Köln/Bonn International Airport - Köln - NRW - Germany
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N 50° 52.660 E 007° 07.300
32U E 367856 N 5637902
Köln/Bonn International Airport
Waymark Code: WMQR6G
Location: Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany
Date Posted: 03/22/2016
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DE:Der Flughafen Köln/Bonn „Konrad Adenauer“ (IATA: CGN, auch Köln Bonn Airport oder Flughafen Köln-Wahn) ist ein internationaler Verkehrsflughafen und liegt am südöstlichen Stadtrand in Köln-Grengel sowie zu Teilen in Troisdorf. Er ist rund 15 km vom Kölner Stadtzentrum und rund 16 km in nordöstlicher Richtung vom Bonner Stadtzentrum entfernt. Nach Passagierzahlen lag er im Jahr 2014 auf Platz 7 in Deutschland.
Er dient als Drehkreuz für die Frachtfluggesellschaften UPS Airlines und FedEx sowie als Heimatbasis der Billigfluggesellschaft Germanwings. Bis September 2014 war er außerdem Heimatbasis der Regionalfluggesellschaft Lufthansa CityLine. Auf dem Areal ist zudem die Flugbereitschaft des Bundesverteidigungsministeriums beheimatet.
EN:Cologne Bonn Airport (German: Flughafen Köln/Bonn, also known as Flughafen Köln-Wahn) (IATA: CGN) is the international airport of Germany's fourth largest city, Cologne and also serves the former German capital, Bonn. With around 10.3 million passengers passing through it in 2015, it is the seventh largest passenger airport in Germany and the third largest in terms of cargo operations. By traffic units, which combines cargo and passengers, the airport is in fifth position in Germany. As of March 2015, Cologne Bonn Airport features 115 passenger destinations in 35 countries. It is christened after Konrad Adenauer, the first post-war Chancellor of Germany.
The airport is located in the district of Porz and is surrounded by the Wahner Heide nature reserve. The airport is centrally located in the Cologne/Bonn Region 14.8 km (9.2 mi) southeast of Cologne city centre and 16 km (9.9 mi) northeast of Bonn. Cologne Bonn Airport is one of the country's few 24-hour airports and serves as a hub for Eurowings and Germanwings, FedEx Express and UPS Airlines. It also is a host of the German and European space agencies DLR and EAC, part of ESA, which train astronauts there for space explorations.
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