# Dresden Airport (DRS / EDDC)

**Dresden Airport** (IATA: DRS, ICAO: EDDC) is a large airport in Dresden, Saxony, Germany. It opened on 11 Jul 1935. It has one runway, 2,850 m (9,350 ft) long, concrete. It is operated by Flughafen Dresden GmbH. In 2025 it handled 882 thousand passengers.

Web page: https://dromopedia.com/airports/eddc

## At a glance

- IATA / ICAO: DRS / EDDC
- Type: Large airport
- Operator: Flughafen Dresden GmbH
- Serves: Dresden, Saxony, Germany
- Opened: 11 Jul 1935
- Elevation: 230 m / 755 ft
- Coordinates: 51.1341, 13.7678
- Runways: 1
- Longest runway: 2,850 m / 9,350 ft
- Passengers: 882,442 (2025)
- Time zone: UTC+1/+2 · Europe/Berlin
- Website: https://www.dresden-airport.de/
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dresden_Airport (28 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q657005
- Weather station: EDDC · WMO 10488
- Ident: EDDC

## Timeline

- 11 Jul 1935: Dresden Airport opens.

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 04/22 | 2,850 m / 9,350 ft | 60 m / 197 ft | Concrete | 041° / 221° | yes |

## Passengers per year

| Year | Passengers | Source |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 2014 | 1,737,994 | Eurostat |
| 2015 | 1,711,727 | Eurostat |
| 2016 | 1,656,301 | Eurostat |
| 2017 | 1,700,501 | Eurostat |
| 2018 | 1,752,523 | Eurostat |
| 2019 | 1,591,034 | Eurostat |
| 2020 | 380,222 | Eurostat |
| 2021 | 326,007 | Eurostat |
| 2022 | 834,526 | Eurostat |
| 2023 | 920,964 | Eurostat |
| 2024 | 880,855 | Eurostat |
| 2025 | 882,442 | Eurostat |

## Routes

7 destinations in 5 countries. From the airport's Wikipedia article.

### Year-round (4)

- [MUC](https://dromopedia.com/airports/eddm.md) Munich Airport · Germany · 340 km / 211 mi · Lufthansa
- [FRA](https://dromopedia.com/airports/eddf.md) Frankfurt Main Airport · Germany · 388 km / 241 mi · Lufthansa
- [DUS](https://dromopedia.com/airports/eddl.md) Düsseldorf Airport · Germany · 488 km / 303 mi · Eurowings
- [BZO](https://dromopedia.com/airports/lipb.md) Bolzano Airport · Italy · 550 km / 342 mi · Sky Alps

### Seasonal (3)

- [PMI](https://dromopedia.com/airports/lepa.md) Palma de Mallorca Airport · Spain · 1,546 km / 961 mi · Eurowings
- [AYT](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ltai.md) Antalya International Airport · Türkiye · 2,078 km / 1,291 mi · SunExpress
- [HRG](https://dromopedia.com/airports/hegn.md) Hurghada International Airport · Egypt · 3,152 km / 1,959 mi · Air Cairo

## Airlines

The figure is how many destinations each airline flies from DRS, as the routes above have them. Hubs from Wikidata.

### Hub airlines (1)

- SR [Sundair](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/sundair)

### Passenger (5)

- EW [Eurowings](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/eurowings) · 2
- LH [Lufthansa](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/lufthansa) · 2
- SM [Air Cairo](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/air-cairo) · 1 · seasonal
- BQ [Sky Alps](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/sky-alps) · 1
- XQ [SunExpress](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/sunexpress) · 1 · seasonal

## Rankings

Ranked among 48,075 open airports; = marks a shared place.

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Passengers | 882K (2025) | #878 of 3,974 | #211 in Europe | #18 in DE |
| Longest runway | 2,850 m / 9,350 ft | =1,551 of 29,858 | =246 in Europe | #18 in DE |
| Elevation | 230 m / 755 ft | =22,259 of 43,403 | =1,951 in Europe | =429 in DE |
| Age | Opened 1935 | =593 of 15,079 | =336 in Europe | =63 in DE |
| Runways | 1 | =4,364 of 29,978 | =646 in Europe | =85 in DE |

## Radio frequencies

| Type | Description | MHz |
| --- | --- | --- |
| AFIS | LANGEN INFORMATION | 125.800 |
| APP | MUNCHEN RADAR | 125.625 |
| ATIS | Dresden ATIS | 118.880 |
| GND | DRESDEN GROUND / ROLLKOKNTROLLE | 121.980 |
| RMP | DRESDEN APRON / VORFELD | 121.755 |
| TWR | DRESDEN TOWER / TURM | 122.930 |

## Nearby airports

- [ETSH](https://dromopedia.com/airports/etsh.md) Holzdorf Air Base · 82 km / 51 mi
- [EDBR](https://dromopedia.com/airports/edbr.md) Rothenburg/Görlitz Airfield · 86 km / 54 mi
- [AOC](https://dromopedia.com/airports/edac.md) Leipzig–Altenburg Airport · 90 km / 56 mi
- [VOD](https://dromopedia.com/airports/lkvo.md) Vodochody Airport · 111 km / 69 mi
- [LEJ](https://dromopedia.com/airports/eddp.md) Leipzig/Halle Airport · 111 km / 69 mi
- [KLV](https://dromopedia.com/airports/lkkv.md) Karlovy Vary Airport · 120 km / 74 mi

## Sources

- [Eurostat](https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/databrowser/view/avia_paoa/default/table): Source: Eurostat (avia_paoa) (Eurostat reuse policy (CC BY 4.0))
- [NOAA Aviation Weather Center](https://aviationweather.gov/data/api/): Weather data: NOAA Aviation Weather Center (Public Domain (US Government))
- [OurAirports](https://ourairports.com/data/): Airport data from OurAirports (Public Domain)
- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org): Structured data from Wikidata (CC0 1.0)
- [Wikipedia: “Dresden Airport”](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Dresden_Airport&oldid=1375731027), revision of 19 Sep 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0)
- [timezone-boundary-builder](https://github.com/evansiroky/timezone-boundary-builder): Time zone boundaries © OpenStreetMap contributors, timezone-boundary-builder (ODbL 1.0)
- Every figure with its source: https://dromopedia.com/airports/eddc/data