Friedrichshafen Airport
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| Airport type | Public | ||||||||||
| Operator | Flughafen Friedrichshafen GmbH | ||||||||||
| Serves | Friedrichshafen, Germany and Lake Constance | ||||||||||
| Hub for | InterSky | ||||||||||
| Elevation AMSL | 1,358 ft / 414 m | ||||||||||
| Website | fly-away.de | ||||||||||
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  FDH Location of airport in Baden-Württemberg | |||||||||||
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Friedrichshafen Airport (Template:Lang-de, IATA: FDH, ICAO: EDNY; also known as Bodensee Airport Friedrichshafen) is a minor international airport 1.9 miles (3 km) north of Friedrichshafen, Germany, directly beside Lake Constance. It is the third biggest airport in the German state of Baden-Württemberg after Stuttgart and Karlsruhe/Baden-Baden and served 545,121 passengers in 2012.[3] Friedrichshafen features flights to some European metropolitan and leisure destinations and also serves as the home base for Austrian regional airline InterSky.
The convention center Messe Friedrichshafen is right north of the airport's runway where, besides others, the yearly European general aviation conference AERO Friedrichshafen is hosted.[4]
History
This airport was established in 1915 with the construction of the first hangars.[5] The first scheduled passenger flights with the Zeppelin started from here, long before they were relocated to Frankfurt/Zeppelinheim.
Friedrichshafen saw its first scheduled passenger flights in 1929 with Deutsche Luft Hansa services to Stuttgart. After World War II, there were no successful attempts to reestablish regional flights until 1978, when Delta Air started flights to Stuttgart and Zürich.[5]
Between 1988 and 1994, the airport saw the construction of a new infrastructure, including a new terminal building and runway. Another new terminal has been inaugurated in 2010.[5]
Friedrichshafen's home carrier InterSky announced to shut down their key route to Cologne Bonn Airport, which it operated for seven years, by October 2010 due to the tough competition by Germanwings that started the same route a few months earlier in spring 2010.[6] However, by 14 June 2015, Germanwings ceased their route between Friedrichshafen and Cologne again as well.[7]
Facilities
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The airport consists of one passenger terminal building that features seven departure gates (A-G) as well as some shops and restaurants. The apron consists of seven aircraft stands which feature walk-boarding and bus-boarding as there are no jet bridges. The terminal building also features office space and an observation deck.
Right next to the terminal there is a museum dedicated to the former German aircraft manufacturer Dornier Flugzeugwerke. The airport also is home to the maintenance facilities of InterSky.
Airlines and destinations
The following airlines operate regular scheduled and charter flights at Friedrichshafen Airport:[8]
| Airlines | Destinations |
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| Air Berlin | Seasonal: Palma de Mallorca |
| British Airways | Seasonal: London-Gatwick |
| easyJet | Seasonal: London-Gatwick (begins 12 December 2015)[9] |
| Germania | Hurghada Seasonal: Ankara, Antalya, Fuerteventura, Funchal (begins 25 October 2015),[10] Gran Canaria, Heraklion, Kos, Lanzarote (begins 25 October 2015),[10] Marsa Alam (begins 25 October 2015),[10] Palma de Mallorca, Rhodes |
| InterSky | Berlin-Tegel, Cologne/Bonn1,[11] Düsseldorf, Hamburg Seasonal: Elba, Menorca, Zadar Seasonal charter: Hévíz-Balaton |
| Lufthansa Regional operated by Lufthansa CityLine | Frankfurt |
| Monarch Airlines | Seasonal: London-Gatwick, Manchester |
| SunExpress | Seasonal charter: Antalya |
| Tailwind Airlines | Seasonal charter: Antalya |
| Tunisair | Seasonal charter: Djerba |
| Turkish Airlines | Istanbul-Atatürk |
| Wizz Air | Skopje |
^1 InterSky serves the route Friedrichshafen - Cologne/Bonn via Memmingen Airport.[11] However, there are no tickets on sale solely between Friedrichshafen and Memmingen.
Statistics
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| 2008 | 649,646 | |||
| 2009 |  578,484
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| 2010 |  590,640
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| 2011 | 571,709
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| 2012 | 545,121
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| 2013 | 536,029
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| 2014[12] | 596,000
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| Source: ADV[13] | ||||
Ground transportation
Car
Friedrichshafen can be reached from all directions via federal highways B30 and B31 which are connected to several motorways like the A96 from Munich or the A13/A14 from Austria and Switzerland. The airport is signposted throughout the city. Taxis and rental car agencies are available at the terminal building.[14]
Train
Friedrichshafen Airport has its own small railway station named Friedrichshafen Flughafen directly across from the terminal building. It is regularly served by local trains of DB Regio and the Bodensee-Oberschwaben-Bahn, a local train operator, which continue to the city center of Friedrichshafen or the nearest major city, Ulm.[14]
See also
References
- ^ Airport information for EDNY from DAFIF (effective October 2006)
- ^ Airport information for FDH at Great Circle Mapper. Source: DAFIF (effective October 2006).
- ^ http://www.anna.aero/wp-content/uploads/european-airports-2012.xls
- ^ Sport Aviation, issue June 2012, page 14
- ^ a b c http://www.fly-away.de/uploads/media/Sommerflugplan_2015.pdf
- ^ http://www.aero.de/news-20591/Intersky-Kuenftig-Duesseldorf-statt-Koeln.html
- ^ http://www.suedkurier.de/region/bodenseekreis-oberschwaben/friedrichshafen/Germanwings-streicht-Fluege-nach-Koeln-Bonn-schon-ab-Juni-Intersky-macht-Ersatz-Angebot;art372474,7901258
- ^ http://www.fly-away.de/en/travelinformation/flight-plan/
- ^ austrianaviation.net - "easyJet flies to Friedrichshafen" (German) 10 July 2015
- ^ a b c http://www.airliners.de/germania-winter-angebot-friedrichshafen/35809
- ^ a b http://www.aero.de/news-21891/Intersky-verlinkt-Memmingen-und-Friedrichshafen.html
- ^ http://www.travelink.de/europa/mitteleuropa/deutschland/baden-wuerttemberg/bodensee/friedrichshafen-bodensee-airport-legt-be
- ^ [1]
- ^ a b fly-away.de – Ground transportation
External links
Media related to Friedrichshafen Airport at Wikimedia Commons
- Official website
- Current weather for EDNY at NOAA/NWS
- Accident history for FDH at Aviation Safety Network
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