Cologne

Currently servicing over 10 million passengers annually, Cologne Airport is one of the largest German airports in operation. The airport is located about 15kms southeast of Cologne, and 16kms northeast of Bonn. The airport was built in 1913, and has since undergone extensive renovations at regular intervals. It is one of six airports in Germany that operates 24 hours a day.

There are two terminals in operation at Cologne Airport. The busiest terminal in regards to flight and aircraft numbers is Terminal 2, however, Terminal 1 remains relatively calm throughout its 24-hour open period, as it primarily caters for German domestic and international flights.

Terminal 1 airlines include Lufthansa, Lufthansa Regional (Eurowings), Germanwings, and Tyrolean Airways servicing Austrian Airlines. Germanwings has the most air routes from Terminal 1, linking Cologne to over two dozen cities on seasonal and regular routes. Some of the busiest routes include Barcelona, Athens, Stockholm, Madrid and London.

Terminal 2 handles other international, national and low-cost airlines that fly into Cologne Airport. Some of the major airlines flying into and out of Terminal 2 are Air Berlin, Condor, TUlfly, Wizz Air, Turkish Airlines, and KLM Cityhopper. Wizz Air, EasyJet and TUlfly use Cologne Airport as their base hubs.

Cologne Airport also caters for several cargo airlines. UPS and FedEx Express, two of the world’s leading courier companies are handled at the airport, along with Bluebird Cargo. The airport is also host to the German space agency, DLR and is actually one of NASA’s abort mission landing sites.