GWT

Westerland Sylt Airport

ICAO EDXW54.9132°N 8.3405°E16 m / 51 ftMedium airport
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Westerland Sylt Airport (IATA: GWT, ICAO: EDXW) is a medium airport in Sylt, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany. It opened in 1918. It has 2 runways; the longest is 2,120 m (6,955 ft). In 2021 it handled 102 thousand passengers.

Timeline

1 event · 1918–1918
1918
OpenedWesterland Sylt Airport opens.
From WikidataEvery airfield, 1903–2026

Runways & airfield

Schematic · N · © OpenStreetMap
Terminal 1
14/32142° / 322° · LIT
LENGTH2,120 m6,955 ftWIDTH45 m148 ftSURFACEConcrete
06/24058° / 238°
LENGTH1,696 m5,564 ftWIDTH45 m148 ftSURFACEConcrete

Passengers per year

2006–2021
83K
110K
127K
147K
178K
193K
156K
154K
150K
138K
130K
102K
060708091011121314151621

Routes

9 destinations · 4 countries
Most destinationsEurowings 2Lufthansa 2MHS Aviation 1Avanti Air 1Luxair 1Swiss International Air Lines 1

Straight lines are great circles; rings mark true distance from GWT. Dashed: seasonal or charter. From the Wikipedia article “Sylt Airport” (revision of 7 Jul 2026), CC BY-SA 4.0.

Records & rankings

Ranked among 48,011 open airports · world · region · country
Passengers102K (2021)1 · FEWER1 · FEWERMEDIAN · 64KMEDIAN · 64KMORE · 103MMORE · 103M#1,808of 3,974 · #384 Europe · #27 DELongest runway2,120 m6,955 ft46 m · SHORT150 ft · SHORTMEDIAN · 975 mMEDIAN · 3,200 ftLONG · 5,300 mLONG · 17,388 ft=3,544of 29,823 · =673 Europe · #53 DEElevation16 m51 ft-386 m · LOW-1,266 ft · LOWMEDIAN · 240 mMEDIAN · 787 ftHIGH · 4,938 mHIGH · 16,200 ft=39,111of 43,341 · #5,244 Europe · #751 DEAgeOpened 19182026 · NEWEST2026 · NEWESTMEDIAN · 1976MEDIAN · 1976OLDEST · 1902OLDEST · 1902=158of 15,079 · =128 Europe · =19 DERunways21 · FEWER1 · FEWERMEDIAN · 1MEDIAN · 1MORE · 8MORE · 8=713of 29,943 · =134 Europe · =20 DE
Scale: share of airports ranked below, best on the right · ties shown as = and a band · passengers are each airport’s latest year on record

Radio frequencies

5 channels
AFISLangen Information125.100
RDRBREMEN RADAR136.225
TWRSYLT Tower / Turm119.750
ATISSylt ATIS118.400
INFOSylt Radio119.750