Cologne-Bonn Airport

The Cologne-Bonn Airport is situated in the Wahner Heide nature reserve at a distance of 15 kilometers to the south east of Cologne and at a distance of 16 kilometers to the north east of Bonn. The IATA code of this Airport in Cologne-Bonn in Germany is CGN and ICAO code of this Airport is EDDK. This airport is ranked sixth in terms of area and is one among the few airports that remain open for 24 hours a day.
Cologne Bonn Airport
The Airport in Cologne-Bonn in Germany in Europe is ranked second in terms of cargo flights that are operated from this airport. It has been noted that 9.9 million passengers traveled through this airport in the year 2006.

The Cologne-Bonn Airport was taken over by the British after the World War II. This, to some extent, proved beneficial for the airport. During this period, a 1,866 meter runway was built and in the year 1951, the airport started its operation as a civil airport. Later, in the next decade, two more runways were built and a new terminal was set up. Since then, this airport has gone through several changes and expansions till date.

One of the unique features of this airport is that, the Cologne/Bonn Airport is among the emergency landing sites for NASA's Space Shuttle.

Major Airline Providers

The Airport in Cologne-Bonn in Germany is served by many airlines, which includes,

Austrian Airlines
B&H Airlines
Germanwings
Lufthansa
Ostfriesische Lufttransport
Air Berlin
Armavia
Blue Air
Blue Wings

Condor Airlines
Continental Airlines
Czech Airlines
easyJet
InterSky
Iran Air
KLM
Sky Airlines

SunExpress
TUIfly
Turkish Airlines
Tunisair
Wizz Air
XL Airways

In the year 2006, a daily transatlantic flight to New Jersey's Newark Liberty International Airport has been started by Continental Airlines.

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