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 Cologne-Bonn Airport in Cologne-Bonn in Germany is CGN and ICAO code of Cologne-Bonn 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.
The Cologne-Bonn 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.
The Cologne-Bonn 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
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- Condor Airlines
- Continental Airlines
- Czech Airlines
- easyJet
- InterSky
- Iran Air
- KLM
- Sky Airlines
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- SunExpress
- TUIfly
- Turkish Airlines
- Tunisair
- Wizz Air
- XL Airways
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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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