Munich Airport

Munich Airport

Flughafen München
Summary
Airport typePublic
Owner/OperatorFlughafen München GmbH
ServesMunich Metropolitan Region
Southern Bavaria
And The Austrian States of Salzburg, Tyrol, Upper Austria, and Vorarlberg
LocationErding and Freising, Bavaria, Germany
Opened17 May 1992 (1992-05-17)
Hub for
Operating base for
Elevation AMSL453 m / 1,487 ft
Coordinates48°21′14″N 011°47′10″E / 48.35389°N 11.78611°E / 48.35389; 11.78611
Websitewww.munich-airport.de
Map
MUC/EDDM
location within Bavaria
MUC/EDDM
MUC/EDDM (Germany)
MUC/EDDM
MUC/EDDM (Europe)
Runways
Direction Length Surface
m ft
08R/26L 4,000 13,123 Concrete
08L/26R 4,000 13,123 Concrete
Helipads
Number Length Surface
m ft
H 30 98 Concrete
Statistics (2024)
Passengers41,560,000 +12,2%
Aircraft movements327,200 +8,3%
Cargo (metric tons)311,000 +9,4%
Sources: Statistics at ADV.,
AIP at German air traffic control.

Munich Airport (German: Flughafen München „Franz Josef Strauß“) (IATA: MUC, ICAO: EDDM) is an international airport serving Munich and Upper Bavaria, southern Germany, and western Austria. To the German Aeronautical Information Publication, it is known as Muenchen Airport. It is the second-busiest airport in Germany in terms of passenger traffic after Frankfurt Airport, and the eleventh-busiest airport in Europe, handling 41.6 million passengers in 2024. It was the 39th-busiest airport worldwide in 2024. It serves as hub for Lufthansa including its subsidiaries Lufthansa CityLine, Lufthansa City Airlines, Discover Airlines, Air Dolomiti and Eurowings as well as a base for Condor and TUI fly Deutschland.

The airport is located 28.5 km (17.7 mi) northeast of Munich, near the town of Freising. It is named after former Bavarian minister-president Franz Josef Strauss. It has two passenger terminals with an additional midfield terminal, two runways as well as extensive cargo and maintenance facilities and is fully equipped to handle wide-body aircraft including the Airbus A380.