Friedrichshafen Airport

{{Infobox airport

| name = Friedrichshafen Airport

| nativename = Flughafen Friedrichshafen

| image = Flughafen_Friedrichshafen_logo.svg

| image-width = 250

| image2 = 19.10.2020_Flug_mit_dem_Zeppelin_über_den_Flughafen_Friedrichshafen._05.jpg

| image2-width = 250

| IATA = FDH

| ICAO = EDNY

| type = Public

| owner =

| operator = Flughafen Friedrichshafen GmbH

| city-served = Friedrichshafen, Germany
Lake Constance
Liechtenstein

| location =

| hub =

| elevation-f = 1,358

| elevation-m = 414

| website = [http://www.bodensee-airport.eu/en/ bodensee-airport.eu]

| coordinates = {{coord|47|40|17|N|009|30|41|E|region:DE|display=inline,title}}

| pushpin_map = Germany Baden-Württemberg

| pushpin_map_caption = Location of airport in Baden-Württemberg

| pushpin_label = FDH

| pushpin_label_position = right

| metric-rwy = y

| r1-number = 06/24

| r1-length-m = 2,356

| r1-length-f = 7,729

| r1-surface = Asphalt

| stat-year = 2022

| stat1-header = Passengers

| stat1-data = 339,556 {{increase}}+169,8%

| stat2-header = Aircraft movements

| stat2-data = {{0|0}}29,105 {{increase}}{{0|0}}+32,3%

| stat3-header = Cargo (metric tons)

| stat3-data = {{0|000.00}}0 {{steady}}{{0|000}}+/-0%

| footnotes = Sources: Statistics at ADV.,{{cite web |url=https://www.adv.aero/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/12.2022-ADV-Monatsstatistik.pdf |title=ADV Monthly Traffic Report |website=adv.aero |publisher=Arbeitsgemeinschaft Deutscher Verkehrsflughäfen e.V. |date=2023-02-13 |accessdate=2023-02-17 |language=de |format=PDF; 919 KB}}
AIP at German air traffic control.{{cite web|url=https://aip.dfs.de/BasicIFR/pages/C002D4.html|title=AIP VFR online|website=dfs.de|access-date=2023-02-21|publisher=DFS Deutsche Flugsicherung GmbH|language=en}}{{GCM|FDH|source=DAFIF}}

}}

Friedrichshafen Airport ({{langx|de|link=no|Flughafen Friedrichshafen}}, {{airport codes|FDH|EDNY|p=n}}; also known as Bodensee Airport Friedrichshafen) is a minor international airport 1.9 miles (3 km) north of Friedrichshafen, Germany, on the banks of Lake Constance (German: Bodensee). It is the third biggest airport in the German state of Baden-Württemberg after Stuttgart and Karlsruhe/Baden-Baden and served 559,985 passengers in 2015. Friedrichshafen features flights to European metropolitan and leisure destinations. Due to its proximity to the Austrian Alps it is also heavily used during the winter by skiing tourists.

The Messe Friedrichshafen convention center is just north of the airport's runway. The center hosts an annual European general aviation conference AERO Friedrichshafen and other conferences.Sport Aviation, issue June 2012, page 14

History

=Early years=

This airport was established at {{ill|Löwental|de}}, north-east of Friedrichshafen in 1915 when the first hangars were constructed.{{cite web|url=http://www.fly-away.de/uploads/media/Sommerflugplan_2015.pdf|title=Bodensee-Airport Friedrichshafen (FDH-Airport)|first=Flughafen Friedrichshafen|last=GmbH|website=www.Fly-Away.de|access-date=5 January 2018|archive-date=2 April 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150402182317/http://www.fly-away.de/uploads/media/Sommerflugplan_2015.pdf|url-status=dead}} The first scheduled passenger flights with Zeppelin airships started from here, long before they were relocated to Frankfurt/Zeppelinheim.

Friedrichshafen saw its first scheduled passenger flights in 1929 with Deutsche Luft Hansa services to Stuttgart-Böblingen Airport. By 1935 the flights were being made in Junkers Ju 52 passenger aircraft.{{cite web |title=Friedrichshafen: Löwental Airfield |url=https://www.mil-airfields.de/germany/friedrichshafen-loewental-airfield.html |website=Military Airfield Directory |access-date=8 December 2021}} Important engineering firms such as Maybach and Zahnradfabrik Friedrichshafen (ZF), subsidiaries of Luftschiffbau Zeppelin, were also founded in Friedrichshafen. During World War 2, their engines and gearboxes for tanks were flown directly from the airport to e.g. Kharkov, to replenish much-needed supplies during the Battle of Kursk.{{cite book

|last=Friedl

|first=Lukas

|title=Repairing the Panzers, Volume 1

|date=31 August 2010

|isbn= 9780955594083

|pages=158–9|publisher=Panzerwrecks

}}

Delta Air established the first successful post-war regional flights in 1978, flying to Stuttgart and Zürich. A new terminal building and runway were built between 1988 and 1994. Another new terminal was opened in 2010.

=Development since the 2000s=

InterSky, based at the airport, shut down its key route to Cologne Bonn Airport, which it had operated for seven years, in October 2010 due to tough competition from Germanwings which started flying the same route in spring 2010.{{cite web|url=http://www.aero.de/news-20591/Intersky-Kuenftig-Duesseldorf-statt-Koeln.html|title=Intersky: Düsseldorf statt Köln|date=7 October 2010|website=Aero.de|access-date=5 January 2018}} Germanwings closed the route on 14 June 2015.{{cite web|url=http://www.suedkurier.de/region/bodenseekreis-oberschwaben/friedrichshafen/Germanwings-streicht-Fluege-nach-Koeln-Bonn-schon-ab-Juni-Intersky-macht-Ersatz-Angebot;art372474,7901258|title=Friedrichshafen: Germanwings streicht Flüge nach Köln-Bonn schon ab Juni - Intersky macht Ersatz-Angebot - SÜDKURIER Online|work=Südkurier|date=3 June 2015|access-date=5 January 2018}}

On 5 November 2015, InterSky ceased all operations due to financial difficulties, leading to the termination of domestic connections to Berlin, Hamburg, Cologne and Düsseldorf.[http://www.austrianaviation.net/news-regional/news-detail/datum/2015/11/05/gorunding-intersky-ist-am-boden.html austrianaviation.net - "InterSky is grounded"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151108215301/http://www.austrianaviation.net/news-regional/news-detail/datum/2015/11/05/gorunding-intersky-ist-am-boden.html |date=8 November 2015 }} (German) 6 November 2015 In December 2015, it was announced that the airport might need financial support from its majority owners—the city of Friedrichshafen and the surrounding county—as the shutdown of InterSky—one of the airport's largest customers—led to financial difficulties.[http://www.airliners.de/gesellschafter-finanzspritze-flughafen-friedrichshafen-intersky-insolvenz/37376 airliners.de - Gesellschafter planen Finanzspritze für Flughafen Friedrichshafen] (German) 8 December 2015 Also in December 2015, VLM Airlines announced it would base three aircraft in Friedrichshafen to take over the domestic routes to Berlin, Düsseldorf and Hamburg previously provided by InterSky.[http://www.austrianaviation.net/news-regional/news-detail/datum/2015/12/18/fdh-vlm-tritt-intersky-erbe-an.html austrianaviation.net - FDH: VLM tritt InterSky-Erbe an] 18 December 2015 However, VLM went bankrupt in June 2016, leaving these routes abandoned again.[https://www.flightglobal.com/news/articles/vlm-files-for-bankruptcy-426588/ flightglobal.com - VLM files for bankruptcy] 22 June 2016

In 2019, Sun-Air of Scandinavia, a franchisee of British Airways announced routes from Friedrichshafen to Düsseldorf, Hamburg and Toulouse with only the Düsseldorf service remaining in 2021, partly due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[https://www.aerotelegraph.com/sun-air-fliegt-erst-im-august-2021-wieder aerotelegraph.com] (German) 11 November 2020 In March 2024, Lufthansa terminated its flights to Frankfurt, leaving Friedrichshafen without domestic connections.[https://www.tagesschau.de/inland/regional/badenwuerttemberg/swr-lufthansa-streicht-fluege-zwischen-friedrichshafen-und-frankfurt-100.html tagesschau.de - "Lufthansa cancels flights between Friedrichshafen and Frankfurt"] 17 January 2024

Facilities

The airport consists of one passenger terminal building with seven departure gates (A-G) as well as some shops and restaurants. The apron consists of seven aircraft stands; there are no jet bridges. The terminal building also features office space and an observation deck called the ON TOP terrace. The airport also features an airship hangar as well as general aviation facilities.

The airport was previously the base of InterSky, an Austrian regional airline which is now defunct. A museum dedicated to Dornier Flugzeugwerke, a German aircraft manufacturer, is located next to the terminal.

Airlines and destinations

The following airlines operate regular scheduled and charter flights at Friedrichshafen Airport:[https://www.bodensee-airport.eu/passagiere-besucher/rund-ums-fliegen/flugplan/ bodensee-airport.eu - Schedules] (German) retrieved 11 January 2025

{{Airport destination list

| Air Seven | Seasonal charter: Copenhagen{{cite web | url=https://www.bodensee-airport.eu/content/uploads/2025/01/250108CRMWinter202425Stand080125.pdf | title=Flugplan Winter 2025 | date=24 January 2025 }}

| AlbaStar | Seasonal charter: Palma de Mallorca{{cite web | url=https://www.bodensee-airport.eu/content/uploads/2025/01/250115CRMSNSommerflugplan2025.pdf | title=Flugplan Vorschau Sommer 2025 | date=24 January 2025 }}

| Avanti Air | Seasonal charter: Calvi,{{cite web | url=https://www.bodensee-airport.eu/content/uploads/2025/01/250115CRMSNSommerflugplan2025.pdf | title=Flugplan Vorschau Sommer 2025 | date=24 January 2025 }} Preveza/Lefkada{{cite web | url=https://www.bodensee-airport.eu/content/uploads/2025/01/250115CRMSNSommerflugplan2025.pdf | title=Flugplan Vorschau Sommer 2025 | date=24 January 2025 }}

| Aegean Airlines | Seasonal charter: Heraklion,{{cite web | url=https://www.bodensee-airport.eu/content/uploads/2025/01/250115CRMSNSommerflugplan2025.pdf | title=Flugplan Vorschau Sommer 2025 | date=24 January 2025 }} Rhodes{{cite web | url=https://www.bodensee-airport.eu/content/uploads/2025/01/250115CRMSNSommerflugplan2025.pdf | title=Flugplan Vorschau Sommer 2025 | date=24 January 2025 }}

| Condor | Seasonal: Heraklion,{{cite web | url=https://www.bodensee-airport.eu/content/uploads/2025/01/250115CRMSNSommerflugplan2025.pdf | title=Flugplan Vorschau Sommer 2025 | date=24 January 2025 }} Palma de Mallorca{{cite web | url=https://www.bodensee-airport.eu/content/uploads/2025/01/250115CRMSNSommerflugplan2025.pdf | title=Flugplan Vorschau Sommer 2025 | date=24 January 2025 }}

| Corendon Airlines | Seasonal: Antalya,{{cite web | url=https://www.bodensee-airport.eu/content/uploads/2025/01/250115CRMSNSommerflugplan2025.pdf | title=Flugplan Vorschau Sommer 2025 | date=24 January 2025 }} Hurghada{{cite web | url=https://www.bodensee-airport.eu/content/uploads/2025/01/250115CRMSNSommerflugplan2025.pdf | title=Flugplan Vorschau Sommer 2025 | date=24 January 2025 }}

| easyJet | Seasonal: London-Gatwick{{cite web | url=https://www.bodensee-airport.eu/content/uploads/2025/01/250108CRMWinter202425Stand080125.pdf | title=Flugplan Winter 2025 | date=24 January 2025 }}
Seasonal charter: Belfast-International{{cite web | url=https://www.bodensee-airport.eu/content/uploads/2025/01/250108CRMWinter202425Stand080125.pdf | title=Flugplan Winter 2025 | date=24 January 2025 }}

| Freebird Airlines | Seasonal: Antalya{{cite web | url=https://www.bodensee-airport.eu/content/uploads/2025/01/250115CRMSNSommerflugplan2025.pdf | title=Flugplan Vorschau Sommer 2025 | date=24 January 2025 }}

| MHS Aviation | Seasonal: Elba (begins 2 May 2025),{{cite web | url=https://www.bodensee-airport.eu/content/uploads/2025/01/250115CRMSNSommerflugplan2025.pdf | title=Flugplan Vorschau Sommer 2025 | date=24 January 2025 }} Heringsdorf (begins 3 May 2025){{cite web | url=https://www.bodensee-airport.eu/content/uploads/2025/01/250115CRMSNSommerflugplan2025.pdf | title=Flugplan Vorschau Sommer 2025 | date=24 January 2025 }}

| Norwegian Air Shuttle | Seasonal charter: Copenhagen{{cite web | url=https://www.bodensee-airport.eu/content/uploads/2025/01/250108CRMWinter202425Stand080125.pdf | title=Flugplan Winter 2025 | date=24 January 2025 }}

| Wizz Air | Belgrade (begins 2 June 2025), {{cite web|url=https://www.exyuaviation.com/2025/02/wizz-air-to-station-fourth-belgrade-jet.html|title=Wizz Air to station fourth jet in Belgrade, launch two new routes}} Bucharest–Otopeni (begins 2 August 2025),https://boardingpass.ro/wizz-air-rute-noi-de-la-otopeni-si-baneasa-si-baza-operationala-la-baneasa Skopje[https://www.aerotelegraph.com/wizz-air-baut-basis-tirana-aus-neu-nach-friedrichshafen aerotelegraph.com - "Wizz Air expands Tirana base - new to Friedrichshafen"] (German) 4 February 2022

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Statistics

File:Friedrichshafen_Airport.jpg in the background]]

File:2003-07-26_17-53-36_Germany_Baden-Württemberg_Hirschlatt.JPG at the airport]]

class="wikitable" style="text-align: right; width:200px;" align="center" \|+
style="width:75px"\| Year	{{nowrap\|Passengers}}
2008 \| 649,646
2009 \| {{decrease}} 578,484
2010 \| {{increase}} 590,640
2011 \| {{decrease}} 571,709
2012 \| {{decrease}} 545,121
2013 \| {{decrease}} 536,029
2014 \| {{increase}} 596,000
2015 \| {{decrease}} 559,985
2016{{cite web\|url=http://www.suedkurier.de/region/bodenseekreis-oberschwaben/friedrichshafen/Bodensee-Airport-Rund-30-nbsp-000-Passagiere-weniger-hoben-2016-ab;art372474,9100396\|title=Friedrichshafen: Bodensee-Airport: Rund 30 000 Passagiere weniger hoben 2016 ab - SÜDKURIER Online\|first=Südkurier\|last=Medienhaus\|website=Suedkurier.de\|date=24 January 2017\|access-date=5 January 2018}} \| {{decrease}} 520,000
2017{{Cite web \| url=http://www.schwaebische.de/region_artikel,-Flughafen-meldet-ein-Prozent-weniger-Passagiere-_arid,10802917_toid,310.html \| title=Flughafen meldet ein Prozent weniger Passagiere \| access-date=31 January 2018 \| archive-date=31 January 2018 \| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180131201334/http://www.schwaebische.de/region_artikel,-Flughafen-meldet-ein-Prozent-weniger-Passagiere-_arid,10802917_toid,310.html \| url-status=dead }} \| {{decrease}} 517,299
2018{{Cite web \|url=https://www.adv.aero/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/12.2018-ADV-Monatsstatistik.pdf \|title=Archived copy \|access-date=23 February 2019 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190213125420/https://www.adv.aero/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/12.2018-ADV-Monatsstatistik.pdf \|archive-date=13 February 2019 \|url-status=dead }} \| {{increase}} 539,698
2019 \| {{decrease}} 489,921
2020{{cite web \|url=https://www.adv.aero/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/12.2020-ADV-Monatsstatistik-1.pdf \|title=ADV-Monatsstatistik - ADV Monthly Traffic Report 12/2020 \|publisher=Arbeitsgemeinschaft Deutscher Verkehrsflughäfen e.V. \|website=www.adv.aero/ \|date=2021-02-02\|access-date=2020-09-12 \|format=PDF; 298 kb}} \| {{decrease}} 119,040
2021{{cite web \|url=https://www.adv.aero/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/12.2021-ADV-Monatsstatistik.pdf \|title=ADV-Monatsstatistik - ADV Monthly Traffic Report 12/2021 \|publisher=Arbeitsgemeinschaft Deutscher Verkehrsflughäfen e.V. \|website=www.adv.aero/ \|date=2022-01-31 \|access-date=2022-01-10 \|format=PDF; 823 kb}} \| {{increase}} 125,841
2022 \| {{increase}} 339,556
colspan=5 align="right"\| Source: ADV{{Cite web\|url=https://www.adv.aero/\|title=Unsere Flughäfen – Regionale Stärke, Globaler Anschluss}}{{cite web\|url=http://www.travelink.de/europa/mitteleuropa/deutschland/baden-wuerttemberg/bodensee/friedrichshafen-bodensee-airport-legt-be\|title=Friedrichshafen: Bodensee Airport legt bei Passagierzahlen zweistellig zu - traveLink.\|website=www.TraveLink.de\|access-date=5 January 2018\|archive-date=30 November 1998\|archive-url=https://archive.wikiwix.com/cache/19981130000000/http://www.travelink.de/europa/mitteleuropa/deutschland/baden-wuerttemberg/bodensee/friedrichshafen-bodensee-airport-legt-be\|url-status=dead}}

class="wikitable" style="text-align: right; width:200px;" align="center"

style="width:75px"| Year

2008

| 649,646

2009

| {{decrease}} 578,484

2010

| {{increase}} 590,640

2011

| {{decrease}} 571,709

2012

| {{decrease}} 545,121

2013

| {{decrease}} 536,029

2014

| {{increase}} 596,000

2015

| {{decrease}} 559,985

2016{{cite web|url=http://www.suedkurier.de/region/bodenseekreis-oberschwaben/friedrichshafen/Bodensee-Airport-Rund-30-nbsp-000-Passagiere-weniger-hoben-2016-ab;art372474,9100396|title=Friedrichshafen: Bodensee-Airport: Rund 30 000 Passagiere weniger hoben 2016 ab - SÜDKURIER Online|first=Südkurier|last=Medienhaus|website=Suedkurier.de|date=24 January 2017|access-date=5 January 2018}}

| {{decrease}} 520,000

2017{{Cite web | url=http://www.schwaebische.de/region_artikel,-Flughafen-meldet-ein-Prozent-weniger-Passagiere-_arid,10802917_toid,310.html | title=Flughafen meldet ein Prozent weniger Passagiere | access-date=31 January 2018 | archive-date=31 January 2018 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180131201334/http://www.schwaebische.de/region_artikel,-Flughafen-meldet-ein-Prozent-weniger-Passagiere-_arid,10802917_toid,310.html | url-status=dead }}

| {{decrease}} 517,299

2018{{Cite web |url=https://www.adv.aero/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/12.2018-ADV-Monatsstatistik.pdf |title=Archived copy |access-date=23 February 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190213125420/https://www.adv.aero/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/12.2018-ADV-Monatsstatistik.pdf |archive-date=13 February 2019 |url-status=dead }}

| {{increase}} 539,698

2019

| {{decrease}} 489,921

2020{{cite web |url=https://www.adv.aero/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/12.2020-ADV-Monatsstatistik-1.pdf |title=ADV-Monatsstatistik - ADV Monthly Traffic Report 12/2020 |publisher=Arbeitsgemeinschaft Deutscher Verkehrsflughäfen e.V. |website=www.adv.aero/ |date=2021-02-02|access-date=2020-09-12 |format=PDF; 298 kb}}

| {{decrease}} 119,040

2021{{cite web |url=https://www.adv.aero/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/12.2021-ADV-Monatsstatistik.pdf |title=ADV-Monatsstatistik - ADV Monthly Traffic Report 12/2021 |publisher=Arbeitsgemeinschaft Deutscher Verkehrsflughäfen e.V. |website=www.adv.aero/ |date=2022-01-31 |access-date=2022-01-10 |format=PDF; 823 kb}}

| {{increase}} 125,841

2022

| {{increase}} 339,556

colspan=5 align="right"| Source: ADV{{Cite web|url=https://www.adv.aero/|title=Unsere Flughäfen – Regionale Stärke, Globaler Anschluss}}{{cite web|url=http://www.travelink.de/europa/mitteleuropa/deutschland/baden-wuerttemberg/bodensee/friedrichshafen-bodensee-airport-legt-be|title=Friedrichshafen: Bodensee Airport legt bei Passagierzahlen zweistellig zu - traveLink.|website=www.TraveLink.de|access-date=5 January 2018|archive-date=30 November 1998|archive-url=https://archive.wikiwix.com/cache/19981130000000/http://www.travelink.de/europa/mitteleuropa/deutschland/baden-wuerttemberg/bodensee/friedrichshafen-bodensee-airport-legt-be|url-status=dead}}

Ground transportation

=Car=

Friedrichshafen can be reached from all directions via federal highways B30 and B31 which are connected to several motorways such as the A96 from Munich or the A13/A14 from Austria and Switzerland. The airport is signposted throughout the city. Taxis and rental car agencies are available at the terminal building.{{Cite web |url=http://www.fly-away.de/en/travelinformation/ground-transportation/ |title=fly-away.de – Ground transportation |access-date=7 December 2013 |archive-date=10 December 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131210160821/http://www.fly-away.de/en/travelinformation/ground-transportation/ |url-status=dead }}

=Train=

Friedrichshafen Airport has its own small railway station named Friedrichshafen Flughafen directly across from the terminal building. It is regularly served by local Bodensee-Oberschwaben-Bahn trains, which continue to the city center and the port of Friedrichshafen or the near town, Aulendorf.