Cologne Bonn Airport

Continent: Europe Country: Germany

Cologne/Bonn Airport, also called Konrad-Adenauer-Flughafen and Flughafen Köln-Wahn is the sixth largest airport in Germany. In terms of cargo flights it is No. 2.

It is situated in the Wahner Heide nature reserve, 15 km south-east of Cologne and 20 km north-east of Bonn.

Cologne Bonn Airport
Location Cologne, Germany
IATA code CGN
ICAO code EDDK
Airport type Mixed-Use Commerical
Website [www.airport-cgn.de www.airport-cgn.de]
Overview map [maps.google.com/maps?q=cologne+germany&ll=50.874445,7.131157&spn=0.071005,0.165198&t=h&hl=en Google Maps]
Communications
Tower 124.975
Ground 121.725
Clearance
Approach
ATIS 112.150
119.025

History

In 1913 the first plane took off from the Wahner Heide military training area on an artillery reconnaissance flight. In 1939 an airfield was built for the German Luftwaffe. After World War II, British troops took over and expanded the airport. A 1,866m-runway was built in this period. In 1951 the airport was opened for civilian air traffic.

During the 50s and 60s two more runways and a new terminal were constructed. On 1 November 1970 a Boeing 747 took off for New York for the first time.

In 1986 Cologne/Bonn Airport was chosen by United Parcel Service|UPS as the location for their European hub.

In the late 90s the Airport started an expansion program. Several new parking lots and a second terminal were built, and in 2004 a railway station on the new InterCity Express|ICE-high-speed-track Cologne-Frankfurt was opened.

Coinciding with the start of several low-cost airlines in Germany, Cologne/Bonn opened new capacity. This enabled the airport to make competitive offers to the airlines. Consequently, Germanwings and Hapag-Lloyd Express started operations from Cologne/Bonn as their hub in the fall of 2002. They were joined by easyJet in late 2003.

As a result, the number of passengers in 2003 rose by 43% compared to 2002.

The airport is actively searching for airlines willing to establish the first trans-atlantic low-cost flights.

Official Spotting Locations

Observation deck

The airport observation terraces provide visitors with a view of the principal take-off and landing runway, the apron, cargo areas and the military section. The observation platforms are located at Terminal 1 between B and C. The terrace is open daily from 06.30 to 22.00; admission is free. Please note For safety reasons, the visitors terrace is not open in bad weather, thunderstorms or icy conditions.

Pictures

  • Airliners.net sample photo: medium large Air Berlin Airbus A320-214 EC-HZU on final app. 14L
  • Airfleets.net sample photo: large Fly-DBA Boeing 737-3L9 D-AGEJ on taxiway to terminal 2
  • Airfleets.net sample photo: large BH Air - Balkan Holidays Airbus A320-211 LZ-BHC

Other Spotting Locations

Location

Upper Deck of P3 you have a good view of the Terminal 2 apron

Locations to Avoid

Location

Regular Traffic

Airlines

Air Baltic (BT) 735

Air Berlin (AB) 738 320 F100

Air Cairo (MSC) 321

Atlas International (OGE) 320 752

Austrian Airlines (OS) CRJ

B&H Airlines (JA) AT7 320

Bluewings (BWG) 320

British Airways (BA) 734 319 320 752 762

Centralwings (C0) 733

Cimber Air (QI) CRJ

Cirrus Airlines (C9) DHC

Condor (DE) 320 752 753

Continental Airlines (CO) [may 2006] 752

CSA Czech Airlines (OK)

dba (DI) 733 F100

EAE European Air Express (EA)

easyJet (EZY) 733 737 319

Germania Express (ST) F100

germanwings (4U) 319 320

Hapag-Lloyd Express (HLX) F100 735 737

Hemus Air (DU) TU154 BAE146

InterSky (3L)

Iran Air (IR) A300 A310 741 742 747SP

KLM Royal Dutch Airlines (KL) F50

LTU (LT) 320 752

Luftfahrtgesellschaft Walter (HE)

Lufthansa (LH) CRJ 733 735 319 320

MNG Airlines (MNB)

Onur Air (OHY)

Pegasus (PGT)

AS Scandinavian Airlines (SK)

Sky Airlines (SHY)

Sky Europe (NE)

Spanair (JKK)

Sun Express (XQ) 738

Tunis Air (TU)

Turkish Airlines (TK) 734 738 320 321



Fights to:

GERMANY: Berlin-Schoenefeld (SXF) DE, Berlin-Tegel (TXL) DE, Berlin-Tempelhof (THF) DE, Dresden (DRS) DE, Erfurt (ERF) DE, Frankfurt (FRA) DE, Friedrichshafen (FDH) DE, Hamburg (HAM) DE, Leipzig (LEJ) DE,Munich (MUC) DE, Nuernberg (NUE) DE, Rostock-Laage (RLG) DE,Westerland-Sylt (GWT) DE,

EUROPE: Alicante (ALC) ES, Amsterdam (AMS) NL, Ankara (ESB) TR, Antalya (AYT) TR, Arrecife/Lancarote (ACE) ES, Athen (ATH) GR, Banja Luka (BNX) BA, Barcelona (BCN) ES, Bari (BRI) IT, Bilbao (BIO) ES, Birmingham (BHX) GB, Bologna (BlQ) IT, Bratislava (BTS) SK, Budapest (BUD) HU, Cagliari (CAG) IT, Dalaman (DLM) TR, Danzig (GDN) PL, Djerba (DJE) TN, Dublin (DUB) IE, Dubrovnik (DBV) CR, Edinburgh (EDI) GB, Faro (FAO) PT, Fuerteventura (FUE) ES, Funchal/Madeira (FNC) PT, Geneva (GVA) CH, Genova (GOA) IT, Goeteborg (GSE) SE,Helsinki (HEL) FI, Ibiza (IBZ) ES, Istanbul (IST) TR, Istanbul-Sabiha Goekcen (SAW) TR, Izmir (ADB) TR, Jerez de la Frontera (XRY) ES, Cairo (CAI) EG, Kattowice (KTW) PL, Klagenfurt (KLU) AT, Copenhagen (CPH) DK, Krakow (KRK) PL, Las Palmas/Gran Canaria (LPA) ES, Lissabon (LIS) PT, Liverpool (LPL) GB, London-Gatwick (LGW) GB, London-Heathrow (LHR) GB, London-Stansted (STN) GB, Madrid (MAD) ES, Mailand-Malpensa (MXP) IT, Malaga (AGP) ES, Malta (MLA) MT, Manchester (MAN) GB, Marseille (MRS) FR, Moskau-Vnukovo (VKO) RU, Murcia (MJV) ES, Napoli (NAP) IT, Nizza (NCE) FR, Olbia/Sardinia (OLB) IT, Oslo (OSL) NO, Palermo (PMO) IT, Palma de Mallorca (PMI) ES, Paphos (PFD) GR, Paris (CDG) FR, Pisa (PSA) IT, Porto (OPO) PT, Poznan (POZ) PL, Prag (PRG) CZ, Riga (RIX) LV, Rijeka (RJK) HR, Rimini (RMI) IT, Rom-Fiumicino (FCO) IT, Salzburg (SZG) AT, Sarajevo (SJJ) BA, Sevilla (SVQ) ES, Sofia (SOF) BG, Split (SPU) HR, Stockholm (ARN) SE, Teneriffa-South (TFS) ES, Thessaloniki (SKG) GR, Tiflis (TBS) GE, Valencia (VLC) ES, Varna (VAR) BG, Venecia (VCE) IT, Verona (VRO) IT, Viena (VIE) AT, Warshaw (WAW) PL, Zagreb (ZAG) HR, Zuerich (ZRH) CH,

INTERNATIONAL: Agadir (AGA) MA, New York-Newark (EWR) US [may 2006], Hurghada (HRG) EG, Luxor (LXR) EG, Monastir (MIR) TN, Sharm el Sheikh (SSH) EG, Teheran (THR) TR, Tel Aviv (TLV) IL,

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