Major Airports Europe part 8: Munich Airport

Airbus A380-841 D-AIMF Lufthansa

Munich Airport (Flughafen München Franz Josef Strauß) is an international airport serving Munich and Upper Bavaria in Germany.

The airport is located 28.5 km (17.7 mi) northeast of Munich. It has two passenger terminals with an additional midfield terminal, two runways as well as extensive cargo and maintenance facilities and is fully equipped to handle wide-body aircraft including the Airbus A380.

Munich Airport is the second-busiest airport in Germany in terms of passenger traffic after Frankfurt Airport, and the ninth-busiest airport in Europe, handling 47.9 million passengers in 2019.

Airbus A320-214 D-AIWC Lufthansa

It serves as hub for Lufthansa including its subsidiaries Lufthansa CityLine, Air Dolomiti and Eurowings as well as a base for Condor and TUI fly Deutschland.

Photos Rob Vogelaar