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Munich Airport
Munich Airport (Flughafen München „Franz Josef Strauß“) (IATA: MUC, ICAO: EDDM) is an international airport serving Munich and the surrounding region of Upper Bavaria. 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.
The airport is the second-busiest in Germany after Frankfurt Airport and the eleventh-busiest in Europe, handling 41.6 million passengers in 2024. It ranked as the 39th-busiest airport worldwide that year.
Munich Airport is a hub for Lufthansa and also hosts several of its subsidiaries. It has two passenger terminals, a midfield terminal, two runways, and extensive cargo and maintenance facilities capable of handling wide-body aircraft such as the Airbus A380.
Munich's previous airport, Munich-Riem Airport, operated from 1939 to 1992. By the mid-1950s, rising passenger numbers and the airport’s location near residential areas prompted plans for a relocation. On 5 August 1969 the Bavarian government decided to build a new airport on the Erdinger Moos plain northeast of the city. Construction began on 3 November 1980. The village of Franzheim was demolished and about 400 inhabitants resettled. The airport grounds extend across four municipalities: Oberding (site of the terminals) in the district of Erding, and Hallbergmoos, Freising, and Marzling in the district of Freising.
The new airport opened on 17 May 1992, when all flights were transferred overnight from Munich-Riem, which closed the previous evening.
The facility was named after Franz Josef Strauss, Minister-President of Bavaria from 1978 until 1988, who had supported the project and promoted Bavaria as an aviation hub. Strauss, a private pilot, also served as the first chairman of the Airbus supervisory board.
During construction the site was referred to as "Flughafen München II." The airport operator, Flughafen München GmbH, is jointly owned by the State of Bavaria (51%), the Federal Republic of Germany (26%), and the City of Munich (23%).
In 1996 Munich overtook Düsseldorf Airport as Germany’s second-busiest airport. Passenger traffic more than doubled between 1995 and 2006, from under 15 million to over 30 million annually, despite the impact of the September 11 attacks.
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Munich Airport
Munich Airport (Flughafen München „Franz Josef Strauß“) (IATA: MUC, ICAO: EDDM) is an international airport serving Munich and the surrounding region of Upper Bavaria. 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.
The airport is the second-busiest in Germany after Frankfurt Airport and the eleventh-busiest in Europe, handling 41.6 million passengers in 2024. It ranked as the 39th-busiest airport worldwide that year.
Munich Airport is a hub for Lufthansa and also hosts several of its subsidiaries. It has two passenger terminals, a midfield terminal, two runways, and extensive cargo and maintenance facilities capable of handling wide-body aircraft such as the Airbus A380.
Munich's previous airport, Munich-Riem Airport, operated from 1939 to 1992. By the mid-1950s, rising passenger numbers and the airport’s location near residential areas prompted plans for a relocation. On 5 August 1969 the Bavarian government decided to build a new airport on the Erdinger Moos plain northeast of the city. Construction began on 3 November 1980. The village of Franzheim was demolished and about 400 inhabitants resettled. The airport grounds extend across four municipalities: Oberding (site of the terminals) in the district of Erding, and Hallbergmoos, Freising, and Marzling in the district of Freising.
The new airport opened on 17 May 1992, when all flights were transferred overnight from Munich-Riem, which closed the previous evening.
The facility was named after Franz Josef Strauss, Minister-President of Bavaria from 1978 until 1988, who had supported the project and promoted Bavaria as an aviation hub. Strauss, a private pilot, also served as the first chairman of the Airbus supervisory board.
During construction the site was referred to as "Flughafen München II." The airport operator, Flughafen München GmbH, is jointly owned by the State of Bavaria (51%), the Federal Republic of Germany (26%), and the City of Munich (23%).
In 1996 Munich overtook Düsseldorf Airport as Germany’s second-busiest airport. Passenger traffic more than doubled between 1995 and 2006, from under 15 million to over 30 million annually, despite the impact of the September 11 attacks.
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