Munich Airport

Munich Airport
Flughafen München
Summary
Airport typePublic
OwnerFlughafen München GmbH
OperatorFlughafen München GmbH
ServesMunich Metropolitan Region, Upper Bavaria, parts of Austria
LocationErding and Freising, Bavaria, Germany
Opened17 May 1992 (1992-05-17)
Hub for
Operating base for
Elevation AMSL453 m / 1,487 ft
Coordinates48°21′14″N 011°47′10″E / 48.35389°N 11.78611°E / 48.35389; 11.78611
Websitewww.munich-airport.de
Map
MUC/EDDM
Location within Bavaria
MUC/EDDM
MUC/EDDM (Germany)
MUC/EDDM
MUC/EDDM (Europe)
Runways
Direction Length Surface
m ft
08R/26L 4,000 13,123 Concrete
08L/26R 4,000 13,123 Concrete
Helipads
Number Length Surface
m ft
H 30 98 Concrete
Statistics (2024)
Passengers41,560,000 12.2%
Aircraft movements327,200 8.3%
Cargo (metric tons)311,000 9.4%
Sources: ADV statistics,
AIP at DFS

Munich Airport (Flughafen München „Franz Josef Strauß“) (IATA: MUC, ICAO: EDDM) is an international airport serving Munich and the surrounding region of Upper Bavaria and Lower Bavaria. Located 28.5 km (17.7 mi) northeast of Munich near the town of Freising, it is named after former Bavarian minister-president Franz Josef Strauss. According to the German Aeronautical Information Publication, the airport's official name is Muenchen Airport.

The airport is the second-busiest in Germany after Frankfurt Airport and the eleventh-busiest in Europe, handling 41.6 million passengers in 2024. It ranked as the 39th-busiest airport worldwide that year.

Munich Airport is a hub for Lufthansa and also hosts several of its subsidiaries. It has two passenger terminals, a midfield terminal, two runways, and extensive cargo and maintenance facilities capable of handling wide-body aircraft such as the Airbus A380.