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Bremen Airport

Bremen Airport (German: Flughafen Bremen, IATA: BRE, ICAO: EDDW) is the international airport of the city and state of Bremen in Northern Germany. It is located 3.5 km (2.2 mi) south of the city[2] and handled 1,81 Mio. passengers in 2023.[1] It mainly features flights to European metropolitan and leisure destinations.

Bremen Airport

Flughafen Bremen
Summary
Airport typePublic
OperatorFlughafen Bremen GmbH
ServesBremen, Germany
Elevation AMSL14 ft / 4 m
Coordinates53°02′51″N 008°47′12″E / 53.04750°N 8.78667°E / 53.04750; 8.78667
Websitebremen-airport.com
Map
EDDW is located in Bremen
EDDW
EDDW
Location of airport in Bremen
Map
Runways
Direction Length Surface
m ft
09/27 2,634 8,642 Asphalt
23 700 2,297 Asphalt
Helipads
Number Length Surface
m ft
H1 30 98 Grass
Statistics (2023)
Passengers1,814,892 Increase 21,6%
Aircraft movements27,045 Increase 7,8%
Freight (in tons)276 Decrease - 13,5%
Source: Statistics, ADV[1],
AIP at German air traffic control.[2]

History

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Terminal exterior
 
Terminal interior

Early years

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The beginnings of the airport date back to the early 20th century. The Bremer Verein für Luftschiffahrt, a local aerospace club, conducted the first experimental flights at the present site in the summer of 1910, on what was then the parade ground of the local garrison. The Senate of Bremen supported the establishment of an airfield to connect Bremen to the growing airship route network. Official permission for the opening of an airport was granted on 16 May 1913. The initial infrastructure was geared towards aircraft operations instead of the initially envisaged airships. Several wooden hangars were erected.[3]

During World War I, the airport was taken into military administration, and civilian operations ceased. The military erected a wooden hangar, but conducted only a small number of operations from the airfield.[3] After the war, the airport only reopened on 18 July 1920, with Dutch airline KLM beginning scheduled flights to Amsterdam soon thereafter. In the same year, the Weimar National Assembly authorised investment into upgraded facilities at the airport. Administration of the airport was transferred to the newly founded Bremer Flughafengesellschaft.[4] In 1923, the aeroplane manufacturer Focke-Wulf was founded on a site adjacent to the airfield.

World War II

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In the 1930s, several new terminal buildings and hangars were constructed, with the largest to date being completed in 1937. In the same year, four new runways were built. These were arranged in a star-like pattern. The increasing military buildup under the rule of the Nazis also began to show itself at the airport, with the Luftwaffe establishing a flight training base there. Civilian operations again came to a standstill with the beginning of World War II. For a short period between November 1939 and June 1940, the airport served as the base for a squadron of Focke-Wulf Fw 200 bombers. In the later stages of the war, the airport came under repeated bombardment due to co-location with the Focke-Wulf plant. This left most of the infrastructure destroyed or severely damaged by the end of the war.[3]

The United States Army took over the airport and the adjacent aircraft plant in 1945 for use as an airbase. After conducting the necessary repairs, it operated mostly transport aircraft into and out of the American enclave within otherwise British-occupied northern Germany. Control was handed back to the Bremen authorities in 1949. Civilian operations resumed that year with Scandinavian Airlines using Bremen Airport as a stopover on routes from Scandinavia to Geneva and Vienna.[5] Runway 09-27 was extended to 2.000 m.[3]

Development since the 1950s

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In the mid-1950s, the terminal buildings were reconstructed and Lufthansa began scheduled flights to the airport. The German airline also established its pilot training operations (Lufthansa Flight Training) at the airport. During the 1960s, scheduled jet flights began to be operated at Bremen. In 1971, a large radar system was installed on the southern perimeter of the airport.[3]

1989 was the first year that the airport had more than one million passengers. The current terminal building was opened in 1998.[6]

In January 2016 the airport's operator announced that the main terminal building would undergo major redesign and renovation works until 2018. Terminal sections 1, 2 and 3 were merged amongst several other changes.[6] In May 2016 the airport introduced its new brand with BRE Bremen Airport replacing City Airport Bremen .[7]

In February 2017 British Airways announced it would end its flights from Bremen to London and Manchester, which were both operated by SUN-AIR.[8] SUN-AIR maintained a base for the routes at Bremen Airport. In April 2017 the airport announced it was changing its name to Bremen Airport Hans Koschnick, after the former mayor and honorable citizen of Bremen.[9]

In October 2018, Ryanair announced it would be closing its base at the airport on 5 November 2018.[10] In February 2021, Lufthansa Aviation Training announced it would relocate its entire German practical training from Bremen Airport to Rostock Airport.[11] In 2023 and 2024, Bremen Airport gained two important additional hub connections when Lufthansa Group Airlines SWISS and Austrian Airlines began scheduled routes to their hubs in Zürich and Vienna, respectively.[12][13]

Facilities

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The airport consists of one main passenger terminal building, split into sections Terminal 1, 2 and 3[14] that features several shops, restaurants and service facilities as well five aircraft stands equipped with jet bridges and some additional stands for mid-sized aircraft on the apron. The main building contains the check-in counters 5–19 and 21–38.[14] Ryanair uses another more basic facility to the west of the main terminal called Terminal E which only features walk-boarding and features the check-in counters 1E-4E.[14]

The Bremenhalle inside the airport hosts a small aviation and space exploration museum, displaying the Junkers W33 Bremen and the first Spacelab module.

Bremen airport is the home airport of the Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research (AWI) two Basler BT-67 research aircraft Polar 5 and Polar 6.[15] The AWI fleet was relocated to Bremen after Bremerhaven Airport was closed in 2016.

Airlines and destinations

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The following airlines offer regular scheduled and charter flights at Bremen Airport:[16]

AirlinesDestinations
Aegean Airlines Seasonal charter: Heraklion[17]
Austrian Airlines Vienna[18][19]
Corendon Airlines Seasonal: Antalya,[20] Hurghada
European Air Charter Seasonal charter: Burgas[21]
Eurowings Stuttgart
Seasonal: Palma de Mallorca
FlyOne Chișinău (begins 17 April 2025)[22]
KLM Amsterdam[23]
Lufthansa[24] Frankfurt, Munich
Pegasus Airlines Istanbul–Sabiha Gökçen[25]
Seasonal: Antalya[21]
Ryanair Alicante, London–Stansted, Málaga,[26] Palma de Mallorca, Vilnius
Seasonal: Lanzarote,[27] Zadar[28]
Sundair[29] Fuerteventura
Seasonal: Beirut, Burgas,[29] Gran Canaria, Heraklion, Hurghada, Monastir, Palma de Mallorca, Rhodes, Tenerife–South, Varna[30]
SunExpress Antalya, Izmir
Swiss International Air Lines Zurich[31]
Tailwind Airlines Seasonal charter: Antalya[32]
Trade Air Seasonal charter: Pristina[32][better source needed]
Turkish Airlines Istanbul
Wizz Air Skopje (ends 11 January 2025)[33]

Statistics

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Passengers Movements Freight (in t)
2000 1,918,064 – –
2008   2,486,337 46,876 723
2009   2,448,851   43,650   731
2010   2,676,297   46,409   539
2011   2,560,023   45,412   612
2012   2,447,007   44,737   643
2013   2,612,627   44,263   567
2014   2.773.129   45.987   721
2015   2.660.754   42.263   608
2016[34]   2.573.501   40.687   731
2017[35]   2,540,084   37.233   647
2018   2.561.535   -   -
2019   2.308.338   -   -
2020
2021[36]
2022[37]   1,493,007   25,083   319
2023[1]   1,814,892   27,045   276
Source: ADV[38]

Ground transportation

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Tram

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Tram line 6 departs every 6 to 10 minutes (on Sunday evenings up to 20 min) to Universität Bremen via Domsheide and Hauptbahnhof. The ride takes 11 minutes to the city center, 16 minutes to the central station and 30 minutes to the university.[39]

Car

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The airport can be reached via motorway A1 (Baltic Sea – Ruhr area; Exit Arsten) and the yet only partly completed city motorway A281 which crosses the city of Bremen.[40]

See also

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References

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  This article incorporates public domain material from the Air Force Historical Research Agency

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  2. ^ a b "AIP VFR online". dfs.de. DFS Deutsche Flugsicherung GmbH. Retrieved 21 February 2023.
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  5. ^ "Scandinavian Airlines System Timetable May 1, 1949". Airline Timetable Images. 2013.
  6. ^ a b aerotelegraph.com – Flughafen Bremen frischt sein Terminal auf (German) 26 January 2016
  7. ^ fluege.de. "Flüge: Wichtige Themen und Inspirationen im Überblick". news.fluege.de.
  8. ^ britishairways.com (Germany) retrieved 11 February 2017
  9. ^ "Pressestelle des Senats – "Bremen Airport Hans Koschnick" und Gastprofessur an der Universität Bremen". senatspressestelle.bremen.de (in German). Retrieved 5 April 2017.
  10. ^ "Ryanair to shut down Bremen, Eindhoven bases in mid-4Q18". ch-aviation.com. Retrieved 3 October 2018.
  11. ^ aerotelegraph.com (German) 17 February 2021
  12. ^ "Moin Bremen – Grüß' Gott Wien! Mit Austrian Airlines an die Donau".
  13. ^ "SWISS Adds New Flights for Winter". 26 May 2023.
  14. ^ a b c "Orientation plans – orientation at Bremen Airport". CITY AIRPORT BREMEN.
  15. ^ "Polarflugzeuge POLAR 5 und POLAR 6". Forschung für Nachhaltigkeit | FONA (in German). 6 May 2024. Retrieved 15 November 2024.
  16. ^ "Overall flight schedule". Bremen Airport. 6 April 2021.
  17. ^ "Summer 2023 schedule - Bremen Airport" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 20 May 2023. Retrieved 29 January 2023.
  18. ^ "Moin Bremen – Grüß' Gott Wien! Mit Austrian Airlines an die Donau".
  19. ^ "Austrian Resumes Bremen Service From May 2024". Aeroroutes.
  20. ^ "CORENDON AIRLINES NW22 SCHEDULED SERVICE ADJUSTMENT – 20OCT22". aeroroutes.com. 20 October 2022.
  21. ^ a b Bremen Airport 2022
  22. ^ "Fly One Expands Moldova Network in NS25". Aeroroutes. Retrieved 6 September 2024.
  23. ^ "KLM/SAS Begins Codeshare Service From Sep 2024". Aeroroutes.
  24. ^ "THAI Expands Lufthansa European Codeshare Service from late-July 2024".
  25. ^ "Pegasus Schedules Bremen / Seville Launch in Sep/Oct 2024". Aeroroutes. Retrieved 29 August 2024.
  26. ^ "Ryanair NS23 Network Additions Summary – 26MAR23". Aeroroutes.
  27. ^ https://www.aeroroutes.com/eng/230918-frnw23
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  29. ^ a b "Sundair.com". sundair.com.
  30. ^ Liu, Jim (8 May 2024). "Sundair NS24 Additional New Routes". Aeroroutes.com. Retrieved 27 December 2024.
  31. ^ "Swiss kehrt im Winter nach Bremen und Wien zurück". 23 May 2023.
  32. ^ a b https://www.bremen-airport.com/fileadmin/Destinationskarte/DE_BRE_Sommerflugziele_2022.pdf Bremen Airpoty Summer 2022]
  33. ^ exyuaviation.com - Wizz Air schedules new and discontinues select Skopje routes 18 December 2024
  34. ^ "Flughafen verbucht weniger Passagiere". 20 January 2017.
  35. ^ "Zahlen & Fakten". Flughafen Bremen GmbH. 25 January 2018. Archived from the original on 30 July 2018. Retrieved 30 July 2018.
  36. ^ "ADV-Monatsstatistik - ADV Monthly Traffic Report 12/2021" (PDF; 823 kb). www.adv.aero/. Arbeitsgemeinschaft Deutscher Verkehrsflughäfen e.V. 31 January 2022. Retrieved 10 January 2022.
  37. ^ "ADV Monthly Traffic Report 12/2022" (PDF; 919 KB). adv.aero. Arbeitsgemeinschaft Deutscher Verkehrsflughäfen e.V. 13 February 2023. Retrieved 17 February 2023.
  38. ^ "German Airport Statistics (German)". Archived from the original on 24 January 2016.
  39. ^ BSAG Archived 20 December 2008 at the Wayback Machine Bremer Straßenbahn AG
  40. ^ "Anreise – Einfache und schnelle Fahrt zum City Airport Bremen". Airport-bremen.de.
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