Karlsruhe/Baden-Baden Airport
Karlsruhe/Baden-Baden Airport Flughafen Karlsruhe/Baden-Baden | |||||||||||
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| Airport type | Public | ||||||||||
| Operator | Baden-Airpark GmbH | ||||||||||
| Serves | Karlsruhe and Baden-Baden | ||||||||||
| Location | Rheinmünster, Baden-Württemberg, Germany | ||||||||||
| Focus city for | Ryanair | ||||||||||
| Elevation AMSL | 408 ft / 124 m | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 48°46′46″N 008°04′50″E / 48.77944°N 8.08056°E | ||||||||||
| Website | Official website | ||||||||||
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Karlsruhe/Baden-Baden Airport (IATA: FKB, ICAO: EDSB) (German: Flughafen Karlsruhe/Baden-Baden)[3] is the international airport of Karlsruhe, the third-largest city in the German state of Baden-Württemberg, and also serves the spa town of Baden-Baden. It is the state's second-largest airport after Stuttgart Airport, and the 13th-largest in Germany with 1,731,055 passengers as of 2023[4] and mostly serves low-cost and leisure flights.
The airport itself is part of Baden Airpark, a business park with numerous other tenants.[5] It is located in Rheinmünster, 40 km (25 mi) south of Karlsruhe, 12 km (7.5 mi) west[2] of Baden-Baden, 25 km (16 mi) east of Haguenau and 25 km (16 mi) north of Strasbourg, France.
History
[edit]Early years as a military airport
[edit]The construction of a military airfield began in December 1951 in the Upper Rhine Plain between the Black Forest and the Rhine River under the supervision of the French Air Force. The runway and associated facilities were completed by June 1952. The airfield was granted to Canadian forces and became a military base, RCAF Station Baden–Soellingen, later renamed CFB Baden–Soellingen, from 1953 until 1994.[6]
The newly founded Baden Airpark GmbH took over the former military airfield to develop it into a regional airport and business park.[6] Technically, the airport itself today is part of the Baden Airpark, which also includes business facilities.[5]
Public operations
[edit]The first commercial flight from Hapag-Lloyd Flug (now TUI fly Deutschland) took place in April 2001 with service to Palma de Mallorca and Ibiza. In 2008 the airport counted over one million passengers within a year for the first time.[6]
On 25 October 2011, Ryanair announced it would open its 47th base at Karlsruhe/Baden-Baden in March 2012 with two based aircraft and 20 routes. In addition to Ryanair's then existing 12 routes Ryanair opened seven additional routes to Faro, Málaga, Palma, Riga, Thessaloniki, Vilnius and Zadar.[7] In July 2018, TUI fly Deutschland announced that it would terminate its operations at the airport, cancelling seven year-round and seasonal leisure routes to the Canaries and the Mediterranean.[8]
Facilities
[edit]Karlsruhe/Baden-Baden Airport consists of one passenger terminal building equipped with 20 check-in counters and eight departure gates as well as some shops and restaurants.[9] The apron features eight aircraft stands of which most can be used by mid-sized aircraft such as the Boeing 737. Due to the location of the terminal building walk stands and buses are used for boarding.
Due to its extensive runway and facilities, Karlsruhe/Baden-Baden Airport is frequently used by major airlines for training flights.[10]
Airlines and destinations
[edit]The following airlines operate regular scheduled and charter flights at Karlsruhe/Baden-Baden Airport:[11]
| Airlines | Destinations |
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| Bees Airlines | Suceava[12] |
| Condor | Seasonal: Palma de Mallorca[13] |
| Corendon Airlines[14] | Seasonal: Antalya |
| Enter Air | Seasonal charter: Fuerteventura, Gran Canaria, Heraklion, Kos, Palma de Mallorca,[15] Rhodos[15] |
| Eurowings | Seasonal: Palma de Mallorca |
| Freebird Airlines | Seasonal: Antalya[16] |
| Mavi Gök Airlines | Seasonal charter: Antalya[16] |
| Ryanair[17] | Agadir, Alicante, Banja Luka,[18] Bari, Faro, Fès, Girona, London–Stansted, Málaga, Palma de Mallorca, Porto,[19] Sofia, Stockholm–Arlanda, Tangier,[20] Tel Aviv,[21] Valencia, Zagreb[22] Seasonal: Bergamo,[23][24] Cagliari, Corfu, Dubrovnik,[25] Gran Canaria,[26] Lamezia Terme, Palermo, Seville, Tenerife–South, Thessaloniki,[27] Trapani, Zadar[28] |
| Wizz Air | Belgrade, Sibiu, Skopje, Timișoara, Tirana |
The closest other international airport is Strasbourg Airport in France, located approximately 40 km (25 mi) to the southwest.
Statistics
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| 2008 | 1,141,070 | |||
| 2009 |  1,087,909
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| 2010 |  1,177,201
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| 2011 | 1,114,535
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| 2012 | 1,287,382
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| 2013 | 1,059,227
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| 2014 | 983,451
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| 2015 | 1,051,435
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| 2016 | 1,105,103
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| 2017 | 1,240,551
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| 2018 | 1,246,969
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| 2019 | 1,335,957
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| 2020 | 401,000[29]
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| 2021 | 609,459
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| 2022 | 1,301,002
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| 2023 | 1,731,055
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Ground transportation
[edit]The airport can be reached via motorway A5 which leads from Hesse to Basel (Exit Baden-Baden). There are local bus connections to Baden-Baden and Rastatt as well as their respective train stations.[30]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "ADV Monthly Traffic Report 12/2022" (PDF; 919 KB). adv.aero (in German). Arbeitsgemeinschaft Deutscher Verkehrsflughäfen e.V. 13 February 2023. Retrieved 17 February 2023.
- ^ a b "AIP VFR online". dfs.de. DFS Deutsche Flugsicherung GmbH. Retrieved 21 February 2023.
- ^ "badenairpark.de: Impressum". baden-airpark.de. 26 April 2017.
- ^ a b Flughafenverband ADV. "Flughafenverband ADV – Unsere Flughäfen: Regionale Stärke, Globaler Anschluss". adv.aero.
- ^ a b "Business und Gewerbepark". badenairpark.de. 26 April 2017.
- ^ a b c "Unternehmen (in German)". baden-airpark.de. Archived from the original on 24 December 2013.
- ^ "(in German)". airliners.de.
- ^ "TUI fly to terminate Karlsruhe presence in mid-4Q18". Ch-Aviation. ch-aviation.com.
- ^ "Service am FKB". badenairpark.de. Archived from the original on 25 September 2013.
- ^ Trainingsfluege baden-airpark.de (in German)
- ^ baden-airpark.de - Flugplan (German) retrieved 20 March 2022
- ^ "Bees Airlines Romania Outlines Scheduled Network from August 2024".
- ^ "Condor weitet Flugangebot nach Mallorca im Sommer 2024 deutlich aus". 14 December 2023.
- ^ Airlines, Corendon. "Corendon Airlines – Bilige Flüge – Your Holiday Airline". Corendon Airlines. Retrieved 11 May 2023.
- ^ a b "Operating for TUI: Enter Air will be basing a B737-800 in Karlsruhe". aviation.direct (in German). 18 November 2022.
- ^ a b "Summer timetable 2024" (PDF). 16 February 2024.
- ^ ryanair.com retrieved 1 November 2021
- ^ "Ryanair: Baden Baden - Banja Luka".
- ^ "Ryanair NS23 Porto Frequency Variations – 19FEB23". Aeroroutes.
- ^ "Ryanair Morocco NS24 Network Expansion". Aeroroutes. Retrieved 18 December 2023.
- ^ "Ryanair announces resumption of flights to Tel Aviv from February 1". www.i24news.tv. i24news. 18 January 2024. Retrieved 19 January 2024.
- ^ "Ryanair adds over 100.000 seats on Zagreb flights this winter". ExYUAviation.
- ^ "Ryanair annuncia le nuove rotte per la stagione invernale 2022/23". 7 June 2022.
- ^ "Ryanair NW23 Network Changes – 17SEP23".
- ^ "EKSKLUZIVNO! Ryanair će Dubrovnik povezati sa 17 odredišta, prema Dublinu, Beču i Londonu će letjeti i zimi". 28 November 2023.
- ^ "Ryanair NW22 Network Additions Summary – 09DEC22". Aeroroutes.
- ^ "Ryanair NW23 Network Changes – 17SEP23". Aeroroutes.
- ^ "Ryanair NS23 A320 Network Additions – 05FEB23". Aeroroutes.
- ^ aerotelegraph.com (German) 12 January 2021
- ^ "Anreise und Parken". badenairpark.de. 26 April 2017.
External links
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