Echterdingen Airport, STR

Echterdingen Airport – Stuttgart, Germany  (in German Flughafen Stuttgart, formerly Flughafen Stuttgart-Echterdingen) (IATA: STR, ICAO: EDDS) is an international airport located approximately 8 miles (13 km) south of the city center of Stuttgart, Germany.

The airport is situated on the boundary between the three cities Leinfelden-Echterdingen, Stuttgart and Filderstadt. It is the 7th most important airport in Germany and the main airport of the Bundesland Baden-Württemberg with 10.109.425 million passengers in 2006.

It is an important hub for the German low cost carriers Germanwings and TUIfly.

Airlines and destinations

The following airlines fly to Stuttgart Airport:

Terminal 1

Aegean Airlines (Athens, Thessaloniki)
Austrian Airlines
Austrian Arrows (Vienna)
British Airways (London-Heathrow)
Jat Airways (Belgrade, Niš)
KrasAir (Moscow-Domodedovo, Krasnoyarsk)
LOT Polish Airlines (Warsaw) [Starts May 21, 2007]
Lufthansa (Berlin-Tegel, Frankfurt, Hamburg)
Lufthansa Regional operated by Air Dolomiti (Munich)
Lufthansa Regional operated by Augsburg Airways (Munich)
Lufthansa Regional operated by Contact Air (Geneva, Hanover, London-City, Munich, Turin)
Lufthansa Regional operated by Eurowings (Bilbao, Bremen, Düsseldorf, Paris-Charles De Gaulle)
Lufthansa Regional operated by Lufthansa CityLine (Barcelona, Berlin-Tegel, Brussels, Dusseldorf, Frankfurt, Hanover, London-Heathrow, Marseille, Milan-Malpensa, Munich, Paris-Charles De Gaulle, Vienna)
Malév Hungarian Airlines (Budapest, Sármellék)
Scandinavian Airlines System (Copenhagen)
Spanair (Madrid)
Swiss International Air Lines
Swiss International Air Lines operated by Cirrus Airlines (Zürich)
Turkish Airlines (Ankara, Istanbul-Atatürk, Izmir)

Terminal 2

Germanwings (Athens, Barcelona, Bastia, Beograd [starts May 24, 2007], Berlin-Schönefeld, Budapest, Dresden, Düsseldorf, Hamburg, Istanbul-Sabiha Gökçen, Krakow, Lisbon, London-Stansted, Madrid, Malta, Moscow-Vnukovo, Paris-Charles de Gaulle, Rome-Fiumicino, Split, Thessaloniki, Vienna, Warsaw, Zagreb)

Terminal 3

Air Berlin (Alicante, Berlin-Tegel, Hamburg, Moscow-Domodedovo, Nice, Nuremberg, Palma de Mallorca, Vienna)
Air France (Paris-Charles de Gaulle)
operated by Régional (Lyon)
Alitalia
operated by Alitalia Express (Milan-Malpensa)
Carpatair (Timişoara)
Condor (Bremen, Faro, Fuerteventura, Funchal, Hanover, Hurghada, Jerez de la Frontera, Lanzarote, Las Palmas, Málaga, Munich, Palma de Mallorca, Santa Cruz de la Palma, Tenerife-South)
Czech Airlines (Prague)
Delta Air Lines (Atlanta)
European Air Express (Münster-Osnabrück)
Finnair
Finncomm Airlines (Helsinki)
Flybe (Birmingham)
Hamburg International (Bodrum, Kos)
KLM (Amsterdam)
operated by KLM Cityhopper (Amsterdam)
LGW (Dortmund)
LTU International (Antalya, Catania, Faro, Heraklion, Hurghada, Kerkyra, Monastir, Palma de Mallorca, Pristina, Samos, Thessaloniki, Varna)
Olympic Airlines (Athens, Thessaloniki)
TUIfly (Agadir, Antalya, Bari, Berlin-Tegel, Bilbao, Bodrum, Chania, Dalaman, Djerba, Dubrovnik, Faro, Fuerteventura, Funchal, Hanover, Heraklion, Hurghada, Ibiza, Jerez, Kerkyra, Kos, Lanzarote, Larnace, Las Palmas, Leipzig, Luxor, Mahon, Manchester, Marrakech, Milan-Bergamo, Monastir, Naples, Olbia, Palermo, Palma de Mallora, Patras, Pisa, Rhodos, Rijeka, Sharm el Sheikh, Stockholm-Arlanda, Tenerife, Thessaloniki, Thira, Venice)
Tunisair (Monastir)

Terminal 4

B&H Airlines (Sarajevo)
Eurocypria Airlines (Larnaca)
Futura International Airways
Nouvelair Tunisia (Monastir)
Onur Air (Ankara, Antalya, Istanbul-Atatürk, Izmir)
Pegasus Airlines (Adana, Ankara, Antalya, Istanbul-Sabiha Gökçen, Kayseri)
Sky Airlines
SunExpress (Antalya, Istanbul-Atatürk, Izmir)

Cargo Facilities

Capacity 12,000tonnes (26,455,000lbs), Warehouse 25,000m² (269,097sq ft), Domestic Cargo Only, EU Border Post, Aircraft Maintenance, Mechanical Handling, Heated Storage, Air-Conditioned Storage, Refrigerated Storage, Deep Freeze Storage, Mortuary, Animal Quarantine, Fresh Meat Inspection, Livestock Handling, Health Officials, X-Ray Equipment, Decompression Chamber, Security for Valuables, Dangerous Goods, Radioactive Goods, Very Large/Heavy Cargo, Express/Courier Centre, EU border control for perishables, Handling Equipment: 15 tonnes high lifter

Customs

Tel: +49 (0)711 948 48 21
Fax: +49 (0)711 948 22 46
Op. Hours: 24h (22:00-05:00 O/R)
Director: Mr Siegmund

Passenger Facilities

Annual Capacity 14,000,000, 78 check-in desks, 38 gates, 8 airbridges, 500 short term parking spaces, 7,000 long term parking spaces, 3 Airport Hotels, Min. Connection Times Intl-Intl: 30mins, Dom-Intl: 30mins, Dom-Dom: 30mins, Post Office, Bank, Bureau de Change, Auto Exchange Machine, Restaurants, Cafeterias, Bars, VIP Lounge, Duty Free Shop, Newsagent/Tobacconist, Chemist Shop, Gift Shop, Travel Agent, Tourist Help Desk, Car Rental, Taxi Service/Rank, First Aid, Baby/Parent Room, Disabled Access/Facilities, Business Centre

Additional Information

Metro Connection to the centre of Stuttgart. Departure time 10/20 minutes. 27 minutes.

Summary

Airport Code : STR
Airport Name : Echterdingen
Runway Length : 8366 ft.
Runway Elevation : 1300 ft.

City : Stuttgart
Country : Germany
Country Abbrev. : DE
World Area Code : 429
GMT Offset : +1.0

Telephone : (12ct/min) +49 (0)0180 9 48-4444, (Marketing) +49 (0)711 9 48-3782, (Operations) +49 (0)711 9 48-3791
Fax : Administration) +49 (0)711 9 48-2241, (Marketing) +49 (0)711 9 48-3765
Email : info@stuttgart-airport.com
Website : www.stuttgart-airport.com