Sylt Airport
Sylt Airport Flughafen Sylt | |||||||||||||||
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| Airport type | Public | ||||||||||||||
| Operator | Flughafen Sylt GmbH | ||||||||||||||
| Serves | Sylt, Germany | ||||||||||||||
| Elevation AMSL | 51 ft / 16 m | ||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 54°54′48″N 008°20′26″E / 54.91333°N 8.34056°E | ||||||||||||||
| Website | flughafen-sylt.de | ||||||||||||||
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EDXW Location of Sylt Airport in Schleswig-Holstein | |||||||||||||||
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| Sources: Statistics at ADV. AIP at German air traffic control. | |||||||||||||||
Sylt Airport (IATA: GWT, ICAO: EDXW) is an 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. The airport is also referred to as Westerland/Sylt, referencing Westerland, a well-known part of the municipality of Sylt which, however, is not the nearest settlement to the airport.