Antwerp airport
| Luchthaven Antwerp / Deurne | |
|---|---|
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| Characteristics | |
| ICAO code | EBAW |
| IATA code | ANR |
| Coordinates | |
| Height above MSL | 12 m (39 ft ) |
| Transport links | |
| Distance from the city center | 3 km southeast of Antwerp |
| Local transport | Bus routes 51, 52 and 53 of De Lijn |
| Basic data | |
| opening | 1909 |
| operator | LEM Antwerp NV |
| Terminals | 1 |
| Passengers | 306,330 (2019) |
| Air freight | 2,608 t (2019) |
| Flight movements |
36,372 (2019) |
| Start-and runway | |
| 11/29 | 1510 m × 45 m asphalt |
The airport Antwerpen / Deurne ( Dutch Luchthaven Antwerpen / Deurne ) ( IATA code : ANR , ICAO code : EBAW ) is the airport of the city of Antwerp in Flanders , Belgium . It is located three kilometers southeast of Antwerp.
history
The airport was first opened in 1923 as a military airfield for Aviation Militaire Belge . The construction of the first passenger terminal began in 1929, which was opened in 1930.
During the German occupation during World War II , the airport was significantly enlarged and used by the Air Force .
The following table shows a list of selected active flying units (excluding school and supplementary units) of the Wehrmacht Air Force that were stationed here between 1940 and 1944.
| From | To | unit |
|---|---|---|
| May 1940 | May 1940 | Staff / JG 51 (staff of Jagdgeschwader 51) |
| June 1940 | March 1941 | II./KG 3 (II. Group of Kampfgeschwader 3) |
| June 1940 | June 1940 | III./KG 4 |
| September 1944 | September 1944 | I./JG 4 |
The Royal Air Force initially continued to use the airfield , which it called Airfield B.52 , after the area was liberated from the Germans during the war.
Civil aviation was resumed in 1946. With the advent of passenger aircraft in the early 1960s, the volume of traffic initially subsided and there was a threat of closure. In the end, however, operations could continue and the buildings and taxiways were even expanded in the following decades.
After the attack at Brussels-Zaventem Airport, Antwerp Airport was temporarily used as an alternate airport for a number of medium- haul flights by Brussels Airlines as long as the repair work in the terminal of Brussels Airport was ongoing .
LEM (Luchthaven Exploitatie Maatschappij) Antwerpen NV , a subsidiary of the French infrastructure company Egis , has been the airport operator since October 27, 2014 and has a concession in this regard for 25 years.
Airlines & Destinations
There are direct flights to the airport from Germany and Switzerland. As of June 2018, scheduled flights from Antwerp to Aberdeen , Birmingham , London (City) , Maribor via Munich , Rostock-Laage via Cologne / Bonn and Zurich will be operated by VLM Airlines . As of September 16, only the routes to London (City) and Zurich will remain in place. TUI Airlines Belgium flies to several holiday destinations.
As a German-speaking charter destination, Innsbruck has been served by Welcome Air in recent years . The connection has been served by TUI Airlines Belgium since 2017. The connection to Manchester with bmi regional was discontinued in November 2013. In addition, for reasons of the short runway, environmental protection and competition from other means of transport and airports, mainly charter and private planes land.
Passenger volume
- 1997: 257.887
- 1998: 221.523
- 1999: 231.113
- 2000: 261.576
- 2001: 273.208
- 2002: 190.362
- 2003: 168.283
- 2004: 152,682
- 2005: 142.737
- 2006: 147.849
- 2007: 174,858
- 2008: 176.971
- 2009: 169.446
- 2010: 162,840
- 2011: 166.078
- 2012: 140.139
- 2013: 137.015
- 2014: 121,357
- 2015: 221.153
- 2016: 276,311
- 2017: 273,130
- 2018: 298,403
- 2019: 306.330
Web links
- Airport data on World Aero Data ( 2006 )
- Airport data in the Aviation Safety Network (English)
- Official website of the operator (Dutch, English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ antwerp-airport.be: Public transport (English)
- ↑ a b c d Figures and Statistics. AntwerpAirport.aero, accessed on May 23, 2020 .
- ↑ Henry L. deZeng IV: Air Force Airfields 1935-45 Belgium and Luxembourg (PDF), accessed on September 6, 2014
- ^ About Antwerp Airport. AntwerpAirport.aero, accessed January 10, 2018 .
- ↑ All destinations from Antwerp International Airport In: antwerp-airport.com , accessed on June 29, 2018.
- ↑ VLM Airlines, flight plan April 2018 ( memento of the original dated June 30, 2018 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (in English), accessed June 29, 2018.
- ↑ Dismantling at VLM: Antwerp Airport is fighting for its future | aeroTELEGRAPH . In: aeroTELEGRAPH . August 20, 2018 ( aerotelegraph.com [accessed August 20, 2018]).
- ↑ Timetable - Antwerp International Airport In: antwerp-airport.com , accessed on June 29, 2018.
- ↑ nieuwsblad.be: Bmi regional vlies niet meer tussen Antwerp en Manchester (Dutch)
