capitals were added. Traffic increased sevenfold during the first half of the 1990s and a second terminal was opened in 1995.

In 2001 the current terminal was added. It was rebuilt from a hangar formerly used as an assembly hall by the aircraft industry.

In 2008, 1,860,364 passengers passed through the airport, an increase of 0.3% over the previous year and a record for the airport. In the same year, there were 36,968 takeoffs and landings, an increase of 2.3% over the previous year. The airport rebranded itself as "Dresden International" in September of the same year.

In February 2015, Etihad Regional terminated of all their Dresden operations (which had commenced only two years earlier) due to changes to their strategy. All three existing routes were shut down, while two planned routes were never started. In June 2015, CityJet announced the termination of their route from London City Airport to Dresden after two years, citing low demand. After the demise of Germania in early 2019, Sundair announced they would base aircraft in Dresden and fly to several former Germania leisure destinations.

Facilities

The airport has one modern passenger terminal building with several shops, restaurants and service agencies as well as seven aircraft parking positions equipped with jet bridges and additional apron stands for mid-sized aircraft such as the Airbus A320.

Airlines and destinations

The following airlines offer regular scheduled and charter flights at Dresden Airport:

AirlinesDestinations
Corendon Airlines Antalya
European Air Charter Seasonal charter: Burgas
Eurowings Düsseldorf
Seasonal: Palma de Mallorca
KLM Amsterdam
Lufthansa Frankfurt, Munich
Pegasus Airlines Seasonal: Antalya (resumes 31 March 2024)
Ryanair Seasonal: Palma de Mallorca
Sundair Fuerteventura, Hurghada
Seasonal: Antalya, Corfu, Gran Canaria, Heraklion, Kos, Palma de Mallorca, Rhodes, Tenerife–South, Varna
SunExpress Seasonal: Antalya
Swiss International Air Lines Zürich
Tailwind Airlines Seasonal charter: Antalya

Statistics

Aerial view of the airport
Check-in area
Apron overview
Annual passenger traffic at DRS airport. See Wikidata query.
Passengers
2000 1,759,638
2001 Decrease 1,642,736
2002 Decrease 1,518,784
2003 Increase 1,553,774
2004 Increase 1,620,781
2005 Increase 1,782,901
2006 Increase 1,836,068
2007 Increase 1,849,836
2008 Increase 1,856,390
2009 Decrease 1,718,923
2010 Increase 1,843,113
2011 Increase 1,917,915
2012 Decrease 1,886,425
2013 Decrease 1,754,139
2014 Increase 1,760,480
2015 Decrease 1,726,471
2016 Decrease 1,667,880
2017 Increase 1,702,572
2018 Increase 1,762,175
2019 Decrease 1,595,565
2020 Decrease 0383,568
2021 Decrease 0331,384
2022 Increase 0838,387
Source: ADV

Ground transportation

Railway station at Dresden Airport

Public transport

Dresden Airport railway station is in the basement of the terminal building. It is served by the S2 line of the Dresden S-Bahn, which runs every half-hour to Dresden-Neustadt and Dresden Hauptbahnhof stations in the centre of Dresden, with journey times of 13 and 23 minutes respectively. On weekdays the trains continue on to the towns of Heidenau and Pirna.

Dresdner Verkehrsbetriebe (DVB) bus route 77 links the airport to DVB tram route 7, providing an alternative route to central Dresden. DVB bus route 80 links the airport to the districts of Klotzsche, Wilder Mann, Trachau and Cotta as well as the town of Boxdorf and also tram route 7. In 2020 DVB published plans for a new tram line 17 to branch off of tram line 7 serving the airport

The airport is in the Verkehrsverbund Oberelbe's Dresden tariff zone, as is central Dresden. A single ticket (currently[when?] priced at 2.40) is valid on the S-Bahn, trams and buses within that zone. Other tariff zones cover the surrounding towns as far as Meißen and the Czech border. Tickets can be purchased at ticket vending machines in the station, at the bus stop, or at the airport information desk on the Arrivals level of the terminal.

Road transport

Dresden Airport is around 9 km (5.6 mi) north of the centre of Dresden. The direct journey, on city streets, takes about 20 minutes.

The airport is served by an adjacent junction on the A4 Autobahn, which by-passes central Dresden on its route from Aachen, on the Dutch border, to Görlitz, on the Polish border. Junctions in the Dresden area connect the A4 to the A13, to Berlin, and the A17, to the Czech border and Prague.

The airport has a multi-storey car park with approximately 1,500 spaces, connected to the terminal building by a glass-covered pedestrian bridge. Additionally, there are three long-stay car parks, and a short-stay car park right next to the terminal access.

See also


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