Innsbruck airport

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Innsbruck airport
Overview of Innsbruck airport.jpg
Characteristics
ICAO code LOWI
IATA code INN
Coordinates

47 ° 15 '37 "  N , 11 ° 20' 38"  E Coordinates: 47 ° 15 '37 "  N , 11 ° 20' 38"  E
Height above MSL 581 m (1906  ft )
Transport links
Distance from the city center 3.5 km west of Innsbruck's old town
Street B 171 , motorways A 12 , A 13
Local transport Bus line F to Neu-Rum with a stop at the main train station
Basic data
opening 1948
operator Tiroler Flughafenbetriebsgesellschaft
mbH
Terminals 1
Passengers 1,144,541 (2019)
Air freight 73 t (2018)
Flight
movements 		12,106 (2019)
Employees approx. 130
Runways
08/26 2000 m × 45 m asphalt
08/26 350 m × 50 m grass
website
https://www.innsbruck-airport.com/de

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The Innsbruck airport is located about 3.5 kilometers from the city center in the district Höttinger Au in the west of Innsbruck . In terms of passenger numbers, it is the third largest airport in Austria after Vienna and Salzburg .

Due to the COVID-19 pandemic , the airport was closed between March 23, 2020 and June 22, 2020.

history

Terminal building

Reichenau

The Tyrolean provincial government decided in 1920 to set up an air traffic station in Innsbruck. On June 1, 1925, the first airport in the east of the city, in Reichenau, was officially opened and the Munich –Innsbruck – Munich route was put into operation by Süddeutsche Aero Lloyd . Other scheduled connections followed, such as the introduction of the Vienna – Salzburg – Innsbruck route by ÖLAG (Österreichische Luftverkehrs AG).

Crane requests

Innsbruck Rhomberg Airport 1.jpg

The foundation stone for the future airport in the Höttinger Au near Kranebitten in the west of the city was laid in 1946 by the French occupying forces and two years later, on January 15, 1948, the new airport was opened at its current location in the Ulfiswiese . On October 8, 1954, the Tiroler Flughafenbetriebsgesellschaft mbH was founded with the managing directors Hermann Egger and Moritz Brenner. The first major test were the Olympic Winter Games in 1964 and 1976 , which took place in Innsbruck.

Three weeks after the 1964 Winter Games, a British plane crashed because of a pilot's error on Glungezer Mountain in the southeast (see British Eagle flight 802/6 ). As a result, air traffic in Innsbruck almost came to a standstill.

At the end of the 1970s, charter flight chains flew to Innsbruck airport in both the summer and winter seasons and initiated the turnaround in Innsbruck flight activity. This upswing was reinforced in 1980 with the launch of the Innsbruck – Vienna and Innsbruck – Zurich courses of the newly founded Tyrolean Airways .

The buildings have been expanded and redesigned again and again since then, for example in 1990 with the construction of the tower , in 1994 with a new air freight terminal, in 1996 with the redesigned arrival hall and in 2000 with the departure hall. In addition, the Fly Inn airport restaurant was opened in March 2003 , and one year later the expansion of the check-in hall and the renovation of the General Aviation department were successfully completed. In 2005, the ÖAMTC West Flight Rescue Center went into operation and renovation work began on the eastern apron.

By the end of 2017, the airport was to be expanded to include a panoramic glass facade, a second floor for administration and the check-in area. However, the planned measures were only partially implemented. Rather, it was decided in 2018 to plan a new terminal building and an airport hotel.

Second transfer to the Inn

The international civil aviation organization ICAO has been calling for a runway apron area behind the runway end and the security strip in the west since 1999. This field extended into the Inn or Inndamm. In order to meet the international standard, the decision of February 2, 2005 stipulated the enlargement of the runway apron in the west of the airport. This necessitated the relocation of the Inn by around 80 m to the west. At the end of December 2007, the bidding consortium Strabag  AG / Fröschl AG with an order value of 8.3 million euros was commissioned to carry out the necessary construction work for the "Inner Laying Security Project", so construction work could begin on January 14, 2008. The laying of the Inn river bed ( Inn laying light ) while shortening the runway by 60 m was completed in February 2009. In order to meet these safety requirements beforehand, the runway was shortened to 1,940 m for takeoffs to the west and landings to the east between 2002 and 2009.

Open-door day

An open day was held on the occasion of the 80th birthday of Innsbruck Airport . Since then, one of these has been held every year on October 26th, and the family festival turned out to be a real visitor magnet - in 2009 the airport was able to look forward to over 30,000 visitors. In 2010 the departure hall in the area of ​​the gates was enlarged, as there were frequent bottlenecks during peak winter times, which is why there was no airport festival on October 26, 2010. The airport festival was suspended in 2016 due to an ongoing building expansion in the eastern part of the airport terminal.

Railway system and navigation systems

Innsbruck Airport has both conventional ( radio navigation ) and area navigation (RNAV) based approach and departure procedures for instrument flight operations . In the conventional area, this is the Localizer DME East and the Localizer DME West Approach. The former is an approach procedure consisting of Localizer OEV and glide slope, similar to the ILS, which enables a practically straight approach from the east from the direction of the Rattenberg radio beacon ( NDB RTT ) to runway 26. Due to the geography, this approach is offset by 4 degrees, so that about 1.5  NM before landing over the city of Innsbruck a slight curve has to be flown onto the final approach to the runway, which requires a view of the earth. The approach minima are dependent on the performance data of the aircraft and range between 700 and 1800 feet above ground. For landings from the east on runway 08, the approach procedure is abandoned at 3500 feet and a viewing area round is flown south of the field, which leads to a 3 NM final approach on runway 08. The Localizer West Approach is an approach procedure from the west beginning in the area of ​​the former Kühtai radio beacon (NDB KTI). Using the Localizer OEJ, this leads past the airport approx. 1 NM to the south and ends in the area of ​​the RUM locator 6 NM east of the square at 3100 feet above ground. At this point, the approach is to be continued under sight with a right turn and a limited radius to the airfield or continued along the localizer as a missed approach to the east. With a sink gradient of 4.7 degrees or 500 ft / NM, this approach has a steeper sink angle than usual.

The Localizer OEJ is also the basis of conventional departure procedures. At the start of runway 08, these lead via locators RUM and OEJ to the east in the direction of the Rattenberg radio beacon (NDB RTT). When taking off from runway 26, a left turn must be made to the localizer OEJ in visual flight approx. 2.5 NM west of the airfield and this must be followed in accordance with the departure procedure from runway 08.

The instrument approach procedures for runway 26 as well as for runway 08 (with an orientation of 259 or 79 degrees) must take into account the geography of the Inn valley. The straight approach from the east onto runway 26, beginning via Rattenberg, has the currently lowest approach minimum at 500 feet above ground. Starting from the west at point ELMEM (at Spitzkopf near Elmen / Ausserfern), both approaches ( RNP Y and RNP Z) follow the valley into the final approach to runway 08.

The instrument departure procedures in area navigation are based on the navigation points of the approach procedures and currently only exist in the west direction. The departure procedure RTT2X includes a right turn approx. 10 NM west of the airfield and leads back towards the NDB RTT. The departure procedure MOGTI1X / H opens up the continuation of flights in a northerly and westerly direction according to the existing flight routes via the western point MOGTI.

Since the length of the runway is only 2000 m, an exact calculation of the maximum take-off weight is required for take-offs of medium and large-capacity aircraft. This takes into account the current runway condition (braking value), the prevailing weather conditions (wind direction, visibility, cloud line, temperature), the planned departure procedure with the minimum climb values ​​required there, etc. a. This can result in a reduction in range and / or payload in order to be able to comply with the required ICAO procedures for possible aborted take-offs, engine failure after take-off, etc.

In addition to the two localizers, there is an optical approach support system of the PAPI type ( precision approach path indicator ) in both directions . The two NDBs ( non-directional radio beacons ) INNSBRUCK (5.5 km away) and RUM as well as a DME ( distance measuring device ) complement the airport's navigation equipment .

Finally, the Innsbruck air traffic control center has special radar surveillance . The Austro Control has developed a tracking system and commissioned in late 2007, which refers to the special topographical conditions in the vicinity of the airport consideration. Many small receiving stations had to be set up and networked with one another in the Inn Valley so that airplanes could be identified, localized and accompanied on the flight path by the radar controller at altitudes below 3000 m. The airport received the Airport Achievement Award 2006/2007 from the European Regions Airline Association (ERAA) for this so-called multilateration system .

particularities

departure

The Adilo One Juliett departure procedure for commercial aircraft to the north is exceptional . The start is in an easterly direction. This requires a minimum climb angle that is almost three times steeper than usual. To the south of the city there is a curve of more than 180 ° with a large bank slope, with a simultaneous slope, and it goes against the starting direction over the Mieminger Mountains to Kempten.

approach

The airport in the Inn Valley

As already described above, the location in a Föhntal ( Inn Valley ) necessitates special approach procedures. In the case of very strong and gusty winds, which can come from the east or south-east at the airport, the planes have to land from the west - against the wind. This requires both special approach and departure procedures in order to avoid turbulence in the best possible way.

Since the approach lane leads from the east over the city of Innsbruck and the sound waves are reflected on the northern and southern mountain slopes, there is a particular noise pollution from air traffic. This was taken into account in 1990 by restricting aircraft to the quietest international noise protection category III according to ICAO . The airport has the strictest operating hours of all Austrian airports (6:30 a.m. to 11:00 p.m.). In addition, the airport operator decided on airport charges that are dependent on noise.

Since it can theoretically happen, depending on the selected runway or departure and approach procedures, that landing and take-off machines intersect, landings and take-offs have to be coordinated more carefully than at other airports. This limits the number of flight movements.

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The area around the airport seen from the tower. - 360 ° panorama, in the middle of the picture is north-west.

Glider operations / clubs

With its favorable thermal conditions, the Inntal is an ideal gliding area. Several clubs (including the Flugsportzentrum Tirol and ISV) are based in the northern part of Innsbruck Airport and, when the weather is good, there is brisk gliding and powered flight operations at Innsbruck Airport. Parallel to the long asphalt runway, north of this there is a grass runway measuring 350 m × 50 m. The launch is done both by means of tow planes and by winch operation. Glider operations at and near commercial airports represent a challenge for air traffic control. In Innsbruck, for example, there is a strict and broad set of rules to ensure safe flight operations.

Incidents

Despite the difficult topographical conditions, only two aircraft crashes near the airport are recorded in the Aviation Safety Network database . Both fall under the category “ controlled flight into terrain ” in the approach phase. Both events date before the introduction of the new ILS procedures in 1980:

  • February 29, 1964: Bristol 175 Britannia 312 , G-AOVO of the British Eagle, as mentioned above on the Glungezer
  • August 28, 1972: Learjet 23, HB-VAM from Vodavia

owner

Picture gallery

  • Street side

  • Arrivals and departures hall

  • Visitor terrace and apron

  • Gates

  • Overall view in an easterly direction

  • Innufer at the end of runway 08

Traffic figures

Figures according to Austrian traffic statistics:

year Passengers Flight movements Freight in tons
2005 0.738.453 13,830 576
2006 0.805.582 14,633 547
2007 0.859.830 14,396 483
2008 0.969.474 15,576 431
2009 0.956.972 14,792 360
2010 1,033,512 15,347 362
2011 0.997.020 13,505 372
2012 0.930.850 11,877 275
2013 0.981.118 11,535 238
2014 0.991.356 11,687 184
2015 1.001.255 11,856 139
2016 1,006,696 11,813 98
2017 1,092,547 12,040 89
2018 1,119,347 12,023 73
2019 1,144,541 12,106

Planes

The airport can handle the following types of aircraft, among others:

Destinations flown to (summer 2020)

In the 2020 summer flight schedule, the following destinations will be served from Innsbruck or Innsbruck will be served from the following destinations (including charter ):

country Airports Airline (noun) from
Germany Berlin Tegel EasyJet 7.09.2020
Greece Chalkidiki / Thessaloniki Avanti Air 07/10/2020
Kalamata 07/12/2020
Kefalonia 07/12/2020
Kos Eurowings August 5th, 2020
Heraklion (Crete) 07/17/2020
Preveza Avanti Air 07/11/2020
Italy Lamezia Terme Avanti Air 07/12/2020
Eurowings 4.08.2020
Luxembourg Luxembourg Luxair 4.07.2020
Netherlands Amsterdam Transavia 5/7/2020
Austria Vienna Austrian Airlines 06/22/2020
Spain Mallorca Eurowings 07/11/2020
United Kingdom London Gatwick EasyJet 08/08/2020

See also

Web links

Commons : Innsbruck Airport  - Collection of images

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c Statistics Austria: Commercial air traffic at Austrian airports broken down according to flight movements, passengers 2012 - 2016
  2. ↑ Temporary closure | current news articles | Companies. Retrieved March 20, 2020 .
  3. ↑ On June 22nd, “we're starting again”! | current news articles | Companies. Retrieved June 24, 2020 .
  4. ↑ a b Accident report on Aviation Safety Network.
  5. ^ Tyrol multimedia , accessed on February 28, 2010
  6. ↑ Airport continues to invest in service quality. innsbruck-airport.com, archived from the original on December 26, 2016 ; accessed on January 3, 2019 .
  7. ↑ Reconstruction of the airport on hold. ORF, June 10, 2018, accessed on January 3, 2019 .
  8. ↑ Innsbruck Airport: New terminal and more flights. Tiroler Tageszeitung, October 3, 2018, accessed on January 3, 2019 .
  9. ↑ Renovation work at Innsbruck Airport . Archived from the original on September 24, 2014. Retrieved October 9, 2012.
  10. ↑ As an exception, no airport festival. innsbruck-airport.com, September 27, 2016, archived from the original ; Retrieved December 26, 2016 .
  11. ↑ All of the following information is based on the Aviation Handbook Republic of Austria Volume 1 and Volume 2 . 11/12/2015 edition. Austro Control GmbH, Vienna 2015.
  12. ↑ Report of December 17, 2007 , in tirol - orf.at
  13. ↑ Innsbruck-Kranebitten Airport profile in English in the Aviation Safety Network.
  14. ^ Accident report , in English.
  15. ^ Statistics Austria : Passenger traffic and freight traffic
  16. ↑ Flight schedule summer 2020 | current new articles | Companies. In: Innsbruck Airport. Retrieved July 1, 2020 .