Münster Osnabrück Airport Flughafen Münster/Osnabrück | |||||||||||
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| Airport type | Public | ||||||||||
| Operator | Flughafen Münster/Osnabrück GmbH | ||||||||||
| Serves | Münster andOsnabrück | ||||||||||
| Location | Greven,Germany | ||||||||||
| Elevation AMSL | 157 ft / 48 m | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 52°08′10″N07°41′09″E / 52.13611°N 7.68583°E /52.13611; 7.68583 | ||||||||||
| Website | fmo.de | ||||||||||
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  FMO Location within North Rhine-Westphalia | |||||||||||
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| Sources: Statistics at ADV.[1] AIP atGerman air traffic control.[2] | |||||||||||
Münster Osnabrück Airport (IATA:FMO,ICAO:EDDG), formerlyMünster/Osnabrück International Airport andFlughafen Münster/Osnabrück in German, is a minorinternational airport in theGerman state ofNorth Rhine-Westphalia. It is located nearGreven, 25 km (16 mi) north ofMünster and 35 km (22 mi) south ofOsnabrück. The airport serves the area of the northernRuhrgebiet, western and southwesternLower Saxony,Emsland,Westphalia and parts of theNetherlands and features flights to some European city and leisure destinations.
On 21 December 1966, the cities ofMünster,Osnabrück, andGreven as well as thedistricts ofMünster andTecklenburg founded the Münster/Osnabrück AirportGmbH.
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 theDortmund-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 SquadronRoyal Engineers (RE) provided the project control and RE units from all over theBritish Army of the Rhine (BAOR) but particularly 43 Field Support Squadron RE provided manpower and plant.
On 24 September 1968, the state ofNorth Rhine-Westphalia received permission to begin construction. Anapron 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 aKa 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 toPalma de Mallorca took place in 1973.
On 29 October 1984,British Airways started to serve the route fromBerlin to Münster/Osnabrück withBAC 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 fromenvironmentalists, 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 thePlanfeststellungsverfahren which defines details of the runway expansion.
The plan to connect the airport with theBundesautobahn 1 was realized in November 2010. The cities ofMünster andGreven and theSteinfurt 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 theHüttruper Heide heath.
In 2023, the airport announced a revisedcorporate design, subsequently dropping the name annexInternational.[3]
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 withjet bridges and can be used by mid-sized planes such as theBoeing 737 andAirbus 320 family up to theBoeing 757. There are also several bus-boarding stands on the apron.
The following airlines operate regular scheduled and charter flights at Münster Osnabrück International Airport:[5]
| Airlines | Destinations |
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| Aegean | Seasonal charter:Heraklion[6] |
| Corendon Airlines | Seasonal:Antalya,[6]Heraklion[6] |
| Eurowings | Palma de Mallorca[7] |
| GP Aviation | Pristina[8] |
| Leav Aviation | Seasonal:Fuerteventura (begins 25 April 2026),Heraklion (begins 25 April 2026),Rhodes (begins 24 April 2026)[9] |
| Lufthansa | Munich[10] |
| Marabu | Seasonal:Heraklion,Hurghada,Palma de Mallorca[6] |
| Mavi Gök Airlines | Seasonal charter:Antalya[6] |
| Nesma Airlines | Seasonal charter:Hurghada[6] |
| Pegasus Airlines | Seasonal:Antalya[11] |
| Red Sea Airlines | Seasonal charter:Hurghada[6] |
| Ryanair | Alicante,[12]London–Stansted,[13]Málaga,[14]Palma de Mallorca[15] Seasonal:Corfu,Zadar[16] |
| SunExpress | Antalya[17] |
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| Rank | Destination Airport | Destination Country | Passengers | ||||
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| 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) | |||||||
| Rank | Destination Country | Passengers | |||||
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| 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) | |||||||
| Passengers | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 1,764,885 | ||
| 2001 |  1,607,437 | ||
| 2002 | 1,476,734 | ||
| 2003 |  1,512,786 | ||
| 2004 | 1,488,661 | ||
| 2005 | 1,540,656 | ||
| 2006 | 1,551,173 | ||
| 2007 | 1,606,425 | ||
| 2008 | 1,570,506 | ||
| 2009 | 1,382,069 | ||
| 2010 | 1,332,456 | ||
| 2011 | 1,323,689 | ||
| 2012 | 1,020,917 | ||
| 2013 | 853,904 | ||
| 2014 | 899,595 | ||
| 2015 | 817,049 | ||
| 2016 | 787,000 | ||
| 2017 | 959,493 | ||
| 2018 | 1,026,625 | ||
| 2019 | 986,260 | ||
| 2020 | 223,500 | ||
| 2021 | 362,106 | ||
| 2022 | 834,424 | ||
| 2023 | 991,471 | ||
| Source: ADV German Airports Association[19] | |||
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:
There are several scheduled bus connections fromMünster 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]
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