Sylt Airport

Sylt Airport
Flughafen Sylt
Summary
Airport typePublic
OperatorFlughafen Sylt GmbH
ServesSylt, Germany
Elevation AMSL51 ft / 16 m
Coordinates54°54′48″N 008°20′26″E / 54.91333°N 8.34056°E / 54.91333; 8.34056
Websiteflughafen-sylt.de
Map
EDXW
Location of Sylt Airport in Schleswig-Holstein
Runways
Direction Length Surface
ft m
06/24 5,564 1,696 Asphalt
14/32 6,955 2,120 Paved
Statistics (2022)
Passengers119,763 +17,4%
Aircraft movements12,641 +18,0%
Cargo (metric tons)0 0,0%
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.