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Innsbruck Airport
Flughafen Innsbruck
Summary
OwnerTiroler Flughafenbetriebs GmbH
ServesInnsbruck
LocationKranebitten, Tyrol, Austria
Opened15 January 1948; 78 years ago (1948-01-15)
Elevation AMSL1,906 ft (581 m)
Coordinates47°15′37″N 011°20′38″E / 47.26028°N 11.34389°E / 47.26028; 11.34389
Websitewww.innsbruck-airport.com
Map
INN/LOWI is located in Austria
INN/LOWI
INN/LOWI
Location within Austria
Runways
Direction Length Surface
ft m
08/26 6,562 2,000 Asphalt
Statistics (2025)
Passengers882,876 Increase+2.4%
Aircraft movements7,516 Decrease-0.8%
Cargo (metric tons)0 Steady±0.0%
Source: Statistics Austria[1] [2]

Innsbruck Airport (IATA: INN, ICAO: LOWI), also known locally as Kranebitten Airport, is the largest international airport in Tyrol in western Austria. It is located approximately 4 kilometres (2+1⁄2 mi) from the centre of Innsbruck.

The airport, which was opened in 1925,[3] handles regional flights around the Alps, as well as seasonal international traffic to further European destinations. During the winter, activity increases significantly, due to the high number of skiers travelling to the region.

Operations

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Terminal

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The terminal has no jet bridges: instead, mobile stairs are used for boarding large aircraft that do not have their own airstairs. The airport can handle aircraft up to the size of a Boeing 767. In February 2017, it was announced that the current passenger terminal, which was inaugurated for the 1964 Winter Olympics will be replaced with a new, larger facility which started construction in 2019.[4]

Special approach procedures

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Innsbruck Airport is characterized by a difficult landing approach due to surrounding terrain, prohibiting certain aircraft types from operating at the airport.[5] The approach and descent is a very complicated process—the Alps create vicious winds and currents, which pilots have to deal with throughout the process. It is a Category C airport, an airport with special difficulties requiring pilots to have special training before using it.[6] Approach or ascent over the eastern end of the runway goes over the inner city at fairly low altitude.

Tenants

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Innsbruck Airport served as the base of Tyrolean Airways and Welcome Air until their demise, although the newly established independent technical division Tyrolean Airways Luftfahrzeuge Technik GmbH remains here.[7] Innsbruck also used to accommodate the head offices of Air Alps.[8]

Airlines and destinations

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The following airlines offer regular scheduled and charter flights at Innsbruck Airport:[9]

AirlinesDestinations
Aegean Airlines Seasonal: Athens[10]
Air Baltic Seasonal: Riga[11]
Air Dolomiti Seasonal: Frankfurt[12]
Austrian Airlines Vienna[13]
Seasonal: Amsterdam,[14] Billund,[15] Brussels,[16] Copenhagen,[16] Warsaw–Chopin[16]
Avanti Air Seasonal charter: Calvi[17]
British Airways Seasonal: London–City,[16] London–Gatwick,[16] London–Heathrow[16]
easyJet London–Gatwick[18]
Seasonal: Birmingham,[19] Bristol,[20] Edinburgh,[21] London–Luton,[16] Manchester[22]
Eurowings Seasonal: Hamburg,[23] Karpathos,[24] Kos,[24] Lamezia Terme,[25] Stockholm–Arlanda[26]
Seasonal charter: Copenhagen,[27] Düsseldorf,[23] Heraklion,[28] Palma de Mallorca,[28] Rhodes[24]
Iberia Seasonal: Madrid[16]
Icelandair Seasonal: Reykjavík–Keflavík[16]
Jet2.com Seasonal: Birmingham,[29] Bristol,[30] Edinburgh,[29] Manchester[29]
Marathon Airlines Seasonal charter: Cagliari,[31] Kalamata,[31] Preveza/Lefkada[31]
Scandinavian Airlines Seasonal: Copenhagen,[32] Stockholm–Arlanda[32]
Transavia Amsterdam[16]
Seasonal: Eindhoven,[16] Rotterdam/The Hague[16]
TUI Airways Seasonal: Birmingham,[33] Bristol,[33] Dublin, Edinburgh,[33] London–Gatwick,[16] London–Stansted,[16] Manchester,[34] Newcastle upon Tyne[35]
TUI fly Belgium Seasonal: Brussels[36]
Universal Air Corfu,[37] Kalamata,[25] Kefalonia,[25] Preveza,[37] Rimini[25]

Statistics

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PassengersYear0200,000400,000600,000800,0001,000,0001,200,000200020052010201520202025PassengersAnnual passenger traffic
Aerial view of the airport and its surrounding mountains.
Apron during the winter season
Terminal interior
Passenger statistics[38][39][40] [41]
YearTotal passengers% change
2007859,832Steady
2008969,474Increase 12.8
2009956,972Decrease 1.3
20101,033,512Increase 8.0
2011997,020Decrease 3.5
2012930,850Decrease 6.6
2013981,118Increase 5.4
2014991,356Increase 1.0
20151,001,255Increase 1.0
20161,006,738Increase 0.6
20171,092,547Increase 8.5
20181,119,347Increase 2.4
20191,144,541[42]Increase 2.3
2020487,437[2]Decrease 57.4
2021125,495[2]Decrease 74.3
2022721,412[42]Increase 474.9
2023906,655[42]Increase 25.7
2024862,202[1]Decrease 4.9
2025882,876[1]Increase 2.4

Ground transportation

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The airport is connected to the city and to Innsbruck Hauptbahnhof by city bus F. The bus runs every 15 minutes and takes 18 minutes to reach the city.[43]

See also

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References

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  1. 1 2 3 "Zahl der Fluggäste 2025 auf Allzeithoch gestiegen" [Number of air passengers rose to an all-time high in 2025] (PDF; 105 KB) (in German). Statistics Austria. 19 February 2026. Retrieved 11 July 2026.
  2. 1 2 3 "Kommerzielle Zivilluftfahrt 2021: Passagieraufkommen um 20,3% gestiegen, aber noch immer deutlich unter Vorkrisenniveau" [Commercial civil aviation 2021: Passenger traffic up 20.3%, but still well below pre-crisis levels.] (PDF; 66 KB). statistik.at (in German). Bundesanstalt Statistik Österreich. 24 February 2022. Retrieved 1 February 2023.
  3. ↑ "airport history". Archived from the original on 1 November 2016. Retrieved 23 July 2014.
  4. ↑ austrianaviation.net - "Innsbruck Airport starts architecture competition" 21 February 2017
  5. ↑ "Innsbruck LOWI". www.austrocontrol.at. Archived from the original on 12 November 2008.
  6. ↑ "Airport Categorisation". www.airfieldcharts.com.
  7. ↑ "starallianceemployees.com". Archived from the original on 6 February 2015. Retrieved 10 September 2015.
  8. ↑ "just get in contact with us!." Air Alps. Retrieved on 21 October 2012. "Füstenweg 180 A-6026 Innsbruck-Airport" Archived 24 May 2012 at the Wayback Machine
  9. ↑ "Scheduled and charter flights". Tiroler Flughafenbetriebsgesellschaft m.b.H. Archived from the original on 7 March 2023. Retrieved 14 November 2021.
  10. ↑ Shabat, Jay (5 October 2023). "Greece's Aegean Airlines Targets Year-Round Visitors with Winter Expansion". Airline Weekly. Retrieved 27 July 2026.
  11. ↑ Lassetter, Jon (9 January 2025). "New Route of the Day (22 December 2024): airBaltic between Riga and Innsbruck". Air Service One. Retrieved 27 July 2026.
  12. ↑ Gruber, Jan (17 December 2021). "Ab Mai 2022: Air Dolomiti übernimmt Innsbruck-Frankfurt". Aviation Direct. Retrieved 17 December 2021.
  13. ↑ Gruber, Jan (14 July 2026). "Austrian Airlines denies Innsbruck cancellation and criticizes Kronen Zeitung". Aviation.Direct. Retrieved 27 July 2026.
  14. ↑ "Austrian Airlines start lijndienst tussen Schiphol en Innsbruck" [Austrian Airlines starts service between Schiphol and Innsbruck]. Luchtvaartnieuws (in Dutch). 25 August 2023. Retrieved 25 August 2023.
  15. ↑ Orban, André (1 July 2024). "Austrian Airlines expands winter flight services to Innsbruck from several European cities, including Brussels and Amsterdam". Aviation24.be. Retrieved 27 July 2026.
  16. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 Lassetter, Jon (9 January 2025). "Innsbruck gained 3 airlines in December 2024; Transavia top carrier; London LGW leading market". Air Service One. Retrieved 27 July 2026.
  17. ↑ "For Rhomberg Reisen: Avanti Air flies from Graz, Memmingen and Innsbruck to Calvi". 21 December 2022.
  18. ↑ Toufexi, Ioanna (22 February 2022). "easyJet adds extra seats to European beach and ski destinations". Sussex Live. Retrieved 27 July 2026.
  19. ↑ "EasyJet adds 33 routes from UK to winter 2024-25 schedule". Travel Weekly.
  20. ↑ Jones, Amy (31 March 2026). "Bristol Airport issues warning for passengers travelling over Easter holidays". Bristol Live. Retrieved 27 July 2026.
  21. ↑ "Easyjet verstärkt Winterangebot am Flughafen Wien mit fünf neuen Verbindungen". 17 June 2025.
  22. ↑ Banks, Emmeline (23 April 2026). "easyJet has launched its Big Orange summer sale, with 90,000 seats now available from Manchester with up to 20% off". Secret Manchester. Retrieved 27 July 2026.
  23. 1 2 "Eurowings startet neue Winterverbindung nach Innsbruck". Fliegerweb (in German). 15 December 2025. Retrieved 27 July 2026.
  24. 1 2 3 Mizzi, Amely (22 May 2024). "Successful start of the Karpathos flights from Innsbruck". Aviation.Direct. Retrieved 28 July 2026.
  25. 1 2 3 4 Sipinski, Dominik (12 May 2026). "Malta's Universal Air begins Innsbruck charters". ch-aviation. Retrieved 27 July 2026.
  26. ↑ "Eurowings Europe nimmt Stockholm-Innsbruck auf". 27 September 2022.
  27. ↑ Mizzi, Amely (8 November 2022). "Eurowings Europe is converting numerous routes to the Malta branch". Aviation.Direct. Retrieved 28 July 2026.
  28. 1 2 Tageszeitung, Tiroler (18 May 2022). "TUI-Chef rät wegen Verteuerung zur schnellen Buchung". Tiroler Tageszeitung Online (in German). Retrieved 28 July 2026.
  29. 1 2 3 Mayling, Samantha (9 July 2025). "Jet2.com launches record ski programme for winter 2026-27". Travel Weekly. Retrieved 28 July 2026.
  30. ↑ Grubb, Sophie (3 March 2023). "New Greek destination confirmed for Bristol Airport this summer". Bristol Live. Retrieved 27 July 2026.
  31. 1 2 3 "Marathon Airlines assumes Idealtours-charter". aviation.direct (in German). 7 December 2022.
  32. 1 2 Christensen, Ole Kirchert (16 May 2024). "To nye nordiske sæsonruter med SAS fra København". CHECK-IN.DK (in Danish). Retrieved 28 July 2026.
  33. 1 2 3 "Innsbruck Airport starts the 2023/24 winter sports season". 11 December 2023.
  34. ↑ "Manchester Airport highlights its direct connections to winter sports destinations". 8 December 2023.
  35. ↑ "Newcastle Airport's list of 2024 destinations including new summer flights". 31 January 2024.
  36. ↑ "New Flight Connections to Innsbruck Winter 2025/26". B2B Tirol Werbung. 16 September 2025. Retrieved 28 July 2026.
  37. 1 2 Mizzi, Amely (23 May 2026). "Innsbruck: Idealtours and Universal Air open new route to Corfu". Aviation.Direct. Retrieved 27 July 2026.
  38. ↑ "Innsbruck Airport Statistics 2008 – German language only". Archived from the original on 8 January 2011.
  39. ↑ "Innsbruck Airport Statistics 2009–2010" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 13 July 2011.
  40. ↑ "Innsbruck Airport Statistics 2014–2015" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 3 June 2016. Retrieved 10 May 2016.
  41. ↑ "Innsbruck Airport Statistics 2016 - German language only" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 17 December 2019. Retrieved 22 August 2017.
  42. 1 2 3 "Fluggäste 2023 um ein Viertel angestiegen" [Air passenger numbers up by a quarter in 2023] (PDF; 115 KB) (in German). Statistics Austria. 23 February 2024. Retrieved 11 July 2026.
  43. ↑ "Innsbruck Airport Taxi service". www.holiday-taxi.at. Retrieved 21 January 2016.
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