Hannover-Langenhagen Airport

Facts and Figures Hannover-Langenhagen Airport is an airport located approximately 11 kilometers north of Hannover, Lower Saxony, near the town of Langenhagen. It is the 9th-largest airport in Germany. In 2017, it handled 5.8 million passengers. Noise Pollution and the Community Hanover Airport is an airport with no restrictions on night flights. During the day, […]

Stuttgart Airport

Facts and Figures Stuttgart Airport ranks seventh among Germany’s major airports. In 2024, it handled 9.14 million passengers. Growth was +8.5% compared to the previous year. 94,177 flight movements were recorded. This was +2.3% compared to the previous year. The airport’s turnover was €278 million. The airline with the most passengers (2023) is Eurowings with […]

Bremen Airport

Facts & Figures Bremen Airport is an international commercial airport located practically in the middle of the city. The city center is only 3 km away, and the town hall can be reached by tram in 10 minutes. This inner-city location is the cause of the noise problem. Noise Pollution and the Community As the […]

Leipzig/Halle Airport

Facts & Figures Leipzig/Halle Airport is an international airport located in Schkeuditz, Saxony, Germany, and serves both Leipzig, Saxony, and Halle, Saxony-Anhalt. It is a state-owned enterprise and allows 24 hour take off and landing for cargo flights. In terms of cargo traffic, as of 2019 the airport was the second-busiest in Germany after Frankfurt […]

Düsseldorf Airport

Facts & Figures Düsseldorf Airport is the third largest airport in Germany with approx. 155,000 aircraft movements and 2 million passengers (2024). Due to its location close to the city, residents in this densely populated area suffer greatly from aircraft noise, especially at night. Noise Pollution and the Community The airport intends to expand its […]

DFLD – Germany

We make noise visible The German Aircraft Noise Service (DfA) is a registered non-profit organization dedicated to the quantitative recording of all air traffic emissions and their transparent presentation with long-term archiving. We offer aircraft noise measurements, flight paths, live radar, surveillance camera images, as well as noise, airport, and weather statistics. Our archive dates […]

Köln Bonn Airport

Photo: © Raimond Spekking / CC BY-SA 4.0 (via Wikimedia Commons) Facts & Figures Cologne Bonn Airport is an international airport in north-western Germany. It serves the country’s fourth-largest city Cologne, as well as Bonn, the former capital of West Germany. With approximately 12.4 million passengers passing through it in 2017, it is the seventh-largest […]

Frankfurt Airport

Facts & Figures Frankfurt Airport  is Germany’s busiest international airport by passenger numbers,  The airport is operated by Fraport and serves as the main hub for Lufthansa. It covers an area of 2,300 hectares (5,683 acres) of land and features two passenger terminals with capacity for approximately 65 million passengers per year; four runways; and extensive […]

Munich Airport

Facts & Figures Munich Airport is an international airport serving Munich and Upper Bavaria, southern Germany, and western Austria. It is the second-busiest airport in the country in terms of passenger traffic and the eleventh-busiest airport in Europe, handling 41.6 million passengers in 2024. It serves as hub for Lufthansa  as well as a base for […]

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