Innsbruck Airport

Innsbruck Airport Flughafen Innsbruck
IATA: INN ICAO: LOWI
Summary
Owner	Tiroler Flughafenbetriebs GmbH
Serves	Innsbruck, Austria
Elevation AMSL	1,906 ft / 581 m
Coordinates	47°15′37″N 011°20′38″E
Website	innsbruck-airport.com
Map
INN Location within Austria
Runways
Direction Length Surface ft m 08/26 6,562 2,000 Asphalt
Statistics (2021)
Passengers 125,495 Aircraft movements 2,010 Cargo (including road feeder service, metric tons) 0
Statistics[1]

Innsbruck Airport (IATA: INN, ICAO: LOWI), also known locally as Kranebitten Airport, is the largest international airport in Tyrol in western Austria. It is located approximately 4 kilometres (2+1⁄2 mi) from the centre of Innsbruck.

The airport, which was opened in 1925,^[2] handles regional flights around the Alps, as well as seasonal international traffic to further European destinations. During the winter, activity increases significantly, due to the high number of skiers travelling to the region.

Operations

Terminal

The terminal has no jet bridges: instead, mobile stairs are used for boarding large aircraft that do not have their own airstairs. The airport can handle aircraft up to the size of a Boeing 767. In February 2017, it was announced that the current passenger terminal, which was inaugurated for the 1964 Winter Olympics will be replaced with a new, larger facility which started construction in 2019.^[3]

Special approach procedures

Innsbruck Airport is well known for having a difficult approach due to surrounding terrain, prohibiting certain aircraft types from operating at the airport.^[4] The approach and descent is a very complicated process—the Alps create vicious winds and currents, which pilots have to deal with throughout the process. It is a Category C airport, an airport with special difficulties requiring pilots to have special training before using it.^[5] Approach or ascent over the eastern end of the runway goes over the inner city at fairly low altitude.

Tenants

Innsbruck Airport served as the base of Tyrolean Airways and Welcome Air until their demise, although the newly established independent technical division Tyrolean Airways Luftfahrzeuge Technik GmbH remains here.^[6] Innsbruck also used to accommodate the head offices of Air Alps.^[7]

Airlines and destinations

The following airlines offer regular scheduled and charter flights at Innsbruck Airport:^[8]

Airlines	Destinations
Aegean Airlines	Seasonal: Athens[9][10]
Air Dolomiti	Frankfurt[11][12]
airBaltic	Seasonal: Riga[13]
Austrian Airlines	Vienna[14] Seasonal: Amsterdam,[15] Brussels,[16] Copenhagen,[16] Warsaw–Chopin[16]
Avanti Air	Seasonal charter: Calvi[17]
British Airways	Seasonal: London–Gatwick,[18][19] London–Heathrow[20]
easyJet	London–Gatwick Seasonal: Birmingham,[21] Bristol, London–Luton, Manchester
Eurowings	Seasonal: Hamburg, Karpathos,[22] Kos,[23] Lamezia Terme,[23][24] Stockholm–Arlanda[25] Seasonal charter: Copenhagen,[26] Heraklion, Palma de Mallorca, Rhodes
Iberia	Seasonal: Madrid[27]
Icelandair[28]	Seasonal: Reykjavík–Keflavík[29][30]
Jet2.com	Birmingham, Manchester Seasonal: Bristol, Edinburgh
LOT Polish Airlines[31]	Seasonal: Warsaw–Chopin[32][33]
Marathon Airlines	Seasonal charter: Cagliari,[34] Kalamata,[34] Kavala,[34] Kefalonia,[34] Preveza/Lefkada,[34] Thessaloniki[34]
Norwegian Air Shuttle	Seasonal: Copenhagen
Scandinavian Airlines	Seasonal: Copenhagen, Gothenburg, Oslo, Stockholm–Arlanda
Transavia	Amsterdam[35] Seasonal: Brussels,[36] Eindhoven, Rotterdam/The Hague
TUI Airways	Seasonal: Birmingham, Bristol, Dublin,[37] Edinburgh, London–Gatwick, London–Luton, London–Stansted, Manchester, Newcastle upon Tyne
TUI fly Belgium	Seasonal: Antwerp

Statistics

Aerial view of the airport and its surrounding mountains.

Apron during the winter season

Terminal interior

Passenger statistics^[38]^[39]^[40] ^[41]

Year	Total passengers	% change
2007	859,832
2008	969,474	12.8
2009	956,972	1.3
2010	1,033,512	8.0
2011	997,020	3.5
2012	930,850	6.6
2013	981,118	5.4
2014	991,356	1.0
2015	1,001,255	1.0
2016	1,006,738	0.6
2017	1,092,547	8.5
2018	1,119,347	2.4
2019	1,144,471[42]	2.2

Ground transportation

The airport is connected to the city and to Innsbruck Hauptbahnhof by city bus F. The bus runs every 15 minutes and takes 18 minutes to reach the city.^[43]

See also

• Transport in Austria
• List of airports in Austria

References

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26. "EUROWINGS SCHEDULES NEW AUSTRIA – DENMARK CHARTERS IN NW22". Aeroroutes. 20 July 2022. Retrieved 20 July 2022.
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30. Liu, Jim. "Icelandair Adds Seasonal Innsbruck Service in 1Q24". Aeroroutes.com. Retrieved 2 November 2024.
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35. Liu, Jim (11 July 2022). "Transavia August 2022 Amsterdam Operation Update - 10JUL22". Aeroroutes.com. Retrieved 14 March 2023.
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37. "Flight Timetable". TUI Airways. Retrieved 10 July 2021.
38. "Innsbruck Airport Statistics 2008 – German language only". Archived from the original on 8 January 2011.
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41. "Innsbruck Airport Statistics 2016 - German language only" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 17 December 2019. Retrieved 22 August 2017.
42. "1,1 Millionen Passagiere am Flughafen Innsbruck". Austrian Wings. 24 January 2018.
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External links

Media related to Innsbruck Airport at Wikimedia Commons

• Official website
• Current weather for LOWI at NOAA/NWS
• Accident history for INN at Aviation Safety Network