Nuremberg Airport (German: Flughafen Nürnberg) (IATA: NUE, ICAO: EDDN) is the international airport of the Franconian metropolitan area of Nuremberg and the second-busiest airport in Bavaria. The airport is ranked 10th among German airports and 67th in Europe. It is also a hub for Air Berlin - Germany's second largest airline. In 2007 more than 4.2 million passengers were handled.  Tower of Nuremberg Airport. [edit] Ground transportation The airport is located 5 km (3.1 mi) north[1] of the city centre. The U-Bahn (Metro) line U2 connects the airport with the centre of the city every 10 to 15 minutes, and takes only 12 minutes to reach the Hauptbahnhof (Central Railway Station) and the nearby Altstadt (historic old town). Because of the airport's close-in location and its direct connections to local streets, it is possible to walk or ride a bicycle from nearby neighborhoods right up to the terminal. [edit] Facts and figures - apron: 196,000 m2 (2,110,000 sq ft)
- apron area in front of hangars: 20,000 m2 (220,000 sq ft)
- parking positions for planes: 35
- passenger terminal: 2 departure halls, 1 arrival hall, 5 finger docks
- car parking spaces: over 6,000
- air cargo center (storage space): 16,400 m2 (177,000 sq ft)
- runway: 2,700 by 45 m (8,858 by 148 ft)[1]
- period of daily operation: 24 hours
| | | Nuremberg Airport by night. | Renaturated creek with view just nearby. | [edit] Statistics | 2007 | 2006 | 2005 | 2004 | 2003 | 2002 | | Aircraft movements | 81,082 | 78,043 | 76,111 | 71,818 | 73,233 | 77,854 | | Passengers | 4,244,115 | 3,965,357 | 3,847,646 | 3,653,569 | 3,296,267 | 3,213,444 | | Scheduled Passengers | n.a. | 1,923,381 | 1,606,065 | 1,395,920 | 1,304,371 | n.a. | | Charter Passengers | n.a. | 1,960,005 | 2,163,271 | 2,160,934 | 1,916,526 | n.a. | | Air freight and mail (metric tons) | 107,982 | 98,264 | 80,665 | 71,578 | 69,435 | 69,875 | | Employees | n.a. | 4,200 | 4,070 | 3,958 | 3,791 | 3,769 | | [edit] Airlines and destinations  Destinations from Nuremberg Airport in Summer 2009 | Airlines | Destinations | | Air Berlin | Agadir, Alicante [seasonal], Antalya [seasonal], Araxos/Patras [begins 4 May, seasonal], Berlin-Tegel, Berlin-Schönefeld [begins 4 May], Bremen [ends 29 April], Brindisi [seasonal], Catania, Chania [seasonal], Cologne/Bonn, Corfu [seasonal], Djerba, Dortmund [seasonal], Dresden [seasonal], Düsseldorf, Erfurt, Faro [seasonal], Fuerteventura, Funchal, Hamburg, Hanover, Heraklion [seasonal], Heringsdorf [begins 1 May, seasonal], Hurghada, Ibiza [seasonal], Kalamata [begins 6 May, seasonal], Kavala [seasonal], Kos [seasonal], Lamezia Terme [seasonal], Lanzarote, Larnaca, Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Leipzig/Halle [ends 30 April], London-Stansted, Luxor [ends 29 April], Malaga [seasonal], Marsa-Alam, Monastir, Milan-Malpensa, Münster/Osnabrück, Mykonos [seasonal], Olbia [seasonal], Paderborn/Lippstadt [seasonal], Palma de Mallorca, Paphos, Ponta Delgada [ends 26 April], Preveza [seasonal], Rhodes [seasonal], Rome-Fiumicino, Samos [seasonal], Santa Cruz de la Palma, Santorini [seasonal], Sharm el-Sheikh, Split [seasonal], Tenerife-North [ends 28 April], Tenerife-South, Thessaloniki [seasonal], Vienna, Volos [seasonal], Zakynthos [seasonal] | | Air France operated by Régional | Paris-Charles de Gaulle | | Air VIA | Burgas [seasonal], Varna [seasonal] | | Bulgarian Air Charter | Burgas [seasonal], Varna [seasonal] | | Condor | Antalya [seasonal] | | Freebird Airlines | Antalya | | KLM operated by KLM Cityhopper | Amsterdam | | Lufthansa Regional operated by Augsburg Airways | Munich | | Lufthansa Regional operated by Contact Air | Brussels, Düsseldorf, Munich | | Lufthansa Regional operated by Eurowings | Düsseldorf, Frankfurt, Paris-Charles de Gaulle | | Lufthansa Regional operated by Lufthansa CityLine | Berlin-Tegel, Hamburg | | Niki | Graz [ends 27 April], Salzburg [ends 27 April] | | Ostfriesische Lufttransport | Bremen | | SAS Scandinavian Airlines operated by Cimber Air | Copenhagen | | Sky Airlines | Antalya | | SunExpress | Antalya, Izmir | | Swiss International Air Lines operated by Swiss European Air Lines | Zürich | | Turkish Airlines | Istanbul-Atatürk | | TUIfly | Antalya [seasonal], Fuerteventura, Heraklion [seasonal], Hurghada [seasonal], Kos [seasonal], Las Palmas de Gran Canaria [seasonal], Palma de Mallorca [seasonal], Rhodos [seasonal], Tenerife-South | [edit] References [edit] Literature Bernd Windsheimer: 50 Jahre Airport Nürnberg 1955-2005. Geschichte der Luftfahrt in Nürnberg, Nürnberg 2005 [edit] External links
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