# Salzburg Airport (SZG / LOWS)

**Salzburg Airport** (IATA: SZG, ICAO: LOWS) is a large airport in Salzburg, Austria. It opened in 1926. It has one runway, 2,750 m (9,022 ft) long, concrete. In 2025 it handled 1.8 million passengers.

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

## At a glance

- IATA / ICAO: SZG / LOWS
- Type: Large airport
- Serves: Salzburg, Austria
- Opened: 1926
- Elevation: 430 m / 1,411 ft
- Coordinates: 47.7933, 13.0043
- Runways: 1
- Longest runway: 2,750 m / 9,022 ft
- Passengers: 1,800,399 (2025)
- Time zone: UTC+1/+2 · Europe/Vienna
- Website: https://www.salzburg-airport.com
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Salzburg_Airport (37 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q251538
- Weather station: LOWS · WMO 11150
- Ident: LOWS

## Timeline

- 1926: Salzburg Airport opens.

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 15/33 | 2,750 m / 9,022 ft | 45 m / 148 ft | Concrete | 157° / 337° | yes |

## Passengers per year

| Year | Passengers | Source |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 2014 | 1,823,096 | Eurostat |
| 2015 | 1,828,653 | Eurostat |
| 2016 | 1,748,826 | Eurostat |
| 2017 | 1,895,429 | Eurostat |
| 2018 | 1,854,326 | Eurostat |
| 2019 | 1,730,260 | Eurostat |
| 2020 | 674,144 | Eurostat |
| 2021 | 302,622 | Eurostat |
| 2022 | 1,237,619 | Eurostat |
| 2023 | 1,627,285 | Eurostat |
| 2024 | 1,801,423 | Eurostat |
| 2025 | 1,800,399 | Eurostat |

## Routes

64 destinations in 26 countries. From the airport's Wikipedia article.

### Year-round (15)

- [FRA](https://dromopedia.com/airports/eddf.md) Frankfurt Main Airport · Germany · 409 km / 254 mi · Lufthansa
- [BER](https://dromopedia.com/airports/eddb.md) Berlin Brandenburg Airport · Germany · 509 km / 316 mi · Eurowings
- [CGN](https://dromopedia.com/airports/eddk.md) Cologne Bonn Airport · Germany · 545 km / 339 mi · Eurowings
- [DUS](https://dromopedia.com/airports/eddl.md) Düsseldorf Airport · Germany · 594 km / 369 mi · Eurowings
- [BEG](https://dromopedia.com/airports/lybe.md) Belgrade Nikola Tesla Airport · Serbia · 651 km / 405 mi · Air Serbia
- [HAM](https://dromopedia.com/airports/eddh.md) Hamburg Helmut Schmidt Airport · Germany · 683 km / 424 mi · Eurowings
- [AMS](https://dromopedia.com/airports/eham.md) Amsterdam Airport Schiphol · Netherlands · 773 km / 480 mi · Transavia
- [CPH](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ekch.md) Copenhagen Kastrup Airport · Denmark · 870 km / 541 mi · Scandinavian Airlines
- [STN](https://dromopedia.com/airports/egss.md) London Stansted Airport · United Kingdom · 1,021 km / 634 mi · Ryanair
- [LGW](https://dromopedia.com/airports/egkk.md) London Gatwick Airport · United Kingdom · 1,022 km / 635 mi · British Airways
- [BCN](https://dromopedia.com/airports/lebl.md) Josep Tarradellas Barcelona-El Prat Airport · Spain · 1,126 km / 700 mi · Eurowings
- [IST](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ltfm.md) İstanbul Airport · Türkiye · 1,438 km / 894 mi · Turkish Airlines
- [ALC](https://dromopedia.com/airports/leal.md) Alicante-Elche Miguel Hernández Airport · Spain · 1,523 km / 946 mi · Ryanair
- [HRG](https://dromopedia.com/airports/hegn.md) Hurghada International Airport · Egypt · 2,917 km / 1,813 mi · Eurowings
- [DXB](https://dromopedia.com/airports/omdb.md) Dubai International Airport · United Arab Emirates · 4,459 km / 2,771 mi · flydubai

### Seasonal (54)

- [FCO](https://dromopedia.com/airports/lirf.md) Rome–Fiumicino Leonardo da Vinci International Airport · Italy · 669 km / 416 mi · Sky Alps
- [CLY](https://dromopedia.com/airports/lfkc.md) Calvi Sainte Catherine Airport · France · 672 km / 418 mi · Eurowings
- [EIN](https://dromopedia.com/airports/eheh.md) Eindhoven Airport · Netherlands · 683 km / 424 mi · Transavia
- [BRU](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ebbr.md) Brussels Airport · Belgium · 707 km / 439 mi · Transavia
- [RTM](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ehrd.md) Rotterdam The Hague Airport · Netherlands · 768 km / 477 mi · Transavia
- [AMS](https://dromopedia.com/airports/eham.md) Amsterdam Airport Schiphol · Netherlands · 773 km / 480 mi · easyJet
- [NAP](https://dromopedia.com/airports/lirn.md) Naples International Airport · Italy · 775 km / 482 mi · easyJet
- [CDG](https://dromopedia.com/airports/lfpg.md) Charles de Gaulle International Airport · France · 783 km / 487 mi · Air France
- [OLB](https://dromopedia.com/airports/lieo.md) Olbia Costa Smeralda Airport · Italy · 815 km / 506 mi · Eurowings
- [PRN](https://dromopedia.com/airports/bkpr.md) Priština Adem Jashari International Airport · Kosovo · 855 km / 531 mi · Eurowings
- [CPH](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ekch.md) Copenhagen Kastrup Airport · Denmark · 870 km / 541 mi · Eurowings
- [SEN](https://dromopedia.com/airports/egmc.md) London Southend Airport · United Kingdom · 979 km / 608 mi · easyJet
- [CAG](https://dromopedia.com/airports/liee.md) Cagliari Elmas Airport · Italy · 1,001 km / 622 mi · Eurowings
- [STN](https://dromopedia.com/airports/egss.md) London Stansted Airport · United Kingdom · 1,021 km / 634 mi · Jet2.com
- [LGW](https://dromopedia.com/airports/egkk.md) London Gatwick Airport · United Kingdom · 1,022 km / 635 mi · Jet2.com, TUI Airways, easyJet
- [SUF](https://dromopedia.com/airports/lica.md) Lamezia Terme Sant'Eufemia International Airport · Italy · 1,022 km / 635 mi · Eurowings
- [LHR](https://dromopedia.com/airports/egll.md) London Heathrow Airport · United Kingdom · 1,050 km / 652 mi · British Airways, Lufthansa
- [LTN](https://dromopedia.com/airports/eggw.md) London Luton Airport · United Kingdom · 1,059 km / 658 mi · easyJet
- [CFU](https://dromopedia.com/airports/lgkr.md) Corfu Ioannis Kapodistrias International Airport · Greece · 1,066 km / 662 mi · Eurowings
- [BCN](https://dromopedia.com/airports/lebl.md) Josep Tarradellas Barcelona-El Prat Airport · Spain · 1,126 km / 700 mi · easyJet
- [BHX](https://dromopedia.com/airports/egbb.md) Birmingham Airport · United Kingdom · 1,170 km / 727 mi · Jet2.com, TUI Airways, Ryanair
- [BRS](https://dromopedia.com/airports/eggd.md) Bristol Airport · United Kingdom · 1,199 km / 745 mi · TUI Airways, easyJet
- [LBA](https://dromopedia.com/airports/egnm.md) Leeds Bradford Airport · United Kingdom · 1,228 km / 763 mi · Jet2.com
- [PMI](https://dromopedia.com/airports/lepa.md) Palma de Mallorca Airport · Spain · 1,231 km / 765 mi · Eurowings
- [MAN](https://dromopedia.com/airports/egcc.md) Manchester Airport · United Kingdom · 1,240 km / 771 mi · Jet2.com, TUI Airways, Ryanair
- [CWL](https://dromopedia.com/airports/egff.md) Cardiff International Airport · United Kingdom · 1,241 km / 771 mi · TUI Airways
- [RIX](https://dromopedia.com/airports/evra.md) Riga International Airport · Latvia · 1,256 km / 780 mi · AirBaltic
- [LPL](https://dromopedia.com/airports/eggp.md) Liverpool John Lennon Airport · United Kingdom · 1,274 km / 792 mi · easyJet
- [BOJ](https://dromopedia.com/airports/lbbg.md) Burgas Airport · Bulgaria · 1,274 km / 792 mi · Eurowings
- [ZTH](https://dromopedia.com/airports/lgza.md) Zakynthos International Airport Dionysios Solomos · Greece · 1,287 km / 800 mi · Eurowings
- [NCL](https://dromopedia.com/airports/egnt.md) Newcastle International Airport · United Kingdom · 1,295 km / 805 mi · TUI Airways
- [MIR](https://dromopedia.com/airports/dtmb.md) Monastir Habib Bourguiba International Airport · Tunisia · 1,351 km / 839 mi · Nouvelair
- [ARN](https://dromopedia.com/airports/essa.md) Stockholm-Arlanda Airport · Sweden · 1,357 km / 843 mi · Eurowings
- [IBZ](https://dromopedia.com/airports/leib.md) Ibiza Airport · Spain · 1,364 km / 848 mi · Eurowings
- [EDI](https://dromopedia.com/airports/egph.md) Edinburgh Airport · United Kingdom · 1,438 km / 894 mi · Jet2.com
- [GLA](https://dromopedia.com/airports/egpf.md) Glasgow Airport · United Kingdom · 1,491 km / 926 mi · TUI Airways
- [DUB](https://dromopedia.com/airports/eidw.md) Dublin Airport · Ireland · 1,491 km / 926 mi · Ryanair
- [TLL](https://dromopedia.com/airports/eetn.md) Lennart Meri Tallinn Airport · Estonia · 1,504 km / 935 mi · AirBaltic
- [BFS](https://dromopedia.com/airports/egaa.md) Belfast International Airport · United Kingdom · 1,534 km / 953 mi · Jet2.com, TUI Airways
- [HEL](https://dromopedia.com/airports/efhk.md) Helsinki Vantaa Airport · Finland · 1,591 km / 989 mi · Finnair
- [KGS](https://dromopedia.com/airports/lgko.md) Kos International Airport "Ippokratis" · Greece · 1,680 km / 1,044 mi · Eurowings
- [HER](https://dromopedia.com/airports/lgir.md) Heraklion International Nikos Kazantzakis Airport · Greece · 1,711 km / 1,063 mi · Eurowings
- [RHO](https://dromopedia.com/airports/lgrp.md) Rhodes International Airport "Diagoras" · Greece · 1,769 km / 1,099 mi · Eurowings
- [AOK](https://dromopedia.com/airports/lgkp.md) Karpathos Airport · Greece · 1,804 km / 1,121 mi · Eurowings
- [AYT](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ltai.md) Antalya International Airport · Türkiye · 1,891 km / 1,175 mi · Pegasus Airlines, Corendon Airlines
- [LCA](https://dromopedia.com/airports/lclk.md) Larnaca International Airport · Cyprus · 2,230 km / 1,386 mi · Eurowings
- [BEY](https://dromopedia.com/airports/olba.md) Beirut Rafic Hariri International Airport · Lebanon · 2,433 km / 1,512 mi · Eurowings
- [TLV](https://dromopedia.com/airports/llbg.md) Ben Gurion International Airport · Israel · 2,545 km / 1,581 mi · Sun d'Or International Airlines, Israir Airlines
- [KEF](https://dromopedia.com/airports/bikf.md) Keflavik International Airport · Iceland · 2,796 km / 1,737 mi · Icelandair
- [HRG](https://dromopedia.com/airports/hegn.md) Hurghada International Airport · Egypt · 2,917 km / 1,813 mi · Corendon Airlines
- [RMF](https://dromopedia.com/airports/hema.md) Marsa Alam International Airport · Egypt · 3,111 km / 1,933 mi · Eurowings
- [LPA](https://dromopedia.com/airports/gclp.md) Gran Canaria Airport · Spain · 3,296 km / 2,048 mi · Eurowings
- [TFS](https://dromopedia.com/airports/gcts.md) Tenerife Sur Airport · Spain · 3,363 km / 2,090 mi · Eurowings
- [RUH](https://dromopedia.com/airports/oerk.md) King Khalid International Airport · Saudi Arabia · 3,890 km / 2,417 mi · Flynas

### Seasonal charter (1)

- [GOA](https://dromopedia.com/airports/limj.md) Genoa Cristoforo Colombo Airport · Italy · 494 km / 307 mi · Eurowings

## Airlines

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

### Passenger (23)

- EW [Eurowings](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/eurowings) · 28
- U2 [easyJet](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/easyjet) · 8 · seasonal
- BY [TUI Airways](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/tui-airways) · 8 · seasonal
- LS [Jet2.com](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/jet2-com) · 7 · seasonal
- FR [Ryanair](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/ryanair) · 5
- HV [Transavia](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/transavia) · 4
- BT [AirBaltic](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/airbaltic) · 2 · seasonal
- BA [British Airways](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/british-airways) · 2
- XC [Corendon Airlines](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/corendon-airlines) · 2 · seasonal
- LH [Lufthansa](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/lufthansa) · 2
- AF [Air France](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/air-france) · 1 · seasonal
- JU [Air Serbia](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/air-serbia) · 1
- AY [Finnair](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/finnair) · 1 · seasonal
- FZ [flydubai](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/flydubai) · 1
- XY [Flynas](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/flynas) · 1 · seasonal
- FI [Icelandair](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/icelandair) · 1 · seasonal
- 6H [Israir Airlines](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/israir-airlines) · 1 · seasonal
- BJ [Nouvelair](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/nouvelair) · 1 · seasonal
- PC [Pegasus Airlines](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/pegasus-airlines) · 1 · seasonal
- SK [Scandinavian Airlines](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/scandinavian-airlines) · 1
- BQ [Sky Alps](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/sky-alps) · 1 · seasonal
- LY [Sun d'Or International Airlines](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/sun-dor-international-airlines) · 1 · seasonal
- TK [Turkish Airlines](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/turkish-airlines) · 1

Former hub of [Austrojet](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/austrojet), [Eurowings Austria](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/eurowings-austria).

## Rankings

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

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Passengers | 1.8M (2025) | #603 of 3,974 | #158 in Europe | #2 in AT |
| Longest runway | 2,750 m / 9,022 ft | =1,734 of 29,858 | =277 in Europe | =4 in AT |
| Elevation | 430 m / 1,411 ft | =12,759 of 43,403 | =926 in Europe | #32 in AT |
| Age | Opened 1926 | =262 of 15,079 | =192 in Europe | #5 in AT |
| Runways | 1 | =4,364 of 29,978 | =646 in Europe | =14 in AT |

## Radio frequencies

| Type | Description | MHz |
| --- | --- | --- |
| APP | APP | 123.725 |
| ATIS | ATIS | 125.725 |
| GND | GND | 121.750 |
| TWR | TWR | 118.100 |

## Nearby airports

- [LNZ](https://dromopedia.com/airports/lowl.md) Linz-Hörsching Airport · 101 km / 63 mi
- [EDML](https://dromopedia.com/airports/edml.md) Landshut Airfield · 108 km / 67 mi
- [MUC](https://dromopedia.com/airports/eddm.md) Munich Airport · 110 km / 68 mi
- [OBF](https://dromopedia.com/airports/edmo.md) Oberpfaffenhofen Airport · 132 km / 82 mi
- [INN](https://dromopedia.com/airports/lowi.md) Innsbruck Airport · 138 km / 86 mi
- [LOXZ](https://dromopedia.com/airports/loxz.md) Hinterstoisser Air Base · 146 km / 91 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: “Salzburg Airport”](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Salzburg_Airport&oldid=1374333307), revision of 11 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/lows/data