Innsbruck Airport

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.

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 ft m 08/26 6,562 2,000 Asphalt
Statistics (2021)
Passengers 125,495 Aircraft movements 2,010 Cargo (including road feeder service, metric tons) 0
Statistics^[1]

Facilities

The terminal has no airbridges; mobile stairways or 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 that is planned to be constructed from 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

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

Airlines	Destinations
Aegean Airlines	Seasonal: Athens (begins 22 December 2023)^[9]
Air Dolomiti	Frankfurt^[10]
Air France	Seasonal: Paris–Charles de Gaulle
Austrian Airlines	Vienna Seasonal: Amsterdam (resumes 27 January 2024),^[11] Berlin^[12]
Avanti Air	Seasonal charter: Calvi^[13]
British Airways	Seasonal: London–Gatwick (begins 8 December 2023),^[14] London–Heathrow
easyJet	London–Gatwick Seasonal: Bristol, London–Luton, Manchester
Eurowings	Seasonal: Hamburg, Stockholm–Arlanda^[15] Seasonal charter: Copenhagen,^[16] Heraklion, Kos, Lamezia Terme,^[17] Palma de Mallorca, Rhodes
Icelandair^[18]	Seasonal: Reykjavík–Keflavík (begins 27 January 2024)^[19]
Jet2.com	Birmingham, Manchester Seasonal: Bristol, Edinburgh, London–Stansted
Marathon Airlines	Seasonal charter: Cagliari,^[20] Kalamata,^[20] Kavala,^[20] Kefalonia,^[20] Preveza/Lefkada,^[20] Thessaloniki^[20]
Scandinavian Airlines	Seasonal: Stockholm–Arlanda
Transavia	Amsterdam Seasonal: Brussels, Eindhoven, Rotterdam/The Hague
TUI Airways	Seasonal: Birmingham, Bristol, Dublin,^[21] Edinburgh, London–Gatwick, London–Luton, London–Stansted, Manchester, Newcastle upon Tyne
TUI fly Belgium	Seasonal: Antwerp

Statistics

 

Aerial view of the airport and its surrounding mountains.

 

Apron during the winter season

 

Departure and arrivals hall

 

Gate area

Annual passenger traffic at INN airport. See Wikidata query.

Passenger statistics^{[22][23][24][25]}

Year	Total passengers	% change
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^[26]	2.2

Ground transportation

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.^[27]

See also

• Transport in Austria
• List of airports in Austria

References

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. . Archived from the original on 1 November 2016. Retrieved 23 July 2014.
3. austrianaviation.net - "Innsbruck Airport starts architecture competition" 21 February 2017
4. "Request Rejected". www.austrocontrol.at.
5. "Airport Categorisation". www.airfieldcharts.com.
6. . 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" 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. "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.
12. "Austrian Airlines erweitert Österreich-Anbindung aus Berlin". www.austrianairlines.ag. 30 September 2022.
13. "For Rhomberg Reisen: Avanti Air flies from Graz, Memmingen and Innsbruck to Calvi". 21 December 2022.
14. Airways, British. "BRITISH AIRWAYS ADDS FIVE NEW SHORT-HAUL SERVICES TO ITS LONDON GATWICK NETWORK". mediacentre.britishairways.com.
15. "Eurowings Europe nimmt Stockholm-Innsbruck auf". 27 September 2022.
16. "EUROWINGS SCHEDULES NEW AUSTRIA – DENMARK CHARTERS IN NW22". Aeroroutes. 20 July 2022. Retrieved 20 July 2022.
17. "Flugplanung 2021 und 2022" (PDF). www.innsbruck-airport.com.
18. "Our Flight Schedule 2022 | Icelandair".
19. "Flights to Innsbruck in Austria | Icelandair".
20. "Marathon Airlines assumes Idealtours-charter". aviation.direct (in German). 7 December 2022.
21. "Flight Timetable". TUI Airways. Retrieved 10 July 2021.
22. . Archived from the original on 8 January 2011.
23. (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 13 July 2011.
24. (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 3 June 2016. Retrieved 10 May 2016.
25. (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 17 December 2019. Retrieved 22 August 2017.
26. "1,1 Millionen Passagiere am Flughafen Innsbruck". Austrian Wings. 24 January 2018.
27. "Innsbruck Airport Taxi service". www.holiday-taxi.at. Retrieved 21 January 2016.

External links

  Media related to Innsbruck Airport at Wikimedia Commons

• Official website
• Current weather for LOWI at NOAA/NWS
• Accident history for INN at Aviation Safety Network