Saarbrücken Airport
Saarbrücken Airport Flughafen Saarbrücken | |||||||||||||||
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AMSL 1,058 ft / 322 m | | ||||||||||||||
Coordinates | 49°12′52″N 07°06′34″E / 49.21444°N 7.10944°E | ||||||||||||||
Website | flughafen-saarbruecken.de | ||||||||||||||
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Saarbrücken Airport (IATA: SCN, ICAO: EDDR), or Flughafen Saarbrücken [ˌfluːkhaːfn̩ zaːɐ̯ˈbʁʏkŋ̍] or Ensheim Airport in German, is a minor international airport in Saarbrücken, the capital of the German state of Saarland. It features flights to major cities throughout Germany as well as some leisure routes.
History
First years
The history of aviation in Saarbrücken, the capital of the German federal state Saarland, began on 17 September 1928 in the district of St. Arnual. Flights operated from Saarbrücken-St. Arnual Airport until 1939. The first plane to use the airport was a Lufthansa flight from Frankfurt stopping en route to Paris. In 1929, routes to Frankfurt and on to Berlin and Karlsruhe and then to Munich, Vienna and Budapest were opened.
The airport's suboptimal location meant winter flights were not possible and bad weather and poor flying conditions caused frequent problems. Because of this, Saarbrücken-St. Arnual was closed in 1939. A new airport was built in the district of Ensheim. However, the outbreak of the
The airport in Ensheim finally opened in 1964 after several years of reconstruction. In 1972, Saarbrücken Airport became one of 17 airports in Germany to offer international flights.
Development in the 2000s
In 2005, a record year, nearly 500,000 passengers used Saarbrücken Airport.
In 2006, Saarbrücken Airport suffered difficulties caused by the opening of a converted former military airport,
After Hapagfly left,
Saarbrücken Airport handled 452,314 passengers in 2011.
Due to
Facilities
Saarbrücken Airport consists of one passenger terminal building which features check-in-facilities as well as some shops and restaurants and a covered observation deck. The building is not equipped with
Since 4 December 2018,
Airlines and destinations
The following airlines operate regular scheduled and charter flights at Saarbrücken Airport:[10]
Airlines | Destinations |
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Corendon Airlines | Seasonal: Antalya[11] |
DAT | Berlin, Hamburg |
Eurowings | Seasonal: Palma de Mallorca |
Freebird Airlines | Seasonal charter: Hurghada[12] |
SmartLynx Airlines | Seasonal charter: Fuerteventura, Gran Canaria, Heraklion, Kos, Palma de Mallorca, Rhodes, Tenerife–South |
SunExpress | Antalya Seasonal: İzmir[13] |
Statistics
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Passengers | ||||
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2000 | 482,595 | |||
2001 | 480,030 | |||
2002 | 461,299 | |||
2003 | 458,183 | |||
2004 | 459,853 | |||
2005 | 486,230 | |||
2006 | 420,221 | |||
2007 | 349,953 | |||
2008 | 518,283 | |||
2009 | 469,933 | |||
2010 | 491,299 | |||
2011 | 452,314 | |||
2012 | 425,429 | |||
2013 | 405,265 | |||
2014 | 353,011 | |||
2015 | 467,092 | |||
2016 | 427,566 | |||
2017 | 396,849 | |||
2018 | 358,868 | |||
2019 | 366,574 | |||
2020 | 51,542 | |||
Source: ADV.;[14] 2020[15] |
Ground transportation
Car
The airport is linked to the A1/A6 motorways (Exit Fechingen) which connect to Saarbrücken itself, to the cities of Trier and Mannheim and to Luxembourg. From France it can be reached via federal highway L108. Taxis and car hire agencies are available at the terminal building.[16]
Bus
Regional bus line R10 provides scheduled connections to Saarbrücken city center including Saarbrücken main station.[16]
Accidents and incidents
- On 30 September 2015, Luxair Flight 9562, operated by
See also
References
- ^ "ADV Monthly Traffic Report 12/2022" (PDF; 919 KB). adv.aero (in German). Arbeitsgemeinschaft Deutscher Verkehrsflughäfen e.V. 2023-02-13. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2023-02-16. Retrieved 2023-02-17.
- ^ "AIP VFR online". dfs.de. DFS Deutsche Flugsicherung GmbH. Archived from the original on 2023-02-26. Retrieved 2023-02-21.
- ^ "Tuifly verlässt Anfang November den Flughafen Zweibrücken" (in German). Airliners. 2014-09-16. Archived from the original on 2014-09-22. Retrieved 2014-09-16.
- ^ "Flughafen Zweibrücken stellt Insolvenzantrag" (in German). Airliners. 2014-07-24. Archived from the original on 2014-07-28. Retrieved 2014-07-24.
- ^ "Einladung an den Counter". Euro Business Communication Verlag GmbH (in German). touristik aktuell. 10 June 2022. pp. Nr. 31-32. Archived from the original on 23 May 2021. Retrieved 15 September 2014.
- ^ "Flughafen Saarbrücken GmbH - NewsDetail de". flughafen-saarbruecken.de. Archived from the original on 2015-02-19.
- ^ "Remote Tower Control now operational at International Airport Saarbrücken in Germany". Remote Tower EU. 5 December 2018. Archived from the original on 2 June 2021. Retrieved 1 June 2021.
- ^ a b DFS Deutsche Flugsicherung, Saarbrücken Airport (17 June 2020). "More than one year of remote control at Saarbrücken". International Airport Review. Archived from the original on 2 June 2021. Retrieved 1 June 2021.
- ^ Frequentis (March 2021). "Germany adopts advanced remote tower technology" (PDF). Archived (PDF) from the original on 2 June 2021. Retrieved 1 June 2021.
- ^ "Flugpan" (in German). Airport Saarbrucken. Archived from the original on 2021-10-01. Retrieved 2021-10-01.
- ^ "CORENDON AIRLINES NW22 SCHEDULED SERVICE ADJUSTMENT – 20OCT22". aeroroutes.com. 20 October 2022. Archived from the original on 20 October 2022. Retrieved 20 October 2022.
- ^ "Freebird will fly from Saarbrücken to Hurghada".
- ^ "SUNEXPRESS NS23 ROUTES ADDITION SUMMARY – 22NOV22". 22 November 2022. Archived from the original on 23 November 2022. Retrieved 23 November 2022.
- ^ "German Airport Statistics (German)" (in German). Archived from the original on 2016-01-24.
- ^ Arbeitsgemeinschaft Deutscher Verkehrsflughäfen (ADV) (2 February 2021). "ADV-Monatsstatistik / ADV Monthly Traffic Report 12/2020" (PDF) (in German). Berlin. p. 12. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2022-06-20. Retrieved 1 June 2021.
- ^ a b "Flughafen Saarbrücken GmbH - By car". flughafen-saarbruecken.de. Archived from the original on 2011-07-08.
- ^ "Luxair-Maschinn brécht Start of a kënnt um Bauch un d'Halen" (in Luxembourgish). RTL Télé Lëtzebuerg. 2015-10-01. Archived from the original on 2015-10-01. Retrieved 30 September 2015.
- ^ "Investigation report of an accident with a Bombardier DHC-8 at Saarbrücken airport". BFU. Archived from the original on 30 June 2021. Retrieved 19 September 2017.
External links
Media related to Saarbrücken Airport at Wikimedia Commons
- Official website
- Current weather for EDDR at NOAA/NWS
- Accident history for SCN at Aviation Safety Network