Graz Airport
Graz Airport Flughafen Graz | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Airport type | Public | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Owner | Holding Graz - Kommunale Dienstleistungen GmbH (99.9 %) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Operator | Flughafen Graz Betriebs GmbH | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Serves | Graz | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Location | Abtissendorf, Feldkirchen and Thalerhof, Kalsdorf, Styria, Austria | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Elevation AMSL | 340 m / 1,115 ft | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 46°59′35″N 015°26′21″E / 46.99306°N 15.43917°ECoordinates: 46°59′35″N 015°26′21″E / 46.99306°N 15.43917°E | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Website | flughafen-graz.at | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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Graz Airport (IATA: GRZ, ICAO: LOWG), known as Flughafen Graz in German, is a primary international airport serving southern Austria. It is located near Graz, the second-largest city in Austria, in the municipalities of Feldkirchen and Kalsdorf, 5 NM (9.3 km; 5.8 mi) south[1] of Graz city centre.
Location[]
Graz Airport spans the village Abtissendorf in Feldkirchen municipality and the cadastral community Thalerhof in Kalsdorf municipality. The airport terminal is located in Abtissendorf.
History[]
Early years[]
Construction of the airport began in 1913 with the construction of a grass runway and the first hangars; the airport saw its first flight in 1914. It was the site of Thalerhof internment camp, run by the governments of Franz Joseph I of Austria and Charles I of Austria. The first domestic passenger flight in Austria in 1925 serviced the route Vienna–Graz–Klagenfurt. In 1930 Yugoslav flag carrier Aeroput started regular flights linking Yugoslav capital Belgrade with Vienna with stops in Zagreb and Graz.[2][3] In 1937, construction of a terminal building began due to increase in the number of passengers.
After the end of the Second World War, Austria was forbidden to possess either a military or civilian aviation fleet. After the reopening of Austrian airspace in 1951, a new concrete runway of 1,500 metres (4,921 ft) was built in Graz. The runway was extended to 2,000 metres (6,562 ft) in 1962. The route network grew quickly and the first international scheduled flight started in 1966 with flights to Frankfurt.
In 1969, the runway was extended again, this time to 2,500 metres (8,202 ft), and construction of a new terminal building became necessary. Highlights were visits by Concorde in 1981 and by a Boeing 747 on the occasion of the airport's 70th anniversary in 1984. Ten years later, another new building was constructed with a maximum annual capacity of 750,000 passengers. The latest extension of the runway was to 3,000 metres (9,843 ft) in 1998.
Development in the 2000s[]
In early 21st century, the number of passengers exceeded the 750,000 mark and in 2004 was just below 900,000. This led to the final extension of the current terminal building in 2003 and the construction of a second terminal in 2005.
In summer 2015, the airport received two new routes to European hubs: Swiss International Air Lines to Zurich[4] and Turkish Airlines to Istanbul Atatürk Airport.[5]
Facilities[]
The passenger terminal building features shops, travel agencies, a restaurant and cafés, conference facilities, a bank, car rental and service counters. The apron provides stands for aircraft up to the size of a Boeing 747 or An-124. There are no jet bridges, mobile stairways are used for boarding.
While there are no scheduled cargo flights to the airport, charter flights are regularly conducted, especially for time-critical cargo like automotive parts.
Airport lounge[]
The airport offers one VIP lounge for business class customers or customers with priority status. and is operated by the Graz Airport.
Airlines and destinations[]
The following airlines offer regular scheduled, seasonal, and charter flights at Graz Airport:[6]
| Airlines | Destinations |
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| Air Dolomiti | Munich |
| Austrian Airlines | Düsseldorf, Vienna Seasonal charter: Heraklion |
| Bulgarian Air Charter | Seasonal charter: Burgas,[7] Heraklion,[7] Kos,[7] Rhodes,[7] Zakynthos[7] |
| Corendon Airlines | Seasonal: Antalya, Heraklion, Hurghada, Rhodes |
| Croatia Airlines | Seasonal charter: Brač[8] |
| Eurowings | Stuttgart[9] Seasonal: Palma de Mallorca |
| FlyEgypt[6] | Seasonal charter: Hurghada |
| KLM | Amsterdam |
| Lufthansa | Frankfurt, Munich |
| Swiss International Air Lines | Zürich |
| Turkish Airlines | Istanbul |
Statistics[]
See source Wikidata query and sources.
Access[]
Public transport[]
A bus stop can be found next to the arrival area.[10] Regional bus lines 630 and 631 operate service to Graz, the transfer to central Graz takes 16 to 28 minutes. The airport is within walking distance (approximately 420 metres, seven minutes on foot) of the Graz airport railway station. Line S5 (Graz to Spielfeld-Straß) connects the airport to Graz. The journey from the Graz airport railway station to the Graz central station takes eleven minutes.
Car[]
Graz Airport is accessible via motorways A9 (exit Kalsdorf) and A2 (exit Flughafen Graz/Feldkirchen).
See also[]
References[]
- ^ Jump up to: a b EAD Basic
- ^ Drustvo za Vazdusni Saobracaj A D – Aeroput at europeanairlines.no
- ^ "World Airlines Directory". Flight International. 10 August 1944. p. 150.
- ^ Airline route Archived 11 October 2014 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "Turkish Airlines Launches a New Route to Graz". Turkish Airlines (Press release). Retrieved 18 March 2015.
- ^ Jump up to: a b "Summer schedule 2021". Flughafen Graz. Retrieved 24 May 2021.
- ^ Jump up to: a b c d e "TUI expands vigorously in Graz". austrianaviation.net. 5 April 2019.
- ^ "Flughafen Graz :: Sommerflugplan :: Fluginformationen, Flugplan, Abflug, Ankunft, Reisen".
- ^ reisetopia.de - "Eurowings takes over Austrian routes from Graz and Linz" (German) 2 March 2021
- ^ "Public transport". Flughafen Graz. Retrieved 24 September 2015.
External links[]
Media related to Graz Airport at Wikimedia Commons
- Official website
- Styrian Public Transport Association, route planner for public transport on the ground
- Current weather for LOWG at NOAA/NWS
- Accident history for GRZ at Aviation Safety Network
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- Airports in Austria
- Airports established in 1914
- Transport in Graz
- Buildings and structures in Styria
- 1914 establishments in Austria-Hungary