Dublin Airport

Dublin Airport Dublin Airport Aerfort Bhaile Átha Cliath
Characteristics
ICAO code	EIDW
IATA code	YOU B
Coordinates	53 ° 25 '17 "  N , 6 ° 16' 12"  W Coordinates: 53 ° 25 '17 "  N , 6 ° 16' 12"  W.
Height above MSL	74 m (243  ft )
Transport links
Distance from the city center	10 km north of Dublin
Street	M1 / M50
Local transport	bus
Basic data
opening	January 19, 1940
operator	Dublin Airport Authority
Terminals	2
Passengers	32,911,227 (2019)
Air freight	133,229 t (2019)
Flight movements	238,998 (2019)
Capacity ( PAX per year)	35 million
Runways
10/28	2637 m × 45 m concrete
11/29 (closed)	1339 m × 61 m asphalt
16/34	2072 m × 61 m asphalt
23 (closed)

Dublin Airport

Dublin Airport

The Dublin Airport ( IATA : DUB , ICAO : EIDW ; English Dublin Airport , irish Aerfort Bhaile Átha Cliath ) is the international passenger airport to the Irish capital Dublin . It is the largest airport in the country and one of the 20 largest airports in Europe with around 30 million passengers per year and serves as the home base for the airlines Aer Lingus , Norwegian Air International , Ryanair and CityJet .

history

Dublin Airport

Dublin Airport opened in 1940. Dublin Airport experienced rapid growth and had passed the 23.4 million passenger mark with an annual growth of 15% by 2008 before the recession towards the end of the decade also caused problems for the expansion of the airport. Nevertheless, the new Terminal T2 , which was built for € 600 million, was opened in November 2010 . This means that the airport has a theoretical total capacity of 35 million passengers a year. In 2015, with 25 million passengers, the number from before the financial crisis was exceeded again for the first time.

In 2016, construction began on a new, 3,110 meter long runway in the north of the airport. Approx. 1,700 meters away, it will run parallel to the current, 2,637-meter-long main runway 10/28 and replace the now closed runway 11/29 , which was recently used to park aircraft . The opening is planned for 2021.

Location and transport links

The airport is about ten kilometers north of the city center on the M1 to Belfast .

Dublin city center can be reached by bus with the “Airlink” (lines 747 and 757) from Dublin Bus (approx. 25 min., € 7 or € 12 for a return trip) and lines 16, 16a, 41, 102 from Dublin Bus (approx. 40–60 min., Approx. 3 €, depending on the time of day).
The “Aircoach” express bus connects the airport with the city center in around 30 minutes. (€ 8 or € 13 return trip) and also connects the southern districts of Leopardstown and Donnybrook as well as the cities of Greystones , Killiney , Limerick and Cork .
A taxi to the center takes around 30 minutes (around € 30). (All prices as of summer 2010.)

Other places in Ireland can be reached by the Bus Éireann company .

In future, the airport is to be connected to Dublin city center via a planned subway route of the MetroLink project.

Airport facilities

Terminals

Dublin Airport has two terminals for passenger handling.

Terminal 1 - Piers A, B and D

Terminal 1 consists of three parts of the building known as piers. Pier A is the oldest and largest area, while Pier B is a smaller wing northwest of it. Pier C, which was only opened in 1999 and east of Pier A, had to give way to the construction of the new Terminal 2. Pier D to the north of Pier B is the latest addition from 2004 and is specially tailored to the needs of low-cost airlines such as Ryanair, which is based here. A large part of the airlines operating to and from Dublin are currently handled in Terminal 1, including the members of the Star Alliance , some of which will be gradually moved to the new Terminal 2.

Terminal 2 - Pier E.

In November 2010, the new Terminal 2, also known as Pier E, opened to the east of the existing facilities. The 600 million euro building has an area of ​​75,000 m² and 19 passenger boarding bridges and can handle up to 15 million passengers a year. Terminal 2 serves as the new home base of Aer Lingus and also handles all flights to North America and the United Arab Emirates .

Airlines and Destinations

Dublin has numerous connections to regional, European and some North American destinations, including Manchester , Copenhagen , Rome , Rhodes , Chicago and Toronto .

Busiest routes at Dublin Airport (2019)

rank	Airport	Passengers
1	London Heathrow	1,856,475
2	London Gatwick	1,348,342
3	Amsterdam	1,216,326
4th	Manchester	1.004.212
5	Birmingham	947.507
6th	London Stansted	907.220
7th	Frankfurt	761.819
8th	Paris-Charles de Gaulle	760.333
9	Edinburgh	666.776
10	Málaga	657,700
Source: Central Statistics Office (Ireland)

Traffic figures

Source: Dublin Airport Authority

Dublin Airport traffic figures 1998-2019

year	Passenger volume				Air freight ( tons )	Flight movements
	National	International	transit	total
2019	103,896	32,572,741	234,590	32,911,227	133.229	238.998
2018	111,850	31.146.011	237.743	31,495,604	143,708	233.185
2017	94.276	29,285,415	202.617	29,582,308	144.913	223.197
2016	93,731	27,641,025	172,628	27.907.384	134.207	215.078
2015	80,079	24,869,307	99,933	25,049,319	137.267	197,870
2014	70,795	21,636,533	4,639	21,711,967	127,448	180.334
2013	65,392	20.093.635	7,756	20.166.783	113,482	170.357
2012	60,572	19,031,776	7,301	19,099,649	111,100	163,670
2011	120,428	18,612,004	8,161	18,740,593	101,900	162.016
2010	369.010	18.052.312	9,742	18,431,064	105,300	160,320
2009	634.973	19,849,287	19,417	20,503,677	97,300	176.811
2008	844,594	22,557,426	64,691	23,466,711	107,300	211,890
2007	885.233	22,338,441	63,764	23,287,438	111,000	211,804
2006	813.177	20.274.309	108,896	21,196,382	107,200	196,641
2005	652.733	17,697,009	100,697	18,450,439	64,100	186,838
2004	690.205	16,372,011	76.157	17.138.373	-	182.175
2003	675,662	15,095,515	84.907	15,856,084	-	177.781
2002	650.965	14,310,485	123.217	15,084,667	-	181,874
2001	656.834	13,547,305	129,416	14,333,555	-	185,702
2000	661.062	13.030.426	152.040	13,843,528	-	180.245
1999	610.962	12,046,085	144.984	12,802,031	-	170.421
1998	539.444	10,978,094	123,562	11.641.100	-	162.086

Incidents

• On September 19, 1961, came with a 4 DC Douglas of the British Starways ( air vehicle registration G-ARJY) to a belly landing near the Dublin Airport. All 73 occupants survived, but the aircraft had to be scrapped.

• On June 12, 1967, a Bristol 170 Freighter Mk.31E of Aer Turas ( EI-APM ) coming from Prestwick Airport jumped up several times when landing at Dublin Airport, whereupon the pilots decided to take off. This led to the failure of the left engine and loss of control in a left turn. The left wing collided with an attic; it crashed. Both pilots, the only occupants, were killed.

• On 22 June 1967, a crashed Vickers Viscount 800 of Aer Lingus ( EI-AOF ) during a pilot training 15 km northwest of Dublin Airport. The machine crashed from a small height , presumably due to a stall . All three pilots on board were killed.

Web links

Commons : Dublin Airport  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

• Official website (English, Irish)
• Official website of the operator (English)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b c d} Our latest annual reports. DAA.ie , accessed on June 9, 2020 (English). 
2. ↑ ^{a b c} Aviation Statistics. CSO.ie , accessed June 9, 2020 . 
3. ↑ Dublin Airport Runway Specification
4. ^ ^{A b} The Irish Times : Dublin airport's T2 unveiled , November 19, 2010
5. ↑ Growing passenger numbers at Dublin Airport make future delays a hot topic
6. ↑ pages of information about the project North Runway (English) on dublinairport.com, accessed on March 4, 2018
7. ↑ Aircoach Fares ( Memento from April 21, 2011 in the Internet Archive )
8. ↑ Websites of the MetroLink project (English) , metrolink.ie, accessed on June 9, 2019.
9. ^ Accident report DC-4 G-ARJY , Aviation Safety Network (English), accessed on July 9, 2017.
10. ↑ Aircraft accident data and report Bristol 170 EI-APM in the Aviation Safety Network , accessed on July 11, 2017.
11. ↑ Aircraft accident data and report Viscount EI-AOF in the Aviation Safety Network (English), accessed on March 14, 2012.