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Münster Osnabrück Airport

Coordinates: 52°08′10″N 07°41′09″E / 52.13611°N 7.68583°E / 52.13611; 7.68583
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Münster Osnabrück Airport

Flughafen Münster/Osnabrück
Summary
Airport typePublic
OperatorFlughafen Münster/Osnabrück GmbH
ServesMünster and Osnabrück
LocationGreven, Germany
Elevation AMSL157 ft / 48 m
Coordinates52°08′10″N 07°41′09″E / 52.13611°N 7.68583°E / 52.13611; 7.68583
Websitefmo.de
Map
FMO is located in North Rhine-Westphalia
FMO
FMO
Location within North Rhine-Westphalia
Map
Runways
Direction Length Surface
ft m
07/25 7,119 2,170 Asphalt
Statistics (2022)
Passengers830,772 Increase+131,5%
Aircraft movements037,678 Decrease00-1,2%
Cargo (metric tons)000,101 Increase+240,9%
Sources: Statistics at ADV.[1]
AIP at German air traffic control.[2]

Münster Osnabrück Airport (IATA: FMO, ICAO: EDDG), formerly Münster/Osnabrück International Airport and Flughafen Münster/Osnabrück in German, is a minor international airport in the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia. It is located near Greven, 25 km (16 mi) north of Münster and 35 km (22 mi) south of Osnabrück. The airport serves the area of the northern Ruhrgebiet, western and southwestern Lower Saxony, Emsland, Westphalia and parts of the Netherlands and features flights to some European city and leisure destinations.

History

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Aerial overview

Early years

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On 21 December 1966, the cities of Münster, Osnabrück, and Greven as well as the districts of Münster and Tecklenburg founded the Münster/Osnabrück Airport GmbH.

In mid 1967, the German authorities approached the British Army for assistance in building an airfield to serve the Münster-Osnabrück area. An airstrip existed at Greven, but the site was heavily wooded and included one badly drained and swampy area, and the site was within a few hundred metres of the Dortmund-Ems Canal which had been bombed during World War II, and where the presence of unexploded bombs was suspected. By March 1968, it was agreed that the British Army would clear and level an area 2120 metres long between 400 and 500 metres wide and produce a base of clean sand 1520 metres long and 50 metres wide for a runway, to be used by aircraft of Trident and BAC 1-11 size. Work began in April 1968. 16 Field Squadron Royal Engineers (RE) provided the project control and RE units from all over the British Army of the Rhine (BAOR) but particularly 43 Field Support Squadron RE provided manpower and plant.

On 24 September 1968, the state of North Rhine-Westphalia received permission to begin construction. An apron and a 2,000 m (2,200 yd) long runway were built. The ground levelling was performed by BAOR.

Despite many problems, the project was completed on 30 June 1969, within a few days of the planned date. As a gesture to recognise the British Army involvement, the Germans gifted a Ka 7 glider to the regiment and gave them honorary membership in the Greven Gliding club. After five years of construction, the Münster/Osnabrück airport was officially opened on 27 March 1972.

The first charter flight from Münster/Osnabrück airport to Palma de Mallorca took place in 1973.

Development since 1980s

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On 29 October 1984, British Airways started to serve the route from Berlin to Münster/Osnabrück with BAC Super One-Eleven; these were the first scheduled jet flights from the airport. Münster/Osnabrück gained the status of an international airport in 1986.

A new terminal building that could accommodate a larger number of passengers was inaugurated in 1995; the new Terminal 2 followed in 2002.

The airport intended to extend the runway to 3,600 metres (11,800 feet) to attract intercontinental flights. The plan was the focus of protests from environmentalists, because the expansion would damage the Eltingmühlenbach natural area. In the first phase, the runway would be extended to 3,000 metres (9,800 feet). This would have cost around €60 million. The plan was approved in 2004. Originally, work was scheduled to begin in December 2006. However, among others, Naturschutzbund Deutschland filed a lawsuit against the expansion. In May 2011, the Higher Administrative Court in Münster decided against the expansion because of mistakes made in the Planfeststellungsverfahren, which gave he details of the runway expansion.

The plan to connect the airport with the Bundesautobahn 1 was realized in November 2010.

The cities of Münster and Greven and the Steinfurt district planned to donate an area of around 500 acres (2.0 km2) to the airport for airport-related commercial activities. This met with protests as well, because this plan would endanger the Hüttruper Heide heath.

In 2023, the airport announced a revised corporate design, subsequently dropping the name annex International.[3]

Facilities

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The airport has one modern passenger terminal building, which is divided into Terminal 1 for arrivals and Terminal 2 for departures. The ground level has check-in facilities as well as travel agencies; the upper level has the airside area as well as some shops and restaurants and a visitors terrace.[4] The apron has five aircraft stands which are equipped with jet bridges and can be used by mid-sized planes such as the Boeing 737 and Airbus 320 family up to the Boeing 757. There are also several bus-boarding stands on the apron.

Airlines and destinations

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The following airlines operate regular scheduled and charter flights at Münster Osnabrück International Airport:[5]

AirlinesDestinations
Air Anka Seasonal charter: Antalya[6]
Air Cairo Seasonal: Hurghada[6]
Corendon Airlines Seasonal: Antalya,[6] Hurghada, Izmir[7]
Eurowings Palma de Mallorca
GP Aviation Charter: Pristina[8]
Lufthansa Munich
Marabu Seasonal: Heraklion,[9] Corfu (begins 2 May 2025),[10] Kos (begins 7 May 2025),[10] Palma de Mallorca (begins 23 May 2025),[10] Rhodes (begins 1 May 2025)[10]
Mavi Gök Airlines Seasonal charter: Antalya[6]
Pegasus Airlines Seasonal: Antalya[11]
Ryanair Alicante,[12] Palma de Mallorca[13]
Seasonal: Corfu, Zadar[14]
SmartLynx Airlines Seasonal charter: Fuerteventura, Gran Canaria, Heraklion, Kos, Palma de Mallorca, Rhodes[6]
Sundair[15] Seasonal: Beirut,[16] Fuerteventura,[17] Gran Canaria,[17] Hurghada,[17] Tenerife–South[17]
SunExpress Antalya

Statistics

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Main terminal buildings at Münster Osnabrück International Airport
Check-in hall
Busiest Flight Routes from FMO in 2023[18]
Rank Destination Airport Destination Country Passengers
1 Palma de Mallorca  Spain 138,351
2 Antalya  Turkey 133,429
3 Munich  Germany 75,609
4 Frankfurt/Main  Germany 49,779
5 Pristina Kosovo 20,663
6 Heraklion  Greece 14,299
7 Hurghada  Egypt 11,454
8 Las Palmas  Spain 6,952
9 Rhodes  Greece 6,825
10 Fuerteventura  Spain 6,502
11 Kos  Greece 6,200
12 Tenerife South  Spain 6,098
13 Corfu  Greece 5,903
14 Zadar  Croatia 3,974
This statistic includes only departures. (No arrivals)
Busiest Flight Routes by Country from FMO in 2023[18]
Rank Destination Country Passengers
1  Spain 158,977
2  Turkey 137,655
3  Germany 126,167
4  Greece 33,233
5 Kosovo 20,663
6  Egypt 11,589
7  Croatia 4,161
This statistic includes only departures. (No arrivals)


Annual passenger traffic at FMO airport. See Wikidata query.
Passengers
2000 1,764,885
2001 Decrease 1,607,437
2002 Decrease 1,476,734
2003 Increase 1,512,786
2004 Decrease 1,488,661
2005 Increase 1,540,656
2006 Increase 1,551,173
2007 Increase 1,606,425
2008 Decrease 1,570,506
2009 Decrease 1,382,069
2010 Decrease 1,332,456
2011 Decrease 1,323,689
2012 Decrease 1,020,917
2013 Decrease 853,904
2014 Increase 899,595
2015 Decrease 817,049
2016 Decrease 787,000
2017 Increase 959,493
2018 Increase 1,026,625
2019 Decrease 986,260
2020 Decrease 223,500
2021 Increase 362,106
2022 Increase 834,424
2023 Increase 991,471
Source: ADV German Airports Association[19]

Ground transportation

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Car

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The airport has roughly 7500 parking spaces spread over multiple car parks, two of which are multi-storey. The airport can be reached via two motorways:

  • A 1 from Bremen/Osnabrück: Exit 75 Flughafen Münster/Osnabrück
  • A 30 from Amsterdam/Rheine: Exit 11b Ibbenbüren

Bus

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There are several scheduled bus connections from Münster railway station and by a coach shuttle from Osnabrück. The coaches take approximately 40 minutes to get from the airport to the railway station[20]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "ADV Monthly Traffic Report 12/2022" (PDF; 919 KB). adv.aero (in German). Arbeitsgemeinschaft Deutscher Verkehrsflughäfen e.V. 13 February 2023. Retrieved 17 February 2023.
  2. ^ "AIP VFR online". dfs.de. DFS Deutsche Flugsicherung GmbH. Retrieved 21 February 2023.
  3. ^ wn.de 25 March 2023
  4. ^ "Flughafen Münster/Osnabrück International Airport". Archived from the original on 2 December 2013. Retrieved 23 November 2013.
  5. ^ fmo.de – Streckennetz (German) retrieved 1 October 2021
  6. ^ a b c d e "Destinations from FMO". FMO. Retrieved 17 December 2023.
  7. ^ "Corendon Airlines expands at Münster/Osnabrück Airport (FMO): New route to Izmir". Routesonline. Retrieved 24 September 2024.
  8. ^ hasepost.de (German) 25 June 2021
  9. ^ "Condor startet ab FMO". FMO. Retrieved 19 December 2023.
  10. ^ a b c d "Marabu expands at Munster/Osnabruck". Routesonline. Retrieved 24 September 2024.
  11. ^ "Pegasus NS24 Antalya Network Expansion – 08NOV23".
  12. ^ "Ryanair verbindet Münster/Osnabrück und Alicante". 6 December 2023.
  13. ^ "Winterflugplan 2024/25 jetzt buchbar". 3 September 2024.
  14. ^ "RYANAIR NS23 NETWORK ADDITIONS – 05DEC22". Aeroroutes. Retrieved 6 December 2021.
  15. ^ "Sundair.com". sundair.com.
  16. ^ "Winterflugplan 2024/25 jetzt buchbar". 3 September 2024.
  17. ^ a b c d "SUNDAIR NW24 MUENSTER NETWORK ADDITIONS". Aeroroutes. Retrieved 24 April 2024.
  18. ^ a b "Statistical Report - Air Traffic at Major Airports - 2023". Retrieved 21 June 2024.
  19. ^ "German Airport Statistics (German)". Archived from the original on 24 January 2016.
  20. ^ "FMO".
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