Sylt Airport

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Sylt Airport

Flughafen Sylt
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Summary
Airport typePublic
OperatorFlughafen Sylt GmbH
Serves Sylt, Germany
Elevation  AMSL 51 ft / 16 m
Coordinates 54°54′48″N008°20′26″E / 54.91333°N 8.34056°E / 54.91333; 8.34056
Website flughafen-sylt.de
Map
Germany Schleswig-Holstein adm location map.svg
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EDXW
Location of Sylt Airport in Schleswig-Holstein
Sylt Airport
Runways
Direction LengthSurface
ftm
06/245,5641,696 Asphalt
14/326,9552,120Paved
Statistics (2022)
Passengers119,763 Increase2.svg+17,4%
Aircraft movements12,641 Increase2.svg+18,0%
Cargo (metric tons)0 Steady2.svg0,0%
Sources: Statistics at ADV. [1]
AIP at German air traffic control. [2]

Sylt Airport( IATA : GWT, ICAO : EDXW) is the airport on the German island of Sylt located in the municipality of the same name. It mostly features summer seasonal scheduled traffic to major German cities as well as general aviation and gliding. Sometimes the airport is referred to as Westerland/Sylt named after Westerland, a well-known part of the municipality of Sylt which however is not the nearest settlement to the airport.

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History

The island of Sylt was a famous destination for leisure and holidays in the early 20th century. Sylt's first small airport was established right after World War I, and in 1919 the first scheduled routes to Weimar, Hamburg and Berlin commenced. [3] As Germany had lost the mainland port serving Sylt due to the Treaty of Versailles, the airport became an important way for travelers to avoid entering Denmark, before the construction of the "Hindenburg causeway" linking Sylt to the mainland by railway.

During World War II the airport was significantly redeveloped and enlarged to serve as a military base. After the war, it became RAF Sylt and was used for weapons and other training until closure in late 1961. [4] In the 1960s the leisure traffic came back and developed strongly from the 1970s onwards. [3]

In 1990 Sylt Airport received new technical equipment as well as new passenger facilities. [3] Today it is capable of handling medium-sized aircraft such as the Boeing 737.

In June 2015, Lufthansa CityLine announced the expansion of their services to Sylt: instead of being seasonal, flights from Frankfurt and Munich are now operated year-round. [5] easyJet announced in April 2019 that they would launch weekly flights throughout the summer season to their base in Berlin. [6]

Airlines and destinations

The following airlines operate regular scheduled and charter flights at Sylt Airport: [7]

AirlinesDestinations
Austrian Airlines Seasonal: Vienna [8]
Eurowings Düsseldorf [9]
Seasonal: Stuttgart [7]
Lufthansa Seasonal: Frankfurt, [10] Munich [10]
Luxair Seasonal: Luxembourg [11]
Mannheim City Airlines Seasonal: Mannheim [12]
Swiss International Air Lines Seasonal: Zürich [7]
Sylt Air Seasonal: Hamburg [13]

The nearest larger international airport is Billund Airport in Denmark, approx. 135 kilometres (84 mi) (by road) to the north. Hamburg Airport is approx. 220 kilometres (140 mi) to the south.

Statistics

Aerial view of the airport and the Island's surroundings Luftaufnahmen -Westerland (Sylt) airport- 2012-05-by-RaBoe-170.jpg
Aerial view of the airport and the Island's surroundings
A former Pan Am Express aircraft at Sylt Airport in 1991 Pan Am Express.jpg
A former Pan Am Express aircraft at Sylt Airport in 1991
Passengers
2010210,000 [14]
2011Increase2.svg 217,500 [15]
2012Decrease2.svg 176,000 [16]
2013Decrease2.svg 175,000 [17]
2015unknown
2016unknown
2017unknown
2018Decrease2.svg 129,000 [18]
2019Increase2.svg 140,000 [18]
2020Decrease2.svg 85,979 [19]
2021Increase2.svg 101,991 [19]
2022Increase2.svg 119,763 [20]

See also

References

  1. ↑ "ADV Monthly Traffic Report 12/2022" (PDF; 919 KB). adv.aero (in German). Arbeitsgemeinschaft Deutscher Verkehrsflughäfen e.V. 2023-02-13. Retrieved 2023-02-17.
  2. ↑ "AIP VFR online". dfs.de. DFS Deutsche Flugsicherung GmbH. Retrieved 2023-02-21.
  3. 1 2 3 flughafen-sylt.de - Historie (in German)
  4. ↑ "RAF Sylt Association".
  5. ↑ "Lufthansa verbindet ihre Drehkreuze auch im Winter mit Sylt".
  6. ↑ easyjet.com retrieved 8 February 2021
  7. 1 2 3 "flughafen-sylt.de - Flugplan (German)" . Retrieved 18 May 2025.
  8. ↑ "Austrian Airlines NS25 Europe Network Additions". Aeroroutes. Retrieved 13 November 2024.
  9. ↑ Liu, Jim (14 February 2023). "Eurowings NS23 Network Update – 12FEB23". Aeroroutes.com. Retrieved 5 January 2025.
  10. 1 2 Liu, Jim (22 January 2024). "Lufthansa / Air Dolomiti NS24 European Network/Frequency Changes – 21JAN24". Aeroroutes.com. Retrieved 1 February 2025.
  11. ↑ "Flüge von und nach Sylt: Neue Fluglinie verbindet die Nordseeinsel ab Mai mit Luxemburg | SHZ.de". 16 September 2021.
  12. ↑ Liu, Jim (14 January 2025). "Mannheim City Airlines Outlines NS25 Operations". Aeroroutes.com. Retrieved 1 February 2025.
  13. ↑ sylt1.tv (German) 24 March 2025
  14. ↑ airliners.de Erneut Rekordjahr am Flughafen Sylt (in German)
  15. ↑ "Flughafen Sylt mit mehr Passagieren".
  16. ↑ chr (12 May 2022). "Insel-Flughafen: Airlines fliegen nicht auf Sylt ab - shz.de".
  17. ↑ "Sylter Spiegel - Aktuelles von der Insel". www.sylter-spiegel.de.
  18. 1 2 "Luftverkehr - Sylt: Deutliches Plus bei Passagierzahlen am Sylter Flughafen". www.sueddeutsche.de. 29 December 2019.
  19. 1 2 "ADV-Monatsstatistik Dezember 2021" (PDF). www.adv.aero.
  20. ↑ "ADV-Monatsstatistik Dezember 2022" (PDF). www.adv.aero.

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