Bremen Airport Flughafen Bremen
IATA: BRE – ICAO: EDDW
Summary
Airport type		Commercial
Operator		Flughafen Bremen GmbH
Serves		Bremen
Elevation AMSL		14 ft / 4 m
Coordinates		53°02′51″N 008°47′12″E / 53.0475°N 8.78667°E / 53.0475; 8.78667 (Bremen Airport)Coordinates: 53°02′51″N 008°47′12″E / 53.0475°N 8.78667°E / 53.0475; 8.78667 (Bremen Airport)
Website		www.airport-bremen.de
Runways
Direction	Length		Surface
	m	ft
09/27	2,040	6,693	Asphalt
23	700	2,297	Asphalt
Helipads
Number	Length		Surface
	m	ft
H1	30	98	Grass
Source: German AIP at EUROCONTROL[1]

Bremen Airport or Flughafen Bremen (IATA: BRE, ICAO: EDDW) serves the German city of Bremen and is located 3.5 km (2.2 mi) south of the city.^[1] There were 2.4 million passengers in 2008.

[edit] History

A Ryanair Boeing 737 at Bremen Airport

The airport was founded in 1913 when the senate of Bremen granted the Aviation Association an official permission to operate a flight base.

1920 Netherland based airline KLM had a connection from Amsterdam via Bremen and Hamburg to Copenhagen.

1945 the airport was taken over by American troops and handed back to the city in 1949. During the 1950s, connections to New York and Rio de Janeiro were added.

1989 was the first year that the airport had more than one million passengers.

The Bremenhalle inside the airport hosts a little aviation and space exploration museum, displaying the Junkers W33 Bremen air plane and the first Spacelab module.

[edit] Ground transportation

Tram number 6 departs every 5 to 10 minutes (on Sundays up to 30 min) to Bremen City Centre. The ride takes 11 minutes and costs €2.20.^[2] Bus2fly offers a bus to and from Hamburg, scheduled to coordinate with Ryanair flights. The ride takes 90 minutes and costs €12.00 each way.^[3]

[edit] Airlines and destinations

[edit] References

[edit] External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to: Airport Bremen

• Airport Bremen (English)
• Photos of Bremen Airport (from the official website)
• Aircraft photography of Airport Bremen (non-official website)

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