# Braunschweig-Wolfsburg Airport (BWE / EDVE)

**Braunschweig-Wolfsburg Airport** (IATA: BWE, ICAO: EDVE) is a medium airport in Braunschweig, Lower Saxony, Germany. It opened in 1936. It has one runway, 2,300 m (7,546 ft) long, asphalt. In 2022 it handled 43 thousand passengers.

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

## At a glance

- IATA / ICAO: BWE / EDVE
- Type: Medium airport
- Serves: Braunschweig, Lower Saxony, Germany
- Opened: 1936
- Elevation: 90 m / 295 ft
- Coordinates: 52.3192, 10.5561
- Runways: 1
- Longest runway: 2,300 m / 7,546 ft
- Passengers: 43,315 (2022)
- Time zone: UTC+1/+2 · Europe/Berlin
- Website: https://www.fhbwe.de/
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Braunschweig_Wolfsburg_Airport (14 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q545641
- Weather station: EDVE · WMO 10348
- Ident: EDVE

## Timeline

- 1936: Braunschweig-Wolfsburg Airport opens.

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 08/26 | 2,300 m / 7,546 ft | 45 m / 148 ft | Asphalt | 085° / 265° | yes |

## Passengers per year

| Year | Passengers | Source |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 2003 | 1,991 | Eurostat |
| 2004 | 2,074 | Eurostat |
| 2005 | 1,773 | Eurostat |
| 2006 | 1,915 | Eurostat |
| 2007 | 1,945 | Eurostat |
| 2008 | 1,405 | Eurostat |
| 2009 | 1,454 | Eurostat |
| 2010 | 2,470 | Eurostat |
| 2015 | 119,546 | Wikidata |
| 2016 | 100,900 | Wikidata |
| 2021 | 29,471 | Wikidata |
| 2022 | 43,315 | Wikidata |

## Airlines

Hubs from Wikidata.

### Hub airlines (2)

- TWG [Air-taxi europe](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/air-taxi-europe)
- BTX [Volkswagen Air Service](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/volkswagen-air-service)

## Rankings

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

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Passengers | 43K (2022) | #2,138 of 3,974 | #449 in Europe | #34 in DE |
| Longest runway | 2,300 m / 7,546 ft | =3,042 of 29,858 | =599 in Europe | #46 in DE |
| Elevation | 90 m / 295 ft | =31,457 of 43,403 | =3,779 in Europe | =583 in DE |
| Age | Opened 1936 | =649 of 15,079 | =368 in Europe | =69 in DE |
| Runways | 1 | =4,364 of 29,978 | =646 in Europe | =85 in DE |

## Radio frequencies

| Type | Description | MHz |
| --- | --- | --- |
| AFIS | Langen Information | 119.825 |
| ATIS | Braunschweig ATIS | 134.455 |
| TWR | TWR | 120.050 |

## Nearby airports

- [ETHC](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ethc.md) Celle Army Airfield · 47 km / 29 mi
- [HAJ](https://dromopedia.com/airports/eddv.md) Hannover Airport · 61 km / 38 mi
- [ETHS](https://dromopedia.com/airports/eths.md) Faßberg Air Base · 71 km / 44 mi
- [ETNW](https://dromopedia.com/airports/etnw.md) Wunstorf Air Base · 78 km / 49 mi
- [ETHB](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ethb.md) Bückeburg Air Base · 100 km / 62 mi
- [EDUZ](https://dromopedia.com/airports/eduz.md) Zerbst Airfield · 114 km / 71 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)
- [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/edve/data