Nuremberg Airport

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File:19700712 LH Jumbo GFAu46kl15.jpg Boeing 747-100 visits Nuremberg in 1970.{{cite press release |url=https://www.airport-nuernberg.de/abschied-boeing747 |title=Letzte Boeing 747 ausgeliefert - Flugzeug landete 1970 erstmals in Nürnberg |trans-title=Last Boeing 747 delivered - Aircraft first landed in Nuremberg in 1970 |publisher=Flughafen Nürnberg GmbH |website=airport-nuernberg.de |date=2023-02-01 |access-date=2023-02-02 |language=german |archive-date=1 February 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230201232055/https://www.airport-nuernberg.de/abschied-boeing747 |url-status=live }} This aircraft crashed as Lufthansa Flight 540 in 1974.]]

File:Airport Nurnberg DC-10 Turkish Airlines.jpg DC-10 is visible. Turkish Airlines has served NUE regularly since 1973.]]

Prior to World War II, the Nuremberg area was served by a number of airfields in quick succession, all of which became inadequate in the face of the rapid development of aviation or fell victim to the same wars that had played a part in their construction. The first airfield in the area was built in 1915 by the Bavarian Army in the neighboring town of Fürth as a military air base.{{Cite web|url=https://www.forgottenairfields.com/airfield-feurth-atzenhof-1106.html|title=Forgotten airfields europe|date=2013-11-12|website=forgottenairfields.com|access-date=2012-12-17|archive-date=1 October 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211001172728/https://www.forgottenairfields.com/airfield-feurth-atzenhof-1106.html|url-status=live}} This Old Atzenhof Airport (Fürth Airfield) ({{coord|49.4978|N| 10.9553|E|type:airport}}) remained in civilian use (the Versailles Treaty forbade Germany from maintaining an airforce but was silent on civil aviation) throughout the Weimar Republic until the new Nazi government opened the new Marienberg Airport ({{coord|49.475833|N| 11.094167|E|type:airport}}) in Nuremberg.{{cite web|url=https://www.nordbayern.de/region/nuernberg/sor-fuhrpark-hier-landeten-einst-militarflugzeuge-1.6180532|title=Sör-Fuhrpark: Hier landeten einst Militärflugzeuge|date=2017-05-29|access-date=2022-12-18|author=Ute Möller|publisher=Verlag Nürnberger Presse Druckhaus Nürnberg GmbH & Co. KG|website=nordbayern.de|language=de|archive-date=9 July 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210709190354/https://www.nordbayern.de/region/nuernberg/sor-fuhrpark-hier-landeten-einst-militarflugzeuge-1.6180532|url-status=live}} While the plans to build Marienberg Airport had existed before the 1933 power grab of the Nazis and it served supposedly civilian purposes, it was intended from its opening as a military airfield, which became openly admitted policy in 1935 with the establishment of the Luftwaffe, which maintained a base at Nuremberg-Marienberg airport. Largely destroyed in the war, the site of the former Marienberg airport, located a few km due south of the current airport, is today a public park. The former Atzenhof airfield was taken over by the US Army after the war and is today used as a golf course with some of the erstwhile airport buildings still extant.{{Cite web|url=https://www.1golf.eu/en/club/1-golfclub-fuerth-ev/|title=1. Golfclub Fürth e.V., Fürth - Albrecht Golf Guide|access-date=2022-12-18|publisher=Albrecht Golf Verlag GmbH|website=1golf.eu|language=de|archive-date=1 October 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211001172728/https://www.1golf.eu/en/club/1-golfclub-fuerth-ev/|url-status=live}}

After World War II the US Armed Forces (Nuremberg being in the American Zone of Occupation) would use the main boulevard of the Nazi Party Rallying Grounds as a makeshift runway for their purposes, including the flights to and from the Nuremberg trials. However, even after Germans were allowed to partake in civil aviation again, that makeshift infrastructure was limited to use by the American military. Being thus left without a "proper" usable civilian airport — from 1950 to the completion of the new permanent airport passenger flights serving the area had to land at a private airfield ({{coord|49.481667|N| 10.953333|E|type:airport}}) of a Fürth based company near the current endpoint of the U1 subway line, Fürth Hardhöhe station{{Cite web|url=https://www.mil-airfields.de/deutschland/nuernberg-fuerth-industrieflughafen.htm|title=Industrieflughafen Nürnberg-Fürth|publisher=Bert Kondruss|access-date=2022-12-18|website=mil-airfields.de|language=de|archive-date=1 October 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211001173745/https://www.mil-airfields.de/deutschland/nuernberg-fuerth-industrieflughafen.htm|url-status=live}}{{Cite web |url=https://cdn0.scrvt.com/86f1f1e2d836ca377960c1753403d83d/6f78b63da61d071f/1463bd16755b/Chronik_Airport_Nuernberg_1955-2005.pdf |title=scrvt.com |access-date=1 October 2021 |archive-date=1 October 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211001173754/https://cdn0.scrvt.com/86f1f1e2d836ca377960c1753403d83d/6f78b63da61d071f/1463bd16755b/Chronik_Airport_Nuernberg_1955-2005.pdf |url-status=live }}{{Cite web|url=https://www.nordbayern.de/region/fuerth/unter-einstiger-landebahn-halt-die-u-bahn-1.916235|title=Unter einstiger Landebahn hält die U-Bahn|author=Volker Dittmar|publisher=Verlag Nürnberger Presse Druckhaus Nürnberg GmbH & Co. KG|date=2007-11-20|access-date=2022-12-18|language=de|archive-date=2 October 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211002114950/https://www.nordbayern.de/region/fuerth/unter-einstiger-landebahn-halt-die-u-bahn-1.916235|url-status=live}} (A small plaque in the access tunnel to the subway station records that history.){{Cite web|url=https://www.nordbayern.de/region/fuerth/erinnerung-an-furths-luftfahrt-geschichte-1.1000027|title=Erinnerung an Fürths Luftfahrt-Geschichte|author=Volker Dittmar|publisher=Verlag Nürnberger Presse Druckhaus Nürnberg GmbH & Co. KG|language=de|date=2008-07-21|access-date=2022-12-18|archive-date=2 October 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211002115645/https://www.nordbayern.de/region/fuerth/erinnerung-an-furths-luftfahrt-geschichte-1.1000027|url-status=live}} The need to build an airport equipped for the demands of the rapidly growing aviation sector, in a country experiencing strong post-war economic growth, became pressing, and the young Federal Republic of Germany engaged in its first airport building project.

Nuremberg Airport was the first airport constructed in West Germany after World War II. It was inaugurated on 6 April 1955.{{cite web |title=1955 - 1960 |url=https://www.airport-nuernberg.de/1955-1960-c6e3705c26afe54b |website=airport-nuernberg.de |publisher=Flughafen Nürnberg GmbH |access-date=18 December 2022 |archive-date=18 December 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221218000852/https://www.airport-nuernberg.de/1955-1960-c6e3705c26afe54b |url-status=live }} Nuremberg Airport was in the American Zone of Occupation during German partition and to this day some US Army Bases in the vicinity (most notably U.S. Army Garrison Grafenwoehr) make use of the airport to fly in cargo and soldiers – the latter also on commercial flights.

In 1960, the number of passengers at Nuremberg Airport reached 100,000 for the first time. In 1961 the runway was extended from {{convert|1900 to 2300|m|ft}}, and in 1968 the runway was extended to its present length of {{convert|2700|m|ft}}, allowing the then largest airliner in existence – the Boeing 747 – to use it. On 12 July 1970, a Boeing 747 landed at the airport for the first time and attracted 20,000 visitors.{{cite web |title=1960 - 1990 |url=https://www.airport-nuernberg.de/1960-1990-5b4432987f1bf369 |website=airport-nuernberg.de |publisher=Flughafen Nürnberg GmbH |access-date=18 December 2022 |archive-date=18 December 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221218000849/https://www.airport-nuernberg.de/1960-1990-5b4432987f1bf369 |url-status=live }} While a Boeing 747 used in passenger service at NUE is a rare sight, to this day freight flights using the largest serially produced civilian cargo plane take off and land at NUE with some regularity. In 1969 the then Munich Riem Airport shut down its main runway for maintenance for three weeks, which meant that most flights were redirected to Nuremberg Airport. This necessitated some upgrades to the existing infrastructure which cost some two million DM ({{inflation|DE|{{FixedEuroRate|{{{DEM}}}}}2000000|start_year=1969|fmt=eq||cursign=€}}).{{cite web | url=https://www.nordbayern.de/region/nuernberg/ausweich-airport-als-nurnberg-plotzlich-zu-bayerns-drehkreuz-wurde-1.8924180 | title=Ausweich-Airport: Als Nürnberg plötzlich zu Bayerns Drehkreuz wurde }}

The apron was enlarged in 1977 and in 1981 a new passenger terminal with an observation deck and a restaurant replaced the previous building. In December 1986, the one million passenger mark was passed for the first time.

The local entrepreneur and partial heir to the :de:Rudolf Wöhrl SE, Hans Rudolf Wöhrl is associated with the airport in multiple roles, not least his involvement in the 1974 founding of the first private competition to Lufthansa on the German domestic market :de:Nürnberger Flugdienst (NFD) which had a base of operations at Nuremberg Airport and ultimately wound up as part of Eurowings in 1992.{{cite web | url=https://www.nordbayern.de/wirtschaft/traume-eines-uberfliegers-so-liest-sich-die-wohrl-biografie-1.6717196 | title=Träume eines Überfliegers? So liest sich die Wöhrl-Biografie }} Even after the end of his involvement with NFD, Wöhrl remained active in aviation{{cite web | url=https://www.finanznachrichten.de/nachrichten-2009-04/13579161-woehrl-hat-interesse-an-ltu-langstrecken-016.htm | title=Wöhrl hat Interesse an LTU-Langstrecken }} and founded or took over multiple airlines{{cite web | url=https://www.abendzeitung-muenchen.de/bayern/woehrl-erklaert-uns-seine-neue-airline-art-134056 | title=Wöhrl erklärt uns seine neue Airline | date=17 January 2011 }}{{cite web | url=https://www.aerotelegraph.com/hans-rudolf-woehrl-kauft-city-jet-von-air-france-klm | title=City Jet geht an Hans Rudolf Wöhrl | date=20 December 2013 }} as well as launching unsuccessful bids to take over struggling or bankrupt airlines like Air Berlin when it went bankrupt in 2017/2018.{{cite news | url=https://www.abendblatt.de/wirtschaft/article211625471/Nuernberger-Unternehmer-Woehrl-gibt-Angebot-fuer-Air-Berlin-ab.html | title=Nürnberger Unternehmer Wöhrl bietet mit bei Air Berlin | date=18 August 2017 | last1=Hamburg | first1=Hamburger Abendblatt -. }}

In 1997/98, Air Berlin established a winter hub at the airport, making it the airline's second most important tourist interchange airport, after Palma de Mallorca.{{cite web |url=https://www.airport-nuernberg.de/1990-2005-7405f7c95e8e9577 |access-date=2022-12-21 |title=1990 - 2005 |website=airport-nuernberg.de/en |publisher=Flughafen Nürnberg GmbH |archive-date=21 December 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221221224146/https://www.airport-nuernberg.de/1990-2005-7405f7c95e8e9577 |url-status=live }}

The new control tower commenced operations in 1999 and the U-Bahn station was opened. The {{convert|2388|m|abbr=on}} extension of the U-Bahn line U2 cost 95 million Deutsche Mark ({{inflation|DE|{{FixedEuroRate| {{{DEM}}}}}95000000|start_year=1999|fmt=eq||cursign=€}}) of which the airport paid 18.6 million – the rest was paid for by the state government of Bavaria and the federal government of Germany.https://www.nuernberg.de/imperia/md/u_bahnbau/dokumente/u_bahn/heft15.pdf {{Bare URL PDF|date=August 2024}} Due to the extension to the airport opening on the same day as that to Ziegelstein, some press reports mistake the overall 180 million DM figure for that of the extension to the airport alone. While the city did not pay any of the cost of the stretch to the airport, it did contribute 15 million DM for the 85 million DM construction cost of the {{convert|945|m|abbr=on}} stretch Herrnhütte-Ziegelstein.{{cite web | url=https://www.nordbayern.de/region/die-u2-zum-nurnberger-flughafen-warum-die-verbindung-etwas-ganz-besonderes-ist-1.13591159 | title=Die U2 zum Nürnberger Flughafen: Warum die Verbindung etwas ganz Besonderes ist }} According to press reports approximately 30 million passengers used the U-Bahn extension to the airport in its first 20 years of operation.{{cite web | url=https://www.nordbayern.de/region/nuernberg/runder-geburtstag-seit-20-jahren-fahrt-die-u2-zum-flughafen-1.9536286 | title=Runder Geburtstag: Seit 20 Jahren fährt die U2 zum Flughafen }}

In 2005 Nuremberg Airport celebrated its 50th anniversary with 45,000 visitors.{{cite web |url=https://www.airport-nuernberg.de/2005-today-b26a73692475d209 |access-date=2022-12-21 |title=2005 - today |website=airport-nuernberg.de/en |publisher=Flughafen Nürnberg GmbH |archive-date=21 December 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221221224141/https://www.airport-nuernberg.de/2005-today-b26a73692475d209 |url-status=live }}

In April 2013, Air Berlin permanently shut down its winter seasonal hub in Nuremberg which had been maintained for several years.{{cite web|url=http://airliners.de/air-berlin-streicht-touristik-drehkreuz-in-nuernberg/29329|title=Air Berlin streicht Touristik-Drehkreuz in Nürnberg|website=airliners.de|language=de|access-date=25 April 2018|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130627214313/http://airliners.de/air-berlin-streicht-touristik-drehkreuz-in-nuernberg/29329 |archive-date=27 June 2013}}

In December 2014 the airport was named after Albrecht Dürer, who was born in Nuremberg.{{cite web |url=http://www.br.de/nachrichten/mittelfranken/inhalt/albrecht-duerer-flughafen-nuernberg-name-100.html |title=Neuer Name in Nürnberg: Airport wird zum Albrecht Dürer-Flughafen | Mittelfranken | Nachrichten | BR.de |date=2014-12-05 |publisher=Bayerischer Rundfunk Anstalt des öffentlichen Rechts |language=de |access-date=6 February 2015 |url-status=dead |website=br.de |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150206212618/http://www.br.de/nachrichten/mittelfranken/inhalt/albrecht-duerer-flughafen-nuernberg-name-100.html |archive-date=6 February 2015}} Subsequently, the metro station was adorned with reproductions of Dürer works.

In October 2016, Ryanair announced it would open a base at Nuremberg Airport consisting of two aircraft while four additional routes were inaugurated.{{cite web|url=http://www.aero.de/news-25138/Ryanair-bringt-sich-als-Air-Berlin-Alternative-ins-Gespraech.html|title=Ryanair bringt sich als Air-Berlin-Alternative ins Gespräch|date=5 October 2016|language=de|website=aero.de|access-date=25 April 2018|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180206190252/http://www.aero.de/news-25138/Ryanair-bringt-sich-als-Air-Berlin-Alternative-ins-Gespraech.html|archive-date=6 February 2018}} In the same month, Air Berlin announced it would close its maintenance facilities at the airport due to cost cutting and restructuring measures.{{cite web |url=http://www.rbb-online.de/wirtschaft/beitrag/2016/10/air-berlin-will-bundesweit-500-stellen-streichen.html |title=Air Berlin will bundesweit knapp 500 Stellen streichen |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161018215747/http://www.rbb-online.de/wirtschaft/beitrag/2016/10/air-berlin-will-bundesweit-500-stellen-streichen.html |website=rbb-online.de |archive-date=2016-10-18 |publisher=Rundfunk Berlin-Brandenburg |date=2016-10-14 |language=de}} Shortly after, Germania announced it would open a new base at Nuremberg Airport consisting of one aircraft which served several new leisure routes.{{cite web|url=http://www.airliners.de/germania-basis-airport-nuernberg/39918|title=Germania eröffnet Basis am Airport Nürnberg|website=airliners.de|access-date=25 April 2018|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180206190236/http://www.airliners.de/germania-basis-airport-nuernberg/39918|archive-date=6 February 2018}} 2017 saw the bankruptcy of Air Berlin ending a trend of Air Berlin withdrawing service from the airport with the grounding of all Air Berlin flights. In January 2018, Eurowings announced it would establish a base at the airport consisting of one aircraft and four new routes as well as increased frequencies.[http://www.airliners.de/eurowings-basis-nuernberg/43485 airliners.de – Eurowings opens base in Nuremberg] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180128021137/http://www.airliners.de/eurowings-basis-nuernberg/43485 |date=28 January 2018 }} (German) 21 January 2018 After the demise of Germania in early 2019, TUI fly Deutschland announced it would base aircraft in Nuremberg to take over several leisure destinations.[https://www.aerotelegraph.com/sundair-und-tuifly-helfen-dresden-und-nuernberg aerotelegraph.com – "Sundair and TUIfly help at Dresden and Nuremberg"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201012233559/https://www.aerotelegraph.com/sundair-und-tuifly-helfen-dresden-und-nuernberg |date=12 October 2020 }} 7 Februar 2019 In late 2019 Ryanair announced the closure of their base in Nuremberg effective with the end of the winter schedule.{{Cite web|url=https://www.stern.de/wirtschaft/news/lieferengpass-bei-boeing-ryanair-schliesst-mit-nuernberg-auch-basis-in-schweden-9034224.html|title=Ryanair |date=2019-11-04 |website=stern.de |publisher=G+J Medien GmbH |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191209130238/https://www.stern.de/wirtschaft/news/lieferengpass-bei-boeing-ryanair-schliesst-mit-nuernberg-auch-basis-in-schweden-9034224.html |archive-date=2019-12-09|language=de }} The lack of available aircraft in light of the Boeing 737 Max groundings was cited as a reason at the time.{{cite web | url=https://frankfurtflyer.de/ryanair-schliesst-basis-in-nuernberg/ | title=Ryanair schließt Basis in Nürnberg | date=4 December 2019 }}{{cite web | url=https://www.winnipegfreepress.com/business/2019/12/04/ryanair-closing-2-bases-due-to-boeing-plane-grounding | title=Dec 2019: Ryanair closing 2 bases due to Boeing plane grounding | date=4 December 2019 }} Also in 2019 Corendon airlines announced a new base at NUE with over 50 weekly departures in the summer season.{{Cite web|url=https://www.routesonline.com/airports/6864/albrecht-durer-airport-nurnberg/news/286412/rapid-growth-for-corendon-at-nue/|title=Rapid Growth for Corendon at NUE|date=2019-09-17|access-date=2022-12-18|publisher=Informa PLC|archive-date=1 November 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211101170427/https://www.routesonline.com/airports/6864/albrecht-durer-airport-nurnberg/news/286412/rapid-growth-for-corendon-at-nue/|url-status=live}}{{Cite web |url=https://www.nordbayern.de/wirtschaft/neue-fluggesellschaft-corendon-hebt-in-nurnberg-ab-1.9370663 |title=Neue Fluggesellschaft: Corendon hebt in Nürnberg ab |publisher=Verlag Nürnberger Presse Druckhaus Nürnberg GmbH & Co. KG |language=de |author=sto |date=2019-09-27 |access-date=2022-12-18 |archive-date=1 November 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211101170703/https://www.nordbayern.de/wirtschaft/neue-fluggesellschaft-corendon-hebt-in-nurnberg-ab-1.9370663 |url-status=live }} The company further expressed their commitment to the region with a special aircraft livery Boeing 737-800 honouring local football team 1. FC Nürnberg with whom they entered a partnership in 2020.{{Cite web |url=https://www.airport-nuernberg.de/de/2020/corendon-airlines-ermoglicht-fcn-flieger-2742256a45fc3096 |title=Corendon Airlines ermöglicht FCN-Flieger |publisher=Flughafen Nürnberg GmbH |date=2020-07-24 |access-date=2022-12-18 |language=de |archive-date=1 November 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211101170426/https://www.airport-nuernberg.de/de/2020/corendon-airlines-ermoglicht-fcn-flieger-2742256a45fc3096 |url-status=live }}{{Cite web |url=https://www.nordbayern.de/sport/jetzt-offiziell-corendon-flugzeug-hebt-bald-in-fcn-farben-ab-1.9874699 |title=Jetzt offiziell: Corendon-Flugzeug hebt bald in FCN-Farben ab |website=nordbayern.de |publisher=Verlag Nürnberger Presse Druckhaus Nürnberg GmbH & Co. KG |author=ako |date=2020-02-25 |access-date=2022-12-18 |language=de |archive-date=1 November 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211101170426/https://www.nordbayern.de/sport/jetzt-offiziell-corendon-flugzeug-hebt-bald-in-fcn-farben-ab-1.9874699 |url-status=live }}

Nuremberg formerly had an extensive domestic network of which (as of 2024) only one direct route remains. Lufthansa decided not to resume its vital hub connection to Munich Airport in the wake of the pandemic,{{cite web | url=https://frankfurtflyer.de/lufthansa-streicht-die-ultrakurzstrecke-muenchen-nuernberg-und-setzt-dafuer-einen-bus-ein | title=Lufthansa streicht die Ultrakurzstrecke München-Nürnberg und setzt dafür einen Bus ein | date=23 June 2021 }} while its subsidiary Eurowings terminated all of its domestic links to Berlin (the since defunct Tegel Airport),https://www.focus.de/finanzen/news/unternehmen/nach-streichung-im-maerz-immer-mehr-fahren-bahn-billig-airline-eurowings-streicht-flugroute-nuernberg-berlin_id_10776104.html {{Bare URL inline|date=August 2024}} Düsseldorf Airport,{{cite web | url=https://aviation.direct/duesseldorf-eurowings-schiebt-leipzig-und-nuernberg-auf-die-lange-bank | title=Düsseldorf: Eurowings schiebt Leipzig und Nürnberg auf die lange Bank | date=17 February 2022 }} and Hamburg Airport.{{cite web | url=https://www.airliners.de/eurowings-uennt-innerdeutsches-streckennetz/63023 | title=Eurowings dünnt innerdeutsches Streckennetz aus }} This leads to the circumstance that every domestic route from Nuremberg has been cancelled, with the sole exception of Lufthansas hub-feeder to Frankfurt Airport which is operated five times per day.{{cite web | url=https://www.flightradar24.com/data/airports/nue/routes | title=Live Flight Tracker - Real-Time Flight Tracker Map }} While in 2019 there had been 450,000 domestic passengers to/from Nuremberg, by 2023 that market had – with the noted exception of the hub-feeder flights to Frankfurt – "all but disappeared" – despite overall passenger numbers in Nuremberg reaching 96% of the 2019 level in that year (better than the German average of roughly 80%).{{cite web | url=https://www.sueddeutsche.de/bayern/luftverkehr-nuernberg-flughafen-nuernberg-2023-mit-rund-vier-millionen-fluggaesten-dpa.urn-newsml-dpa-com-20090101-240104-99-492323 | title=Flughafen Nürnberg 2023 mit rund vier Millionen Fluggästen | date=4 January 2024 }}

While Air Berlin still operated one of its hubs at Nuremberg Airport, NUE was connected - at least seasonally - with fourteen German airports. These included, additionally to the ones mentioned above, the likes of Bremen Airport, Cologne Bonn Airport, Dortmund Airport, Dresden Airport, Erfurt Weimar Airport, Hanover Airport, Leipzig Halle Airport, Münster Osnabrück Airport, Paderborn Lippstadt Airport, Rostock Laage Airport and Sylt Airport.{{cite web | url=http://www.airport-nuernberg.de/flugplan | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111110205244/http://www.airport-nuernberg.de/flugplan | archive-date=10 November 2011 | title=Flugplan | Airport Nürnberg }}{{cite web | url=https://www.ihk-nuernberg.de/de/IHK-Magazin-WiM/WiM-Archiv/WIM-Daten/2003-10/Unternehmen-und-Personen/Air-Berlin-Erweitertes-Flugangebot-am-Airport-Nuernberg.jsp | title=Air Berlin: Erweitertes Flugangebot am Airport Nürnberg }}

Furthermore, Nuremberg Airport has also lost a lot of connectivity to European hubs with Brussels Airlines (to Brussels-Zaventem Airport),{{cite web | url=https://www.airport-nuernberg.de/de/2016/brussels-airlines-startet-neue-brussel-nurnberg-verbindung-1a58d3b7ed4e9279 | title=Brussels Airlines startet neue Brüssel - Nürnberg Verbindung }} Finnair (to Helsinki Vantaa Airport),{{cite web | url=https://rp-online.de/leben/reisen/news/finnair-ab-april-von-nuernberg-nach-helsinki_aid-8802905 | title=Finnair: Ab April von Nürnberg nach Helsinki | date=18 September 2006 }} LOT Polish Airlines (to Warsaw Chopin Airport),{{cite web | url=https://www.airport-nuernberg.de/de/2018/nonstop-zu-polens-hauptstadt-lot-polish-airlines-startet-tagliche-fluge-zwischen-nurnberg-und-warschau-nbsp-f8e6f275fcba1606 | title=Nonstop zu Polens Hauptstadt: LOT Polish Airlines startet tägliche Flüge zwischen Nürnberg und Warschau }} and Scandinavian Airlines (to Copenhagen Airport){{cite web | url=https://www.airliners.de/vom-airport-nurnberg-nach-skandinavien-sas-fliegt-kopenhagen-an/5782 | title=Vom Airport Nürnberg nach Skandinavien: SAS fliegt Kopenhagen an }} all not offering their respective services anymore. In 2023 Lufthansa Group also announced a further reduction in service to Nuremberg, cancelling the routes of their wholly owned subsidiaries Swiss and Austrian to their respective hubs Zurich Airport and Vienna Schwechat Airport, respectively.{{cite web | url=https://www.aerotelegraph.com/austrian-airlines-und-swiss-streichen-nuernberg-definitiv-aus-streckennetz | title=Austrian Airlines und Swiss streichen Nürnberg definitiv aus Streckennetz | date=12 October 2023 }} British Airways also ended its operations to Nuremberg in early 2024, previously offering a hub connection to London Heathrow.{{cite web | url=https://www.airliners.de/swiss-austrian-british-airways-verlaesst-nuernberg/71171 | title=Nach Swiss und Austrian: Auch British Airways verlässt Nürnberg }}

In June 2021, Lufthansa announced the termination of its route to Munich Airport, a flight covering around {{convert|170|km|abbr=on}} taking less than 30 minutes, in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic and after facing longstanding criticism from an environmental standpoint.{{cite web |url=https://www.businessinsider.de/wirtschaft/luftfahrt-ticker-flughafen-nuernberg-lufthansa-stellt-fluege-nach-muenchen-ein |title=Lufthansa stellt Flug von Nürnberg nach München ein: Auf welchen Strecken die Airline weitere Streichungen sinnvoll findet – und auf welchen nicht |author=Christian Mayer |website=businessinsider.de |publisher=Business Insider Deutschland GmbH |language=de |date=2021-06-24 |access-date=2022-12-18 |archive-date=3 July 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210703075853/https://www.businessinsider.de/wirtschaft/luftfahrt-ticker-flughafen-nuernberg-lufthansa-stellt-fluege-nach-muenchen-ein/ |url-status=live }} It has been replaced by a coach service which however lacks usage by customers. During the same time, flights via other hubs than Munich registered increased passenger numbers.{{cite web |url=https://www.aerotelegraph.com/lufthansa-express-bus-faehrt-quasi-leer-nach-muenchen/ |publisher=aeroTELEGRAPH GmbH |language=de |title=Lufthansa Express Bus fährt quasi leer nach München |author=Stefan Eiselin |access-date=2022-12-18 |date=2021-10-13 |archive-date=18 December 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221218225727/https://www.aerotelegraph.com/lufthansa-express-bus-faehrt-quasi-leer-nach-muenchen |url-status=live }}

In August 2021, the airport announced plans to build another cargo center with {{convert|3600|m²|abbr=on}} of hangar space and {{convert|1900|m²|abbr=on}} of office space, with completion scheduled for 2023.{{cite press release |url=https://www.airport-nuernberg.de/en/2021/new-cargo-center-at-the-airport-letter-of-intent-signed-68d4c6e65e2af6b3 |title=New Cargo Center at the airport: Letter of intent signed |date=26 August 2021 |access-date=12 December 2022 |publisher=Flughafen Nürnberg GmbH |website=airport-nuernberg.de |archive-date=18 December 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221218002200/https://www.airport-nuernberg.de/en/2021/new-cargo-center-at-the-airport-letter-of-intent-signed-68d4c6e65e2af6b3 |url-status=live }}

In 2021 Ryanair announced the re-establishment of their previously closed base at NUE in light of re-emerging demand after more and more destination countries had relaxed or removed COVID-19 restrictions.{{cite web | url=https://www.sueddeutsche.de/bayern/nuernberg-flughafen-ryanair-franken-1.5507071 | title=Nürnberger Flughafen: Ryanair-Basis soll Airport aus der Krise helfen | date=14 January 2022 }}{{cite web | url=https://www.aerotelegraph.com/ryanair-versucht-es-nochmals-mit-nuernberg | title=Ryanair versucht es nochmals mit Nürnberg | date=8 December 2021 }} The 737-MAX groundings, cited as a reason for the abandonment of the base in 2019, had also ended by that point in time, increasing the number of planes Ryanair had available. In 2023 Ryanair opened a maintenance hangar for the aircraft based at NUE.{{cite web | url=https://www.airport-nuernberg.de/de/2023/p-ryanair-eroffnet-wartungsstandort-am-airport-nurnberg-und-verkundet-winterflugplan-2023-24-p-570f609b7e1aff06 | title=Ryanair eröffnet Wartungsstandort am Airport Nürnberg und verkündet Winterflugplan 2023/24 }}

In 2023 Eurowings announced the return of a base in Nuremberg. Starting with the winter 2023/2024 schedule, one aircraft will be based in Nuremberg year-round with four destinations served in the winter and summer respectively.{{cite web | url=https://www.austrianwings.info/2023/08/eurowings-kehrt-nach-nuernberg-und-hannover-zurueck/ | title=Eurowings kehrt nach Nürnberg und Hannover zurück | date=14 August 2023 }}{{cite web | url=https://www.tourexpi.com/de-de/news/starkes-signal-fur-die-region-eurowings-eroffnet-eigene-basis-am-airport-nurnberg-192147.html | title=Starkes Signal für die Region: Eurowings eröffnet eigene Basis am Airport Nürnberg }}{{cite web | url=https://www.airportzentrale.de/flughafen-nuernberg-eurowings-eroeffnet-basis/81298/ | title=Flughafen Nürnberg: Eurowings eröffnet Basis | airportzentrale.de }}

While many flights serving NUE are targeted to holidaymakers living in the region and in adjacent parts of Saxony, Thuringia and the Czech Republic, Nuremberg itself is also a destination for both business and leisure travel. The main draws are the Christkindlesmarkt in December as well as various trade fairs of world renown held at the Messezentrum Nuremberg – most notably the Nuremberg International Toy Fair in February. Another market of note are river cruises along the Rhine–Main–Danube Canal which can be boarded at the port of Nuremberg some {{convert|10|km|sigfig=}} due south from the airport as the crow flies.{{fact|date=December 2024}}

The travel company TUI reported in early 2024 that based on their analysis of google reviews up to July 2023, Nuremberg Airport is the most popular international airport in Germany, receiving an average rating of 4.3 out of 5 stars.{{cite web | url=https://www.tui.com/flughafen-report/ | title=Der große Flughafen-Report Deutschland & Europa | TUI }}

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The runway 10/28 is {{convert|2700|by|45|m|abbr=on|0}}. Takeoff and landing of all current aircraft, including widebody aircraft (e.g. Boeing 747) or cargo planes (e.g. Antonov An-124 Ruslan) are possible. However, Nuremberg Airport is not licensed for the Airbus A380.

The apron is {{convert|246845|m2|abbr=on}} in space and provides parking positions for 37 planes.

The passenger terminal consists of two departure halls and one arrival hall which are all linked landside and airside. The check-in area features 40 desks.{{cite web|url=http://www.airport-nuernberg.de/airport-maps-53a726914708176d|title=Airport Maps|website=airport-nuernberg.de|access-date=25 April 2018|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170626165940/http://www.airport-nuernberg.de/airport-maps-53a726914708176d|archive-date=26 June 2017}} In December 2015 the new security control between departure halls 1 and 2 on the ground floor opened, replacing earlier facilities upstairs in hall 2 as machines had gotten too heavy to be placed on the upper floor.{{Cite web|url=https://www.airport-nuernberg.de/de/2015/mit-sicherheit-entspannt-abheben-br-neue-sicherheitskontrolle-am-albrecht-durer-airport-in-betrieb-4f00d68d18171480|title=Mit Sicherheit entspannt abheben Neue Sicherheitskontrolle am Albrecht Dürer Airport in Betrieb|access-date=10 November 2019|archive-date=10 November 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191110161338/https://www.airport-nuernberg.de/de/2015/mit-sicherheit-entspannt-abheben-br-neue-sicherheitskontrolle-am-albrecht-durer-airport-in-betrieb-4f00d68d18171480|url-status=live}} The newly freed up space on the upper floor has been converted to offices of travel bureaus selling their products and services right at the airport.

The extension of departure hall 2 was inaugurated on 30 April 1992 and was originally dimensioned for 2.8 million passengers per year. Now there is room for 5 million passengers per year. Daylight dominates the transparent construction made of steel and glass drafted by Nuremberg architects Grabow and Hoffmann. The construction phase took three years and cost about 100 million Deutsche Mark ({{inflation|DE|{{FixedEuroRate| {{{DEM}}}}}100000000|start_year=1992|fmt=eq||cursign=€}}). The extension of the apron was included in the building costs as well as three modern jet bridges. Today, there are four finger docks available.

On 25 January 2007 the newest addition, the Transfer-Control-Terminal (TCT) was opened. It not only serves as a capacity extension but it also allows for new legislation concerning security measures: since EU Regulation 2320/2002 airports have to make sure that non-EU passengers are controlled before continuing their trip to countries of the European Union and don't get mixed up with passengers who have already been checked. There is a second security control for the stricter security procedures for flights to Israel (if and when they operate) inside the TCT.

The airport has an airport lounge branded "Dürer Lounge" which can be accessed with tickets of a high enough travel class and for status customers of the frequent flyer programs of various airlines or by paying for a single access ticket.{{cite web | url=https://www.airport-nuernberg.de/Duerer-Lounge | title=Your Scrivito powered site is loading }}

In the arrivals area, there are three luggage carousels which sometimes present a bottleneck during busy times when more than three flights land in quick succession or when unloading of one or more flights is delayed for whatever reason. Plans to expand the capacity of the baggage claim have thus far (as of September 2023) not come to fruition.

In late 2023, the airport announced a major overhaul of its shopping and gastronomical offer. The erstwhile {{convert|650|sqm|abbr=on}} airside shopping, duty free and food court area is to be expanded to {{convert|1200|sqm|abbr=on}}. A joint venture with Smartseller GmbH & Co KG (owned to equal parts by the airport and Smartseller) was set up to manage the transition and operate the new business.{{cite web | url=https://www.infranken.de/lk/nuernberg/einkaufen/flughafen-nuernberg-kuendigt-voellig-neues-shopping-und-gastrokonzept-an-art-5783965 | title="Individuelle Lösung": Flughafen Nürnberg kündigt völlig neues Shopping- und Gastrokonzept an | date=25 October 2023 }}

In 1987, Cargo Center Nuremberg (CCN) was put into operation.{{cite web |url=https://www.ihk-nuernberg.de/de/IHK-Magazin-WiM/WiM-Archiv/WIM-Daten/2003-10/Unternehmen-und-Personen/Flughafen-Nuernberg-eroeffnet-Cargo-Center-2.jsp |title=Flughafen Nürnberg eröffnet Cargo-Center 2 |access-date=29 August 2017 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170830060044/https://www.ihk-nuernberg.de/de/IHK-Magazin-WiM/WiM-Archiv/WIM-Daten/2003-10/Unternehmen-und-Personen/Flughafen-Nuernberg-eroeffnet-Cargo-Center-2.jsp |archive-date=30 August 2017}} Nuremberg Chamber of Commerce and Industry, Retrieved 30 August 2017 When the Cold War ended and after the collapse of the Soviet Union, Nuremberg won back its central location in Europe. As a consequence Nuremberg Airport and air freight quickly gained in importance in the 1990s.

Nuremberg is also the economic and service metropolis of Franconia with approximately 150,000 companies and enterprises taking advantage of the locality of Nuremberg as a traffic junction of highways (A3, A9 & A73) and railroads. The region's export share of 42% is remarkably high and above German average. In addition, several headquarters of internationally operating companies are located in the region, for example Siemens, Adidas, Bosch, Puma and Faber-Castell.

Due to the positive trend, Cargo Center II (CCN II) was built in 2003. Today, almost {{convert|14400|m2|abbr=on}} storage space and {{convert|6550|m²|abbr=on}} of office space is available at Nuremberg Airport. 107,123 metric tons of cargo were handled in 2010.{{cite press release|url=https://www.airport-nuernberg.de/en/2011/airport-nurnberg-taking-stock-return-to-growth-1b84bf7f285d0135|title=Airport Nürnberg Taking Stock – Return to Growth|website=airport-nuernberg.de/en|publisher=Flughafen Nürnberg GmbH|location=Nuremberg|date=2011-04-13|access-date=2023-01-13|quote=Air freight service, which is considered an early indicator of general economic developments, increased significantly by 33.6 percent to 107,100 tons.|archive-date=13 January 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230113112521/https://www.airport-nuernberg.de/en/2011/airport-nurnberg-taking-stock-return-to-growth-1b84bf7f285d0135|url-status=live}}

Deutsche Flugsicherung (DFS), which is in charge of air traffic control in Germany, moved into the {{convert|48|m|ft|adj=mid|-high}} tower in November 1998. The control tower at Nuremberg Airport was designed by architect Günther Behnisch and has become the architectural landmark of the airport with its dynamic silhouette. It was built because the original control tower was only {{convert|18|meters}} high. The project cost approximately 30 million DM ({{inflation|DE|{{FixedEuroRate| {{{DEM}}}}}30000000|start_year=1998|fmt=eq||cursign=€}}).{{cite book |last=Windsheimer |first=Bernd |date=2005-03-10 |title=50 Jahre Airport Nürnberg |trans-title=50 years Nuremberg Airport |pages=135–160 |language=german |location=Nuremberg |publisher=Sandberg |isbn=978-3930699407}}

There are about 10,000 car parking spaces at Nuremberg Airport. Apart from three multistorey car parks, there are various parking lots in close vicinity to the terminals. The newest facility is car park P4 with 3,600 parking spaces, which opened in 2021.{{cite news | url=https://www.airport-nuernberg.de/de/2021/neues-airport-parkhaus-p4-nachhaltige-investition-in-die-zukunft-6dd05b043f643f77 | title=Neues Airport-Parkhaus P4: Nachhaltige Investition in die Zukunft }} Construction of P4 cost approximately {{Euro|36 million}} and had begun in 2019.{{cite web | url=https://www.airport-nuernberg.de/de/2019/p-neues-parkhaus-schafft-3-600-stellplatze-spatenstich-zu-grosster-einzelbaumassnahme-in-der-geschichte-des-flughafens-p-1c60367a6e9aba10 | title=Neues Parkhaus schafft 3.600 Stellplätze - Spatenstich zu größter Einzelbaumaßnahme in der Geschichte des Flughafens }} The old Parking facility P1 was torn down as it had reached the end of its useful life, leaving the number of parking garages constant at three, albeit with a major increase in capacity from roughly 8,000 to the current number.

There are different parking tariffs to choose from, for example "BusinessParken" (business parking) or "UrlauberParken" (holiday parking).{{cite web |url=http://www.airport-nuernberg.de/english/passengers/parking |title=Airport Nürnberg - einfach abheben |access-date=18 February 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100125032117/http://www.airport-nuernberg.de/english/passengers/parking/ |archive-date=25 January 2010}}

Nuremberg Airport is also a center for Deutsche Rettungsflugwacht e.V (DRF) and HDM Flugservice air rescue services which operate a rescue helicopter and an intensive care helicopter, respectively.

Furthermore, several ADAC air ambulances and Flight Ambulance International (FAI){{cite web|url=http://www.fai.ag/ambulance/fai_ambulance.html|title=FAI Flight Ambulance – 24/7 Patient Transport by Ambulance Jet|website=www.fai.ag|access-date=25 April 2018|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110531154601/http://www.fai.ag/ambulance/fai_ambulance.html|archive-date=31 May 2011}} are based in Nuremberg.

The following airlines offer regular scheduled and charter flights at Nuremberg Airport:{{cite web|url=https://www.airport-nuernberg.de/flugplan|title=Flight Schedule|website=www.airport-nuernberg.de|access-date=21 May 2022|archive-date=25 May 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220525183056/https://www.airport-nuernberg.de/flugplan|url-status=live}}

{{Airport destination list

| Aegean Airlines | Seasonal: Thessaloniki

| Air Cairo{{cite web|url=https://www.sunexpress.com/en/flight-plan/|title=Flight plan|website=sunexpress.com|access-date=4 June 2021|archive-date=4 June 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210604231313/https://www.sunexpress.com/en/flight-plan/|url-status=live}}{{cite web|url=https://www.ch-aviation.com/portal/news/101255-egypts-air-cairo-sunexpress-ink-cooperation-agreement|title=Egypt's Air Cairo, SunExpress ink cooperation agreement|website=ch-aviation.com|date=8 March 2021|access-date=4 June 2021|archive-date=26 July 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210726020825/https://www.ch-aviation.com/portal/news/101255-egypts-air-cairo-sunexpress-ink-cooperation-agreement|url-status=live}} | Hurghada

| Air France | Paris–Charles de Gaulle

| Air Serbia{{Cite web|url=https://www.exyuaviation.com/2022/01/air-serbia-to-finalise-summer-expansion.html|title=Air Serbia finalises summer expansion with three new routes|date=28 January 2022 |access-date=28 January 2022|archive-date=28 January 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220128094832/https://www.exyuaviation.com/2022/01/air-serbia-to-finalise-summer-expansion.html|url-status=live}} | Belgrade

| British Airways | Seasonal: London–Heathrow[https://www.routesonline.com/airports/6864/albrecht-durer-airport-nurnberg/news/299663197/nurembergs-christmas-market-now-served-by-a-seasonal-british-airways-service-from-london-heathrow/ routesonline.com] 17 June 2024

| Condor{{Cite web|url=https://www.airport-nuernberg.de/condor-ab-nuernberg|title=Condor ist zurück in Nürnberg: Mallorca-Angebot wächst und wächst|access-date=4 March 2022|archive-date=4 March 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220304190802/https://www.airport-nuernberg.de/condor-ab-nuernberg|url-status=live}} | Fuerteventura,{{cite web | url=https://www.nordbayern.de/region/nuernberg/die-tickets-sind-bereits-buchbar-fluggesellschaft-steuert-bald-neue-ziele-von-nurnberg-aus-an-1.13914523 | title=Die Tickets sind bereits buchbar: Fluggesellschaft steuert bald neue Ziele von Nürnberg aus an }} Gran Canaria, Hurghada, Tenerife–South{{Cite web|url=https://www.condor.com/tca/de/flight/search|website=www.condor.com|access-date=2023-09-24|title=Flugsuche|lang=de}}
Seasonal: Heraklion, Palma de Mallorca, Rhodes{{Cite web|url=https://www.aeroroutes.com/eng/230807-dens24eu|title=Condor NS24 Europe Network Additions – 06AUG23|website=AeroRoutes}}

| Corendon Airlines | Antalya, Gran Canaria, Hurghada, Tenerife–South
Seasonal: Adana/Mersin, Ankara, Corfu, Dalaman, Fuerteventura, Heraklion, İzmir,{{cite web|url=https://www.aeroroutes.com/eng/221020-xcxrnw22|website=aeroroutes.com|date=20 October 2022|title=CORENDON AIRLINES NW22 SCHEDULED SERVICE ADJUSTMENT – 20OCT22|access-date=20 October 2022|archive-date=20 October 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221020131037/https://www.aeroroutes.com/eng/221020-xcxrnw22|url-status=live}} Kayseri,{{Cite web|url=https://www.airport-nuernberg.de/kayseri-ab-nuernberg|title=Mit Corendon Airlines nach Kayseri in Kappadokien|access-date=27 February 2022|archive-date=27 February 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220227174923/https://www.airport-nuernberg.de/kayseri-ab-nuernberg|url-status=live}} Kos, Lanzarote, Marsa Alam,{{Cite web|url=https://www.corendonairlines.com/de|title=Corendon Airlines – Flugtickets – Your Holiday Airline|access-date=7 April 2022|archive-date=18 July 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220718123525/https://www.corendonairlines.com/de|url-status=live}} Palma de Mallorca, Rhodes

| Eurowings | Hamburg, Palma de Mallorca
Seasonal: Bastia, Fuerteventura,{{Cite web|url=https://www.aeroroutes.com/eng/230501-ewnw23es|title=Eurowings NW23 Spain Network Additions|website=AeroRoutes}} Funchal,https://www.aeroroutes.com/eng/240910-ewnw24pt Gran Canaria, Heraklion, Hurghada,{{Cite web|url=https://www.eurowings.com/de/entdecken/reiseziele/neue-strecken.html|title=Eurowings: New routes}} Kos,{{cite web | url=https://www.nordbayern.de/region/nuernberg/mallorca-nizza-und-viele-mehr-neue-reiseziele-vom-airport-nurnberg-1.13981259 | title=Mallorca, Nizza und viele mehr: Neue Reiseziele vom Airport Nürnberg }}{{cite web | url=https://www.t-online.de/region/nuernberg/id_100326632/airport-nuernberg-neue-direktziele-im-flugplan-rom-nizza-und-korsika.html | title="Überraschung im Flugplan": Diese beliebte Hauptstadt wird endlich wieder ab Nürnberg angeflogen | date=22 January 2024 }}{{cite web | url=https://www.infranken.de/lk/nuernberg/flughafen-nuernberg-eurowings-baut-angebot-aus-vier-zusaetzliche-reiseziele-art-5821372 | title=Vier zusätzliche Reiseziele ab dem Flughafen Nürnberg: Eurowings baut Angebot aus | date=22 January 2024 }} Marsa Alam,{{cite web | url=https://aviation.direct/nuernberg-eurowings-fliegt-im-winter-2023-24-auch-nach-marsa-alam | title=Nürnberg: Eurowings fliegt im Winter 2023/24 auch nach Marsa Alam | date=23 June 2023 }} Nice, Rhodes, Rome-Fiumicino

| Freebird Airlines{{Cite web|url=https://www.freebirdairlines.com/en/flight-list|title=Flight list|website=freebirdairlines.com|access-date=10 September 2021|archive-date=10 September 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210910115106/https://www.freebirdairlines.com/en/flight-list|url-status=live}} | Seasonal: Antalya

| GP Aviation{{Cite web|url=https://www.airport-nuernberg.de/pristina-ab-nuernberg|title=Neues Flugziel: Ab Nürnberg nach Pristina|access-date=4 March 2022|archive-date=4 March 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220304190805/https://www.airport-nuernberg.de/pristina-ab-nuernberg|url-status=live}} | Charter: Pristina

| KLM | Amsterdam

| Lufthansa | Frankfurt

| Mavi Gök Airlines | Seasonal: Antalya{{cite web | url=https://www.airport-nuernberg.de/pm-sommerflugplan2023 | title=Start in den Sommer: Von Nürnberg aus nonstop zu 65 Zielen }}

| Nesma Airlines | Seasonal charter: Hurghada{{Cite web|url=https://cdn0.scrvt.com/86f1f1e2d836ca377960c1753403d83d/1b6e5020a92664ee/8fe663ec45ce/FlightConnections_Summer_23_V10.pdf|title=Direct flight connections from Nuremberg Summer 2023}}

| Pegasus Airlines | Antalya, Istanbul–Sabiha Gökçen
Seasonal: İzmir{{Cite web|url=https://www.aeroroutes.com/eng/230418-pcns23|title=Pegasus NS23 Network Additions – 16APR23|website=AeroRoutes}}

| Ryanair{{cite web|url=https://corporate.ryanair.com/news/ryanair-delivers-tourism-recovery-at-nuremberg-airport/?market=en|title=Ryanair Delivers Tourism Recovery at Nuremberg Airport|date=8 December 2021 |access-date=10 December 2021|archive-date=10 December 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211210080149/https://corporate.ryanair.com/news/ryanair-delivers-tourism-recovery-at-nuremberg-airport/?market=en|url-status=live}}{{Cite web |url=https://www.ryanair.com/gb/en/ |title=ryanair.com |access-date=7 June 2022 |archive-date=7 December 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161207122700/https://www.ryanair.com/gb/en |url-status=live }} | Alicante,{{cite news | url=https://www.aeroroutes.com/eng/230918-frnw23 | title=Ryanair NW23 Network Changes – 17SEP23 | newspaper=Aeroroutes }} Budapest, London–Stansted, Málaga, Palma de Mallorca, Seville, Sofia, Tenerife–South, Thessaloniki, Valencia, Vilnius[https://www.aerotelegraph.com/ryanair-fliegt-ab-nuernberg-nach-vilnius-statt-nach-lwiw aerotelegraph.com] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220313041243/https://www.aerotelegraph.com/ryanair-fliegt-ab-nuernberg-nach-vilnius-statt-nach-lwiw |date=13 March 2022 }} 11 March 2022
Seasonal: Bari, Cagliari, Chania, Corfu, Faro, Girona, Lamezia Terme, Lanzarote, Naples, Palermo, Porto, Preveza/Lefkada,{{Cite web|url=https://www.prevezanews.gr/allnews/ipiros/preveza/100688-ryanair-nea-syndesi-apo-ti-nyremvergi-pros-to-aktio-to-2024/#google_vignette |title=RYANAIR: Νέα σύνδεση από τη Νυρεμβέργη προς το Άκτιο το 2024|date=5 December 2023 }} Zadar

| {{nowrap|SmartLynx Airlines}} | Seasonal charter: Djerba,{{cite web|url=https://cdn0.scrvt.com/c6cfa56ea5ccf7ccabf7e13a538ca691/39347c00fc724217/2ace058f7d10/FlightConnections_Summer_24_V3|title=Direct flight connections from Nuremberg Summer 2024}} Enfidha,{{cite web|url=https://aeroroutes.com/eng/220712-6yjul22nue|title=Smartlynx adds Nuremberg - Enfidha service late-July 2022|publisher=AeroRoutes|date=12 July 2022|access-date=12 July 2022|archive-date=12 July 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220712234624/https://aeroroutes.com/eng/220712-6yjul22nue|url-status=live}} Fuerteventura, Gran Canaria, Heraklion, Hurghada, Kos, Rhodes

| Smartwings | Seasonal charter: Abu Dhabi{{cite web|url=https://www.airport-nuernberg.de/de/2023/p-neues-highlight-im-winterflugplan-abu-dhabi-dreimal-wochentlich-nonstop-ab-nurnberg-p-73774355aea20300|title=Neues Highlight im Winterflugplan: Abu Dhabi – dreimal wöchentlich nonstop ab Nürnberg|date=7 August 2023}}

| SunExpress | Antalya, İzmir
Seasonal: Dalaman{{cite web|url=https://www.sunexpress.com/de | title=Günstige Flüge buchen & zu Top-Destinationen fliegen | SunExpress }}

| Tailwind Airlines | Seasonal charter: Antalya

| Trade Air | Seasonal charter: Pristina{{cite web|url=https://www.flyrbp.com/buchen/buchen,flyrbp,en.html | title=Travel Agency PRISTINA: Cheap flights to KOSOVO, Germany and Switzerland}}

| Turkish Airlines | Istanbul

| Vueling | Barcelona

| Wizz Air[https://wizzair.com/en-gb/flights/timetable#/ wizzair.com - Timetable] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180215040649/https://wizzair.com/en-gb/flights/timetable#/ |date=15 February 2018 }} retrieved 21 May 2022 | Bucharest–Otopeni, Chișinău,https://boardingpass.ro/wizz-air-redeschide-baza-de-la-chisinau-si-redeschide-opt-rute-aeriene/ Cluj-Napoca, Sibiu, Skopje, Tirana,{{cite web |title=Wizzair opens three routes from Tirana |url=https://italiavola.com/2022/03/31/wizzair-apre-tre-rotte-da-tirana/ |website=italiavola |date=31 March 2022 |access-date=31 March 2022 |archive-date=31 March 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220331133651/https://italiavola.com/2022/03/31/wizzair-apre-tre-rotte-da-tirana/ |url-status=live }} Varnahttps://wizzair.com/en-gb

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In 2023 the busiest routes were Antalya (505,700 passengers), Palma de Mallorca (430,000 passengers), Istanbul (225,400 passengers) Frankfurt (206,800 passengers) and Amsterdam (168,000 passengers).{{cite web | url=https://aerobuzz.de/luftverkehr-news/passagieraufkommen-am-nuernberg-airport-stieg-2023-um-knapp-20-prozent/ | title=Passagieraufkommen am Nürnberg Airport stieg 2023 um knapp 20 Prozent | date=10 January 2024 }}

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The U-Bahn (Metro) line U2 serves the airport at the Flughafen station. Trains connect the airport with the centre of the city every 10 minutes. The ride to the Hauptbahnhof (Central Railway Station) and the nearby Altstadt (historic old town) only takes 13 minutes. Nuremberg Airport is the only airport in Germany to be served by U-Bahn rather than S-Bahn, Tramway or Deutsche Bahn.

Nuremberg Airport is located {{convert|5|km|abbr=on}} north of the city centre. It is accessible via nearby Autobahn A 3, which connects to Autobahn A 9 as well as Motorways A 73 and A 6. Longstanding plans for a more direct access from A3 (which runs north of the runway) were abandoned by all relevant local political factions in the run-up to the 2020 local elections.{{Cite web|url=https://www.nordbayern.de/region/nuernberg/streichkandidat-nurnberger-nordanbindung-vor-dem-aus-1.9225426|title=Streichkandidat: Nürnberger Nordanbindung vor dem aus|access-date=1 November 2021|archive-date=1 November 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211101163245/https://www.nordbayern.de/region/nuernberg/streichkandidat-nurnberger-nordanbindung-vor-dem-aus-1.9225426|url-status=live}} Bundesstraße 4 runs just to the West of the runway and is connected to the airport by local roads. Access for private automobiles is via Marienbergstraße and Flughafenstraße whereas public transit buses can use a slightly more direct route (see below).

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Bus number 30 connects the airport with bus and Tram stop "am Wegfeld" before continuing to Erlangen. Since December 2015 new bus line 33 was installed, allowing passengers from Nuremberg's west-neighbouring city Fürth getting to the airport quicker without taking a detour via Nuremberg Central Station. Since the extension of Tram Line 4 from Thon to am Wegfeld, Bus line 30 which formerly terminated in Thon has been rerouted to the airport, thus offering a direct connection to downtown Erlangen from the airport for the first time. The bus takes a route through local neighborhoods which predate the airport and makes use of streets which are otherwise closed to motorized traffic, including a short stretch through the airport parking lot. During much of the day lines 30 and 33 overlap between "am Wegfeld" and the airport for a ten-minute headway.

Lufthansa also offers a bus service from Nuremberg to Munich. The bus route replaces a former fight, that was withdrawn during the pandemic and not reinstated after restrictions were lifted in part due to criticism by environmentalist groups. {{Cite web|url=https://frankfurtflyer.de/lufthansa-streicht-die-ultrakurzstrecke-muenchen-nuernberg-und-setzt-dafuer-einen-bus-ein/|title= Lufthansa stops flying to Munich from Nuremberg and uses Bus |date= 23 June 2021 |access-date= 23 January 2024 }} The Lufthansa Express Bus leaves from Parking space P2.{{Cite web|url=https://www.lufthansa.com/de/de/lufthansa-express-bus|title= Lufthansa Express Bus Operating Routes |access-date= 23 January 2024}}

Because of the airport's close-in location and its direct connections to local streets, it is also possible to walk or ride a bicycle from nearby neighborhoods right up to the terminal. Consequently, there is also bicycle parking in front of the terminal which is used by both employees and passengers.

In addition to developing strategies to reduce noise pollution the department{{which|date=June 2023}} also implements regular measurements of air pollutants and soil analyses. In 2003, a biomonitoring campaign with honey bees was launched at the airport.{{cite web|url=https://www.airport-nuernberg.de/environment-2d5097dfc0930497|title=Environment|publisher=airport-nuernberg.de|access-date=2023-01-16|archive-date=16 January 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230116121940/https://www.airport-nuernberg.de/environment-2d5097dfc0930497|url-status=live}}

The water collected on the {{convert|70 |ha}} of sealed or covered areas is being filtered and analyzed before it gets fed into receiving water courses, to prevent pollution due to oils or fuels. If the analyzed TOC value is above the threshold level, the water is discharged into the sewerage. Over the years, surface and aircraft de-icing fluids have been replaced by substances with higher biodegradability.

The airport has been keeping bees and analyzes their honey for pollution as a form of biomonitoring since 2003. The beekeepers otherwise work in other departments of the airport and the honey that is not needed for analysis is given to long-time employees as a gift.{{Cite web|url=https://www.airport-nuernberg.de/5bf3d85b67bfd170|title=Your Scrivito powered site is loading ...|website=www.airport-nuernberg.de}} All relevant threshold values have (as of 2022) always been met as long as the biomonitoring has been practiced.{{Cite web|url=https://www.airport-nuernberg.de/tag-der-bienen-biomonitoring|title=Your Scrivito powered site is loading ...|website=www.airport-nuernberg.de}}

In 2019 the airport replaced its baggage tug fleets with all electric vehicles{{Cite web|url=http://www.nordbayern.de/wirtschaft/beim-gepack-flughafen-nurnberg-setzt-auf-e-mobilitat-1.8701619|title=Beim Gepäck: Flughafen Nürnberg setzt auf E-Mobilität|date=2019-03-14|author=krei|language=de|website=nordbayern.de|publisher=Verlag Nürnberger Presse Druckhaus Nürnberg GmbH & Co. KG|access-date=8 April 2019|archive-date=8 April 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190408041434/http://www.nordbayern.de/wirtschaft/beim-gepack-flughafen-nurnberg-setzt-auf-e-mobilitat-1.8701619|url-status=live}}{{Cite web|url=https://aerobuzz.de/luftverkehr-news/airport-nuernberg-setzt-auf-elektromobilitaet/|website=aerobuzz.de|publisher=Volker K. Thomalla|title=Airport Nürnberg setzt auf Elektromobilität|date=19 March 2019|access-date=2022-12-20|language=de|archive-date=19 December 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221219231504/https://aerobuzz.de/luftverkehr-news/airport-nuernberg-setzt-auf-elektromobilitaet/|url-status=live}}{{Cite web|url=https://vision-mobility.de/news/airport-nuernberg-neue-elektro-schlepperflotte-3797.html|title=Airport Nürnberg: Neue Elektro-Schlepperflotte - Elektromobilität (E-Mobilität), Flughäfen | News | VISION mobility - Mobilität Konnektivität Infrastruktur|author=Gregor Soller|date=2019-04-01|access-date=2022-12-20|language=de|publisher=HUSS-VERLAG GmbH|archive-date=8 April 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190408041431/https://vision-mobility.de/news/airport-nuernberg-neue-elektro-schlepperflotte-3797.html|url-status=live}}

The airport uses solar panels on some rooftops and woodchips provided by local agricultural producers to provide 100% renewable electricity{{Cite web|url=https://www.airport-nuernberg.de/de/2018/airport-setzt-auf-nachhaltigkeit-standort-wird-mit-100-prozent-okostrom-versorgt-2ca632d7e2e6c4dc|title=Airport setzt auf Nachhaltigkeit: Standort wird mit 100 Prozent Ökostrom versorgt|language=de|date=2018-03-15|access-date=2022-12-20|publisher=Flughafen Nürnberg GmbH|website=airport-nuernberg.de|archive-date=8 April 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190408042630/https://www.airport-nuernberg.de/de/2018/airport-setzt-auf-nachhaltigkeit-standort-wird-mit-100-prozent-okostrom-versorgt-2ca632d7e2e6c4dc|url-status=live}}{{Cite web|url=http://www.airliners.de/flughafen-nuernberg-oekostrom/44097|title=Flughafen Nürnberg setzt auf Ökostrom|date=2018-03-19|access-date=2022-12-20|language=de|website=airliners.de|publisher=Neun Zeichen GmbH|archive-date=8 April 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190408042813/http://www.airliners.de/flughafen-nuernberg-oekostrom/44097|url-status=live}}

Unlike many other airports in Germany, Nuremberg Airport is licensed for 24/7 operations and has a lot of passenger flights at night especially during the summer high season. This is controversial on noise abatement grounds, but the airport argues that slots at busy destination airports like Antalya Airport are only available for nighttime departures/arrivals to/from Nuremberg.{{cite web | url=https://www.nordbayern.de/region/nuernberg/larm-am-airport-anwohner-fordern-nachtflugverbot-1.7929537 | title=Lärm am Airport: Anwohner fordern Nachtflugverbot }}{{cite web | url=https://www.nordbayern.de/region/nuernberg/anwohner-sind-genervt-wieder-deutlich-mehr-nachtfluge-am-nurnberger-airport-1.12620378 | title=Anwohner sind genervt: Wieder deutlich mehr Nachtflüge am Nürnberger Airport }}{{cite web | url=https://www.infranken.de/lk/nuernberg/flughafen-nuernberg-erlanger-oberbuergermeister-fordert-nachtflugverbot-leiden-sehr-art-5601255 | title=Flughafen Nürnberg: Erlanger Oberbürgermeister fordert Nachtflugverbot - "leiden sehr" | date=9 December 2022 }}{{Cite web|url=https://www.https/|title=Fluglärm|website=www.airport-nuernberg.de|access-date=12 March 2024|archive-date=19 August 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130819141428/http://https/|url-status=dead}} In addition to local citizens, Lord Mayor Florian Janik (SPD) whose city of Erlangen partially sits in the flightpath has formally lodged a complaint against night-time operations at the airport.{{cite web | url=https://www.frankenfernsehen.tv/mediathek/video/fluglaerm-nachtflugverbot-am-airport-nuernberg-gefordert/ | title=Fluglärm: Nachtflugverbot am Airport Nürnberg gefordert }} While cargo, general aviation and military flights also operate at night during winter months, scheduled passenger flights at night are less common during that time of year. As a side-effect of being one of the closest airports with the license and capabilities to receive arriving flights during the nighttime curfew of Munich or Frankfurt Airport (the busiest airports in Germany and important Lufthansa hubs), it receives rerouted flights originally scheduled to land at those airports from time to time.

In 2009, it was decided that a new hotel with conference rooms and offices will be built at the airport roundabout. ConTech GmbH and the architect's office Christ, both from Nuremberg, will realize the project with investor ZBI.{{cite web |url=https://www.airport-nuernberg.de/de/2009/airport-business-center-neues-hotel-mit-tagungsraumen-cdce1e60eb485161 |date=2009-05-27 |access-date=2022-12-21 |title=Airport Business Center: Neues Hotel mit Tagungsräumen |website=www.airport-nuernberg.de |publisher=Flughafen Nürnberg GmbH |language=de |archive-date=21 December 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221221224755/https://www.airport-nuernberg.de/de/2009/airport-business-center-neues-hotel-mit-tagungsraumen-cdce1e60eb485161 |url-status=live }} In 2011 the plans were put on hold until the motorway connection is completed.

Direct access to motorway A3 has been planned for several years. A direct route to the airport with a tunnel under the runway to reduce traffic through city district Ziegelstein is favored and spatial planning has already been completed. However, further planning has been delayed as environmental organization Bund Naturschutz and local citizens group Nein zur Flughafen-Nordanbindung! ("No to a northern airport [road] link!") are vehemently against the plans. While the decision to construct motorway access is ultimately taken at the federal level, ahead of the 2020 mayoral elections candidates of CSU, SPD and Greens have all voiced their opposition to the plans of constructing such a road.{{cite web |url=https://www.nordbayern.de/region/nuernberg/csu-will-nordanbindung-bald-brehm-wettert-gegen-spd-1.4986377 |title=CSU will Nordanbindung bald – Brehm wettert gegen SPD |publisher=Verlag Nürnberger Presse Druckhaus Nürnberg GmbH & Co. KG |website=www.nordbayern.de |language=de |date=2016-02-11 |access-date=2023-01-10 |archive-date=28 July 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190728221638/https://www.nordbayern.de/region/nuernberg/csu-will-nordanbindung-bald-brehm-wettert-gegen-spd-1.4986377 |url-status=live }} As ultimately the candidate of the CSU, :de:Marcus König, won the election, the plans appear to be shelved for at least the 2020-2026 mayoral term.

In 2021, a letter of intent was signed for another cargo center (CCN3). The CCN3 will add around {{convert|3,600|m2}} of warehouse space and around {{convert|1,900|m2}} of office space to the range of services.{{cite press release |url=https://www.airport-nuernberg.de/en/2021/new-cargo-center-at-the-airport-letter-of-intent-signed-68d4c6e65e2af6b3 |title=New Cargo Center at the airport: Letter of intent signed |date=2021-08-26 |access-date=2023-01-10 |website=www.airport-nuernberg.de |publisher=Flughafen Nürnberg GmbH |quote=The new CCN3 adds around 3,600 m² of warehouse space and around 1,900 m² of office space. |archive-date=18 December 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221218002200/https://www.airport-nuernberg.de/en/2021/new-cargo-center-at-the-airport-letter-of-intent-signed-68d4c6e65e2af6b3 |url-status=live }}

• On 8 January 2010, an Air Berlin Boeing 737-800 skidded off the runway shortly before takeoff on a flight to Düsseldorf, causing the airport to close for a few hours.{{cite web|url=http://newsticker.sueddeutsche.de/list/id/911747|title=Flughafen Nürnberg nach Unfall wieder in Betrieb|publisher=Süddeutsche Zeitung|access-date=9 January 2010|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100112141419/http://newsticker.sueddeutsche.de/list/id/911747|archive-date=12 January 2010}}{{cite web |url=http://www.focus.de/panorama/welt/wetter-flughafen-nuernberg-nach-unfall-wieder-in-betrieb_aid_469138.html |title=Flughafen Nürnberg nach Unfall wieder in Betrieb |access-date=11 January 2010 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120326032816/http://www.focus.de/panorama/welt/wetter-flughafen-nuernberg-nach-unfall-wieder-in-betrieb_aid_469138.html |archive-date=26 March 2012}}

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