# Dortmund Airport (DTM / EDLW)

**Dortmund Airport** (IATA: DTM, ICAO: EDLW) is a large airport in Dortmund, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It opened in 1960. It has one runway, 2,000 m (6,562 ft) long, asphalt. In 2025 it handled 3.2 million passengers.

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

## At a glance

- IATA / ICAO: DTM / EDLW
- Type: Large airport
- Serves: Dortmund, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
- Opened: 1960
- Elevation: 130 m / 425 ft
- Coordinates: 51.5183, 7.6122
- Runways: 1
- Longest runway: 2,000 m / 6,562 ft
- Passengers: 3,237,621 (2025)
- Time zone: UTC+1/+2 · Europe/Berlin
- Website: https://www.dortmund-airport.de
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dortmund_Airport (35 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q313587
- Weather station: EDLW · WMO 10416
- Ident: EDLW

## Timeline

- 1960: Dortmund Airport opens.

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 06/24 | 2,000 m / 6,562 ft | 45 m / 148 ft | Asphalt | 061° / 241° | yes |

## Passengers per year

| Year | Passengers | Source |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 2014 | 1,953,872 | Eurostat |
| 2015 | 1,973,308 | Eurostat |
| 2016 | 1,914,527 | Eurostat |
| 2017 | 1,996,877 | Eurostat |
| 2018 | 2,280,134 | Eurostat |
| 2019 | 2,717,067 | Eurostat |
| 2020 | 1,218,779 | Eurostat |
| 2021 | 1,690,807 | Eurostat |
| 2022 | 2,583,887 | Eurostat |
| 2023 | 2,931,269 | Eurostat |
| 2024 | 3,129,317 | Eurostat |
| 2025 | 3,237,621 | Eurostat |

## Routes

4 destinations in 2 countries. From the airport's Wikipedia article.

### Year-round (2)

- [PMI](https://dromopedia.com/airports/lepa.md) Palma de Mallorca Airport · Spain · 1,383 km / 859 mi · Eurowings
- [ADB](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ltbj.md) Adnan Menderes International Airport · Türkiye · 2,116 km / 1,315 mi · SunExpress

### Seasonal (3)

- [PMI](https://dromopedia.com/airports/lepa.md) Palma de Mallorca Airport · Spain · 1,383 km / 859 mi · Condor Flugdienst
- [ONQ](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ltas.md) Zonguldak Çaycuma Airport · Türkiye · 2,163 km / 1,344 mi · SunExpress
- [AYT](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ltai.md) Antalya International Airport · Türkiye · 2,442 km / 1,517 mi · SunExpress

## Airlines

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

### Passenger (3)

- XQ [SunExpress](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/sunexpress) · 3
- DE [Condor Flugdienst](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/condor-flugdienst) · 1 · seasonal
- EW [Eurowings](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/eurowings) · 1

Former hub of [Dauair](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/dauair), [RFG – Regionalflug](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/rfg-regionalflug).

## Rankings

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

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Passengers | 3.2M (2025) | #439 of 3,974 | #123 in Europe | #11 in DE |
| Longest runway | 2,000 m / 6,562 ft | =3,840 of 29,858 | =725 in Europe | =55 in DE |
| Elevation | 130 m / 425 ft | =28,554 of 43,403 | =3,058 in Europe | #521 in DE |
| Age | Opened 1960 | =4,584 of 15,079 | =930 in Europe | =168 in DE |
| Runways | 1 | =4,364 of 29,978 | =646 in Europe | =85 in DE |

## Radio frequencies

| Type | Description | MHz |
| --- | --- | --- |
| AFIS | Langen Information | 129.875 |
| APP | LANGEN RADAR | 125.225 |
| ATIS | Dortmund AtIS | 125.130 |
| GND | Dortmund Ground / Rollkontrolle | 121.830 |
| TWR | DOrtmund Tower / Turm | 134.180 |

## Nearby airports

- [DUS](https://dromopedia.com/airports/eddl.md) Düsseldorf Airport · 64 km / 40 mi
- [FMO](https://dromopedia.com/airports/eddg.md) Münster Osnabrück Airport · 69 km / 43 mi
- [PAD](https://dromopedia.com/airports/edlp.md) Paderborn Lippstadt Airport · 70 km / 44 mi
- [CGN](https://dromopedia.com/airports/eddk.md) Cologne Bonn Airport · 80 km / 49 mi
- [BFE](https://dromopedia.com/airports/edli.md) Bielefeld Airport · 81 km / 50 mi
- [MGL](https://dromopedia.com/airports/edln.md) Mönchengladbach Airport · 83 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: “Dortmund Airport”](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Dortmund_Airport&oldid=1375639595), 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/edlw/data