Key data, traffic statistics
Key data
2850 metres long, 60 metres wide: the runway at Dresden International Airport
Airport codes
- DRS (IATA code), EDDC (ICAO code)
Operating hours (since 26 October 2008)
- 05:00 to 23:30 for scheduled and charter flights
- The airport can be used at all times. Snow clearing and de-icing equipment is available.
Airport Reference Point (ARP)
- Latitude: 51° 08' 03.64″ north
- Longitude: 13° 46' 04.80″ east
- Position: at the centre of runway 04/22 (41°/221°)
Distance and direction from the city, altitude
- The airport is 9 kilometres north of Dresden city centre.
- Altitude: 754 ft (approx. 230 metres) above sea level
Technical data
- Length and width of the runway: 2850 x 60 metres (concrete)
- Taxiways: 6 (between 20 and 30 metres wide)
- Aircraft parking positions: 26
- Boarding bridges: 6
- All-weather operation licences: CAT I, CAT II, CAT IIIb
- Handling capacity per year: 3.5 million passengers, 10,000 tonnes air cargo
- Firefighting vehicles and rescue equipment for technical assistance are available in the appropriate numbers for the size of the operation and in accordance with the requirements for an ICAO Class 8 facility.
Meteorological data
- Average maximum daytime temperature in the warmest month, July: 23.6°C (reference temperature)
- Average minimum daytime temperature in the coldest month, January: -2.2°C
- Prevailing wind direction: west-southwest
Fuelling systems
- All necessary carburettor and turbine fuels and oils are available.
- Refuelling takes place during airport operating hours.
Fuelling an aircraft on the apron
Traffic statistics
Passenger numbers at Dresden International Airport have increased roughly ninefold since German reunification in 1990. There was a drop in passenger numbers in 2001/2002 after the events of 9/11. Numbers were up in 2007 despite the work on the renovation and extension of the runway, which involved closing the airport completely on four weekends. New rules for night flights came into effect at the end of 2008 (see above). 2009 was marked by the global economic crisis. In 2011 we achieved a new record of 1.92 million passengers.
|
Year |
Passengers |
Aircraft movements |
Aircraft movements |
Air cargo |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
2011 |
1,921,633 |
35,087 |
1766 |
394 |
|
2010 |
1,847,166 |
35,234 |
1838 |
379 |
|
2009 |
1,722,926 |
34,798 |
1809 |
505 |
|
2008 |
1,860,364 |
36,968 |
2329 |
343 |
|
2007 |
1,854,378 |
36,151 |
1419 |
427 |
|
2006 |
1,842,311 |
37,343 |
1916 |
574 |
|
2005 |
1,788,797 |
36,301 |
1764 |
441 |
|
2004 |
1,626,248 |
34,863 |
1902 |
425 |
|
2003 |
1,559,400 |
33,024 |
1894 |
649 |
|
2002 |
1,524.886 |
35,379 |
1968 |
796 |
|
2001 |
1,649.084 |
34,668 |
2784 |
877 |
|
2000 |
1,766,868 |
38,019 |
2857 |
1455 |
|
1999 |
1,755,804 |
42,200 |
2855 |
1220 |
|
1998 |
1,696,518 |
42,117 |
2704 |
1232 |
|
1997 |
1,676,221 |
43,271 |
2769 |
1367 |
|
1996 |
1,682,032 |
46,514 |
2611 |
1476 |
|
1995 |
1,701,342 |
49,581 |
2151 |
1300 |
|
1994 |
1,512,036 |
47,363 |
1761 |
1135 |
|
1993 |
1,323,504 |
45,156 |
|
912 |
|
1992 |
1,018,501 |
37,430 |
|
718 |
|
1991 |
608,746 |
25,330 |
|
300 |
|
1990 |
203,541 |
9015 |
|
209 |