Stuttgart Airport

Stuttgart Airport Flughafen Stuttgart
IATA: STR ICAO: EDDS
Summary
Airport type	Public
Operator	Flughafen Stuttgart GmbH
Serves	Stuttgart, Germany
Hub for	Condor Eurowings TUI fly Deutschland
Focus city for	SunExpress[1]
Elevation AMSL	1,276 ft / 389 m
Coordinates	48°41′24″N 009°13′19″E / 48.69000°N 9.22194°E / 48.69000; 9.22194
Website	stuttgart-airport.com
Maps
Map of the airport
STR Location within Baden-Württemberg
Runways
Direction Length Surface m ft 07/25 3,345 10,974 Concrete
Helipads
Number Length Surface m ft H1 30 98 Concrete
Statistics (2022)
Passengers 6,986,943 +95,5% Aircraft movements 0,085,822 +38,1% Cargo (metric tons) 0,033,593 -31,5%
Sources: Statistics at ADV.,[2] AIP at German air traffic control.[3]

Stuttgart Airport (German: Flughafen Stuttgart, formerly Flughafen Stuttgart-Echterdingen) (IATA: STR, ICAO: EDDS) is the international airport of Stuttgart, the capital of the German state of Baden-Württemberg. It is christened in honor of Stuttgart's former mayor, Manfred Rommel, son of Erwin Rommel,^[4] and is the sixth busiest airport in Germany with 11,832,634 passengers having passed through its doors in 2018. The facility covers approximately 400 hectares (1,000 acres), of which 190 hectares are green space.^[5]

The airport is operated by Flughafen Stuttgart GmbH (FSG). It goes back to Luftverkehr Württemberg AG, which was founded in 1924 and initially operated Böblingen Airport. Since 2008, 65% of the operating company is owned by the state of Baden-Württemberg and 35% by the city of Stuttgart. It is located approximately 13 km (8.1 mi) (10 km (6.2 mi) in a straight line) south^[3] of Stuttgart and lies on the boundary between the nearby town of Leinfelden-Echterdingen, Filderstadt and Stuttgart itself. In 2007, the Messe Stuttgart convention center – the ninth biggest exhibition centre in Germany – moved to grounds directly next to the airport. Additionally, the global headquarters for car parking company APCOA Parking are located here.