Short Profile

With about 1.2 million passengers in 2019, Airport Weeze is the one of the airports in Northrhine Westphalia. Further the airport is one of Europe’s youngest airports, first civilian flight in 2003, and simultaneously one of the first privately owned airports in Germany. The international airport lies in the county of Kleve approx. 70 km north of Düsseldorf close to the motorway A57 near the Dutch border. Over 10 million people live within a 60-minute drive radius. 40 percent of departing passengers come from the Netherlands; approx 60 percent from the Lower Rhine region, Ruhr and Rhineland. Over 1,000 people are today working at the airport and resident businesses and authorities. The airport grounds, logistics area and industrial park adjacent to the airport called “Airport City Weeze” comprise 620 hectare.

Airlines

Corendon Airlines, Ryanair

Destinations

Agadir, Alicante, Ancona, Antalya, Bari, Beziers, Cagliari, Chania, Edinburgh, Faro, Fes, Fuerteventura, Girona, Gran Canaria, Heraklion, Hurghada, Ibiza, Kiev, Krakow, Lviv, Malaga, Mallorca, Marrakesh, Nador, Odessa, Oradea, Oujda, Palermo, Pescara, Pisa, Porto, Rabat, Rom, Rhodos, Tallinn, Tanger, Thessaloniki, Valencia, Zadar

Terminal

Official opening: 1st August 2003
Utility area: 12,795 m²
Basic size: 130 x 50 meters
Capacity: approx. 3,5 million passengers per year
Check-in counters: 16
Departure gates: 11
Travel agencies: 4
Passenger parking spaces: 7,000

Airport Operations

Runway: 2,440 meter x 45 meter, with 275 meter stopping area at each end
Taxiway: 2 x parallel
Approach class: CAT IIIb
General opening hours: 06:00h – 22:00h local time
Operating hours for home-based carrier: 06:00h -23:00h for take-offs, 06:00h – 23:30h for landings
Parking positions - Ramp: 9
IATA-code: NRN
Fire protection category: ICAO CAT 7 (CAT 8 on request)
Aviation authority: Administrative District Officer Düsseldorf
Ground handling: Serve2Fly Heico Losch Airport Service GmbH
Refuelling service: Rheinland Air Service (RAS), BP and Total
Start of operations: 1st May 2003

Airport Area

Total area: 620 ha.
Building stock: over 650 dwellings and functional buildings