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Sylt Airport

Coordinates: 54°54′48″N 008°20′26″E / 54.91333°N 8.34056°E / 54.91333; 8.34056
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Sylt Airport

Flughafen Sylt
Summary
Airport typePublic
OperatorFlughafen Sylt GmbH
ServesSylt, Germany
Elevation AMSL51 ft / 16 m
Coordinates54°54′48″N 008°20′26″E / 54.91333°N 8.34056°E / 54.91333; 8.34056
Websiteflughafen-sylt.de
Map
EDXW is located in Schleswig-Holstein
EDXW
EDXW
Location of Sylt Airport in Schleswig-Holstein
Map
Runways
Direction Length Surface
ft m
06/24 5,564 1,696 Asphalt
14/32 6,955 2,120 Paved
Statistics (2022)
Passengers119,763 Increase+17,4%
Aircraft movements012,641 Increase+18,0%
Cargo (metric tons)000,000 Steady00,0%
Sources: Statistics at ADV.[1]
AIP at German air traffic control.[2]

Sylt Airport (IATA: GWT, ICAO: EDXW) is the airport on the German island of Sylt located in the municipality of the same name. It mostly features summer seasonal scheduled traffic to major German cities as well as general aviation and gliding. Sometimes the airport is referred to as Westerland/Sylt named after Westerland, a well-known part of the municipality of Sylt which however is not the nearest settlement to the airport.

History

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The island of Sylt was a famous destination for leisure and holidays in the early 20th century. Sylt's first small airport was established right after World War I, and in 1919 the first scheduled routes to Weimar, Hamburg and Berlin commenced.[3] As Germany had lost the mainland port serving Sylt due to the Treaty of Versailles, the airport became an important way for travelers to avoid entering Denmark, before the construction of the "Hindenburg causeway" linking Sylt to the mainland by railway.

During World War II the airport was significantly redeveloped and enlarged to serve as a military base. After the war, it became RAF Sylt and was used for weapons and other training until closure in late 1961.[4] In the 1960s the leisure traffic came back and developed strongly from the 1970s onwards.[3]

In 1990 Sylt Airport received new technical equipment as well as new passenger facilities.[3] Today it is capable of handling medium-sized aircraft such as the Boeing 737.

In June 2015, Lufthansa CityLine announced the expansion of their services to Sylt: instead of being seasonal, flights from Frankfurt and Munich are now operated year-round.[5] easyJet announced in April 2019 that they would launch weekly flights throughout the summer season to their base in Berlin.[6]

Airlines and destinations

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The following airlines operate regular scheduled and charter flights at Sylt Airport:[7]

AirlinesDestinations
Austrian Airlines Seasonal: Vienna (begins 28 June 2025)[8]
Eurowings Düsseldorf
Seasonal: Stuttgart
Lufthansa Seasonal: Frankfurt, Munich
Luxair Seasonal: Luxembourg[9]
Rhein-Neckar Air Seasonal: Mannheim[10]
Seasonal charter: Kassel[11]
Swiss International Air Lines Seasonal: Zürich
Sylt Air Seasonal: Hamburg

The nearest larger international airport is Billund Airport in Denmark, approx. 135 kilometres (84 mi) (by road) to the north. Hamburg Airport is approx. 220 kilometres (140 mi) to the south.

Statistics

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Aerial view of the airport and the Island's surroundings
A former Pan Am Express aircraft at Sylt Airport in 1991
Annual passenger traffic at GWT airport. See Wikidata query.
Passengers
2010 210,000[12]
2011 Increase 217,500[13]
2012 Decrease 176,000[14]
2013 Decrease 175,000[15]
2015 unknown
2016 unknown
2017 unknown
2018 Decrease 129,000[16]
2019 Increase 140,000[16]
2020 Decrease 85,979[17]
2021 Increase 101,991[17]
2022 Increase 119,763[18]

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. 2023-02-13. Retrieved 2023-02-17.
  2. ^ "AIP VFR online". dfs.de. DFS Deutsche Flugsicherung GmbH. Retrieved 2023-02-21.
  3. ^ a b c flughafen-sylt.de - Historie (in German)
  4. ^ "RAF Sylt Association".
  5. ^ "Lufthansa verbindet ihre Drehkreuze auch im Winter mit Sylt".
  6. ^ easyjet.com retrieved 8 February 2021
  7. ^ "www.flughafen-sylt.de". Retrieved 2 September 2020.
  8. ^ "Austrian Airlines NS25 Europe Network Additions". Aeroroutes. Retrieved 13 November 2024.
  9. ^ "Flüge von und nach Sylt: Neue Fluglinie verbindet die Nordseeinsel ab Mai mit Luxemburg | SHZ.de". 16 September 2021.
  10. ^ flyrna.com - "Flugplan" (German) retrieved 18 January 2023
  11. ^ kassel-sylt.de (German) retrieved 18 January 2023
  12. ^ airliners.de Erneut Rekordjahr am Flughafen Sylt (in German)
  13. ^ "Flughafen Sylt mit mehr Passagieren".
  14. ^ chr (12 May 2022). "Insel-Flughafen: Airlines fliegen nicht auf Sylt ab - shz.de".
  15. ^ "Sylter Spiegel - Aktuelles von der Insel". www.sylter-spiegel.de.
  16. ^ a b "Luftverkehr - Sylt: Deutliches Plus bei Passagierzahlen am Sylter Flughafen". www.sueddeutsche.de. 29 December 2019.
  17. ^ a b "ADV-Monatsstatistik Dezember 2021" (PDF). www.adv.aero.
  18. ^ "ADV-Monatsstatistik Dezember 2022" (PDF). www.adv.aero.
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