Innsbruck Airport

Airport in Innsbruck, Austria

Innsbruck Airport

Flughafen Innsbruck

* IATA: INN
* ICAO: LOWI

Summary
Owner| Tiroler Flughafenbetriebs GmbH
Serves| Innsbruck, Austria
Elevation AMSL| 1,906 ft / 581 m
Coordinates| 47°15′37″N 011°20′38″E﻿ / ﻿47.26028°N 11.34389°E﻿ / 47.26028; 11.34389
Website| innsbruck-airport.com
Map

INN

Location within Austria

Runways
| Direction | Length  | Surface

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|

ft  | m
08/26  | 6,562  | 2,000  | Asphalt
Statistics (2021)
| Passengers| 125,495

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Aircraft movements| 2,010
Cargo (including
road feeder service,
metric tons)| 0

Statistics[1]

Innsbruck Airport (IATA: INN, ICAO: LOWI), also known locally as Kranebitten Airport, is the largest international airport in Tyrol in western Austria. It is located approximately 4 kilometres (2+1⁄2 mi) from the centre of Innsbruck. The airport, which was opened in 1925,[2] handles regional flights around the Alps, as well as seasonal international traffic to further European destinations. During the winter, activity increases significantly, due to the high number of skiers travelling to the region.

## Facilities

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The terminal has no airbridges; mobile stairways or jetway/loading bridges. The aircraft's own airstairs are used for boarding. The airport can handle aircraft up to the size of a Boeing 767. In February 2017, it was announced that the current passenger terminal, which was inaugurated for the 1964 Winter Olympics will be replaced with a new, larger facility which started construction in 2019.[3]

Innsbruck Airport is well known for having a difficult approach due to surrounding terrain, prohibiting certain aircraft types from operating at the airport.[4] The approach and descent is a very complicated process—the Alps create vicious winds and currents, which pilots have to deal with throughout the process. It is a Category C airport, an airport with special difficulties requiring pilots to have special training before using it.[5] Approach or ascent over the eastern end of the runway goes over the inner city at fairly low altitude.

Innsbruck Airport served as the base of Tyrolean Airways and Welcome Air until their demise, although the newly established independent technical division Tyrolean Airways Luftfahrzeuge Technik GmbH remains here.[6] Innsbruck also used to accommodate the head offices of Air Alps.[7]

## Airlines and destinations

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The following airlines offer regular scheduled and charter flights at Innsbruck Airport:[8]

Airlines| Destinations

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Aegean Airlines |  Seasonal: Athens[9]
Air Dolomiti |  Frankfurt[10]
Air France |  Seasonal: Paris–Charles de Gaulle
airBaltic |  Seasonal: Riga (begins 22 December 2024)[11]
Austrian Airlines |  Vienna
Seasonal: Amsterdam,[12] Berlin,[13] Brussels (begins 21 December 2024),[14] Copenhagen (resumes 21 December 2024),[15] Warsaw–Chopin (begins 7 December 2024)[16]
Avanti Air |  Seasonal charter: Calvi[17]
British Airways |  Seasonal: London–Gatwick,[18][19] London–Heathrow
easyJet |  London–Gatwick
Seasonal: Birmingham (begins 15 December 2024),[20] Bristol, London–Luton, Manchester
Eurowings |  Seasonal: Hamburg, Karpathos,[21] Stockholm–Arlanda[22]
Seasonal charter: Copenhagen,[23] Heraklion, Kos, Lamezia Terme,[24] Palma de Mallorca, Rhodes
Icelandair[25] | Seasonal: Reykjavík–Keflavík[26]
Jet2.com |  Seasonal: Birmingham, Bristol, Edinburgh, Manchester
LOT Polish Airlines[27] |  Seasonal: Warsaw–Chopin (begins 29 November 2024)[28][29]
Marathon Airlines |  Seasonal charter: Cagliari,[30] Kalamata,[30] Kavala,[30] Kefalonia,[30] Preveza/Lefkada,[30] Thessaloniki[30]
Scandinavian Airlines |  Seasonal: Stockholm–Arlanda
Smartwings |  Seasonal: Split[31]
Transavia |  Amsterdam
Seasonal: Brussels, Eindhoven, Rotterdam/The Hague
TUI Airways |  Seasonal: Birmingham, Bristol, Dublin,[32] Edinburgh, London–Gatwick, London–Luton, London–Stansted, Manchester, Newcastle upon Tyne
TUI fly Belgium |  Seasonal: Antwerp

## Statistics

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Aerial view of the airport and its surrounding mountains. Apron during the winter season Departure and arrivals hall Gate area

Graphs are unavailable due to technical issues. There is more info on Phabricator and on MediaWiki.org.

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Passenger statistics[33][34][35] [36] Year | Total passengers | % change

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2007 | 859,832 |
2008 | 969,474 |  12.8
2009 | 956,972 |  1.3
2010 | 1,033,512 |  8.0
2011 | 997,020 |  3.5
2012 | 930,850 |  6.6
2013 | 981,118 |  5.4
2014 | 991,356 |  1.0
2015 | 1,001,255 |  1.0
2016 | 1,006,738 |  0.6
2017 | 1,092,547 |  8.5
2018 | 1,119,347 |  2.4
2019 | 1,144,471[37] |  2.2

## Ground transportation

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The airport is connected to the city and to Innsbruck Hauptbahnhof by city bus F. The bus runs every 15 minutes and takes 18 minutes to reach the city.[38]

## See also

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* Transport in Austria
* List of airports in Austria

## References

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1. ^ "Kommerzielle Zivilluftfahrt 2021: Passagieraufkommen um 20,3% gestiegen, aber noch immer deutlich unter Vorkrisenniveau" [Commercial civil aviation 2021: Passenger traffic up 20.3%, but still well below pre-crisis levels.] (PDF; 66 KB). statistik.at (in German). Bundesanstalt Statistik Österreich. 24 February 2022. Retrieved 1 February 2023.
2. ^ "airport history". Archived from the original on 1 November 2016. Retrieved 23 July 2014.
3. ^ austrianaviation.net - "Innsbruck Airport starts architecture competition" 21 February 2017
4. ^ www.austrocontrol.at https://www.austrocontrol.at/content/lfa/Flugbewilligungen/Special_Performance_Procedures/LOWI/LOWI.shtml. `{{cite web}}`: Missing or empty `|title=` (help)
5. ^ "Airport Categorisation". www.airfieldcharts.com.
6. ^ "starallianceemployees.com". Archived from the original on 6 February 2015. Retrieved 10 September 2015.
7. ^ "just get in contact with us!." Air Alps. Retrieved on 21 October 2012. "Füstenweg 180 A-6026 Innsbruck-Airport" Archived 24 May 2012 at the Wayback Machine
8. ^ "Scheduled and charter flights". Tiroler Flughafenbetriebsgesellschaft m.b.H. Retrieved 14 November 2021.
9. ^ "Flight Schedules | Timetable | AEGEAN". en.aeganair.com.
10. ^ Gruber, Jan (17 December 2021). "Ab Mai 2022: Air Dolomiti übernimmt Innsbruck-Frankfurt". Aviation Direct. Retrieved 17 December 2021.
11. ^ "AirBaltic NW24 Network Addition Update – 14AUG24".
12. ^ "Austrian Airlines start lijndienst tussen Schiphol en Innsbruck" [Austrian Airlines starts service between Schiphol and Innsbruck]. Luchtvaartnieuws (in Dutch). 25 August 2023. Retrieved 25 August 2023.
13. ^ "Austrian Airlines erweitert Österreich-Anbindung aus Berlin". www.austrianairlines.ag. 30 September 2022.
14. ^ "Austrian Expands Innsbruck Network in NW24". AeroRoutes. 3 July 2024. Retrieved 3 July 2024.
15. ^ "Austrian Expands Innsbruck Network in NW24". AeroRoutes. 3 July 2024. Retrieved 3 July 2024.
16. ^ "Austrian Expands Innsbruck Network in NW24". AeroRoutes. 3 July 2024. Retrieved 3 July 2024.
17. ^ "For Rhomberg Reisen: Avanti Air flies from Graz, Memmingen and Innsbruck to Calvi". 21 December 2022.
18. ^ Airways, British. "BRITISH AIRWAYS ADDS FIVE NEW SHORT-HAUL SERVICES TO ITS LONDON GATWICK NETWORK". mediacentre.britishairways.com.
19. ^ https://www.aeroroutes.com/eng/231030-uknw23
20. ^ "EasyJet adds 33 routes from UK to winter 2024-25 schedule".
21. ^ "Eurowings NS24 Network Additions – 30NOV23".
22. ^ "Eurowings Europe nimmt Stockholm-Innsbruck auf". 27 September 2022.
23. ^ "EUROWINGS SCHEDULES NEW AUSTRIA – DENMARK CHARTERS IN NW22". Aeroroutes. 20 July 2022. Retrieved 20 July 2022.
24. ^ "Flugplanung 2021 und 2022" (PDF). www.innsbruck-airport.com.
25. ^ "Our Flight Schedule 2022 | Icelandair".
26. ^ "Flights to Innsbruck in Austria | Icelandair".
27. ^ lot.com - Flight schedule retrieved 26 October 2020
28. ^ Liu, Jim (20 June 2024). "LOT POLISH AIRLINES ADDS SEASONAL INNSBRUCK SERVICE IN NW24". Aeroroutes. Retrieved 20 June 2024.
29. ^ "LOT poleci z Warszawy do Innsbrucku".
30. ^ a b c d e f "Marathon Airlines assumes Idealtours-charter". aviation.direct (in German). 7 December 2022.
31. ^ "SMARTWINGS NS24 NETWORK ADDITIONS – 07JAN24".
32. ^ "Flight Timetable". TUI Airways. Retrieved 10 July 2021.
33. ^ "Innsbruck Airport Statistics 2008 – German language only". Archived from the original on 8 January 2011.
34. ^ "Innsbruck Airport Statistics 2009–2010" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 13 July 2011.
35. ^ "Innsbruck Airport Statistics 2014–2015" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 3 June 2016. Retrieved 10 May 2016.
36. ^ "Innsbruck Airport Statistics 2016 - German language only" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 17 December 2019. Retrieved 22 August 2017.
37. ^ "1,1 Millionen Passagiere am Flughafen Innsbruck". Austrian Wings. 24 January 2018.
38. ^ "Innsbruck Airport Taxi service". www.holiday-taxi.at. Retrieved 21 January 2016.

## External links

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Media related to Innsbruck Airport at Wikimedia Commons

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