# Saarbrücken Airport (SCN / EDDR) **Saarbrücken Airport** (IATA: SCN, ICAO: EDDR) is a medium airport in Saarbrücken, Saarland, Germany. It opened in 1964. It has one runway, 2,000 m (6,562 ft) long, asphalt. In 2025 it handled 307 thousand passengers. Web page: https://dromopedia.com/airports/eddr ## At a glance - IATA / ICAO: SCN / EDDR - Type: Medium airport - Serves: Saarbrücken, Saarland, Germany - Opened: 1964 - Elevation: 323 m / 1,058 ft - Coordinates: 49.2145, 7.1097 - Runways: 1 - Longest runway: 2,000 m / 6,562 ft - Passengers: 307,223 (2025) - Time zone: UTC+1/+2 · Europe/Berlin - Website: https://www.flughafen-saarbruecken.de/ - Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saarbr%C3%BCcken_Airport (21 languages) - Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q697101 - Weather station: EDDR · WMO 10708 - Ident: EDDR ## Timeline - 1964: Saarbrücken Airport opens. ## Runways | Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 08/26 | 2,000 m / 6,562 ft | 45 m / 148 ft | Asphalt | 087° / 267° | yes | ## Passengers per year | Year | Passengers | Source | | --- | --- | --- | | 2014 | 351,316 | Eurostat | | 2015 | 433,233 | Eurostat | | 2016 | 398,860 | Eurostat | | 2017 | 373,204 | Eurostat | | 2018 | 333,151 | Eurostat | | 2019 | 343,156 | Eurostat | | 2020 | 45,694 | Eurostat | | 2021 | 149,870 | Eurostat | | 2022 | 299,962 | Eurostat | | 2023 | 310,049 | Eurostat | | 2024 | 338,519 | Eurostat | | 2025 | 307,223 | Eurostat | ## Routes 9 destinations in 5 countries. From the airport's Wikipedia article. ### Year-round (4) - [HAM](https://dromopedia.com/airports/eddh.md) Hamburg Helmut Schmidt Airport · Germany · 530 km / 329 mi · DAT - [BER](https://dromopedia.com/airports/eddb.md) Berlin Brandenburg Airport · Germany · 569 km / 354 mi · DAT - [ALC](https://dromopedia.com/airports/leal.md) Alicante-Elche Miguel Hernández Airport · Spain · 1,361 km / 846 mi · Ryanair - [AYT](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ltai.md) Antalya International Airport · Türkiye · 2,346 km / 1,458 mi · SunExpress ### Seasonal (5) - [PMI](https://dromopedia.com/airports/lepa.md) Palma de Mallorca Airport · Spain · 1,129 km / 702 mi · Eurowings - [TPS](https://dromopedia.com/airports/lict.md) Vincenzo Florio Airport Trapani-Birgi · Italy · 1,329 km / 826 mi · Ryanair - [SUF](https://dromopedia.com/airports/lica.md) Lamezia Terme Sant'Eufemia International Airport · Italy · 1,357 km / 843 mi · Ryanair - [HER](https://dromopedia.com/airports/lgir.md) Heraklion International Nikos Kazantzakis Airport · Greece · 2,132 km / 1,325 mi · Freebird Airlines Europe - [RHO](https://dromopedia.com/airports/lgrp.md) Rhodes International Airport "Diagoras" · Greece · 2,213 km / 1,375 mi · Aegean Airlines ## Airlines The figure is how many destinations each airline flies from SCN, as the routes above have them. Hubs from Wikidata. ### Passenger (6) - FR [Ryanair](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/ryanair) · 3 - DX [DAT](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/dat) · 2 - A3 [Aegean Airlines](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/aegean-airlines) · 1 · seasonal - EW [Eurowings](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/eurowings) · 1 · seasonal - MI [Freebird Airlines Europe](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/freebird-airlines-europe) · 1 · seasonal - XQ [SunExpress](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/sunexpress) · 1 Former hub of [Cirrus Airlines](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/cirrus-airlines), [ESS Luftfahrtunternehmen](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/ess-luftfahrtunternehmen). ## Rankings Ranked among 48,075 open airports; = marks a shared place. | Measure | Value | World | Region | Country | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | Passengers | 307K (2025) | #1,333 of 3,974 | #292 in Europe | #22 in DE | | Longest runway | 2,000 m / 6,562 ft | =3,840 of 29,858 | =725 in Europe | =55 in DE | | Elevation | 323 m / 1,058 ft | =16,798 of 43,403 | =1,352 in Europe | =338 in DE | | Age | Opened 1964 | =5,263 of 15,079 | =1,014 in Europe | =194 in DE | | Runways | 1 | =4,364 of 29,978 | =646 in Europe | =85 in DE | ## Radio frequencies | Type | Description | MHz | | --- | --- | --- | | AFIS | Langen Information | 123.525 | | ATIS | Saarbruekcen ATIS | 125.480 | | RDR | LANGEN RADAR | 129.675 | | TWR | Saarbruekcen Tower / Turm | 118.355 | | GND | Saarbruekcen Ground / Rollkontrolle | 118.555 | ## Nearby airports - [RMS](https://dromopedia.com/airports/etar.md) Ramstein Air Base · 43 km / 27 mi - [LFQP](https://dromopedia.com/airports/lfqp.md) Phalsbourg-Bourscheid Air Base · 50 km / 31 mi - [ETZ](https://dromopedia.com/airports/lfjl.md) Metz-Nancy-Lorraine Airport · 68 km / 42 mi - [LUX](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ellx.md) Luxembourg-Findel International Airport · 79 km / 49 mi - [HHN](https://dromopedia.com/airports/edfh.md) Frankfurt-Hahn Airport · 82 km / 51 mi - [SXB](https://dromopedia.com/airports/lfst.md) Strasbourg Airport · 84 km / 52 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: “Saarbrücken Airport”](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Saarbrücken_Airport&oldid=1372779333), revision of 2 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/eddr/data