Dresden Airport Flughafen Dresden
IATA: DRS - ICAO: EDDC
Summary
Airport type		Public
Serves		Dresden, Germany
Elevation AMSL		755 ft (230 m)
Coordinates		51°07′57.96″N, 13°46′01.78″E
Runways
Direction	Length		Surface
	ft	m
04/22	8,228	2,508	Concrete

Interior view of the terminal building

Dresden-Klotzsche Airport or Dresden Airport (IATA: DRS, ICAO: EDDC), known as Flughafen Dresden in German, is the international airport of Dresden, Germany. In 2005, the airport served 1,788,800 passengers. An IATA airport code, also known an IATA location identifier or simply a location identifier [1], is a three-letter code designating many airports around the world, defined by the International Air Transport Association (IATA). ... The ICAO airport code (IPA pronunciation: ) is a four-letter alphanumeric code designating each airport around the world. ... Brühls Terrace and the Frauenkirche Dresden [ˈdreːsdn̩] (Sorbian/Lusatian Drježdźany), the capital city of the German federal state of Saxony, is situated in a valley on the river Elbe. ... The term above mean sea level (AMSL) refers to the elevation (on the ground) or altitude (in the air) of any object, relative to the average sea level. ... A foot (plural: feet or foot;[1] symbol or abbreviation: ft or, sometimes, ′ – a prime) is a unit of length, in a number of different systems, including English units, Imperial units, and United States customary units. ... The metre, or meter (U.S.), is a measure of length. ... Map of Earth showing lines of latitude (horizontally) and longitude (vertically), Eckert VI projection; large version (pdf, 1. ... Runway 13R/31L of El Dorado International Airport, Bogotá, D.C., Colombia. ... A foot (plural: feet or foot;[1] symbol or abbreviation: ft or, sometimes, ′ – a prime) is a unit of length, in a number of different systems, including English units, Imperial units, and United States customary units. ... The metre, or meter (U.S.), is a measure of length. ... Concrete being poured, raked and vibrated into place in residential construction in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. ... An IATA airport code, also known an IATA location identifier or simply a location identifier [1], is a three-letter code designating many airports around the world, defined by the International Air Transport Association (IATA). ... The ICAO airport code (IPA pronunciation: ) is a four-letter alphanumeric code designating each airport around the world. ... For other uses, see Dresden (disambiguation). ... 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

History

The airport was opened on July 11, 1935, north of Dresden. July 11 is the 192nd day (193rd in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian Calendar, with 173 days remaining. ... 1935 (MCMXXXV) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar). ...

Though planned as a commercial airport, its importance to the military increased dramatically during the following years in the Third Reich. During World War II it was exclusively used for military purposes. Attempts to destroy buildings and equipment before the Allied troops could occupy Dresden failed due to the resistance of civil airport employees. Nazi Germany, or the Third Reich, commonly refers to Germany in the years 1933–1945, when it was under the firm control of the totalitarian and fascist ideology of the Nazi Party, with the Führer Adolf Hitler as dictator. ... Combatants Allied powers: China France Great Britain Soviet Union United States and others Axis powers: Germany Italy Japan and others Commanders Chiang Kai-shek Charles de Gaulle Winston Churchill Joseph Stalin Franklin Roosevelt Adolf Hitler Benito Mussolini Hideki Tōjō Casualties Military dead: 17,000,000 Civilian dead: 33,000... In general, allies are people or groups that have joined an alliance and are working together to achieve some common purpose. ...

During the following years, the airport was used as an education center for the Soviet army. It was reopened for commercial traffic on June 16, 1957. In 1959 international airtraffic resumed, primarily to countries of the eastern block. Motto: Пролетарии всех стран, соединяйтесь! (Transliterated: Proletarii vsekh stran, soedinyaytes!) Translation: Workers of the world, unite!) Anthem: The Internationale (1922–1944) Hymn of the Soviet Union (1944–1991) Capital Moscow Language(s) Russian (the de facto official language), 14 other official languages Government Socialist republic Leaders  - 1922–1924 Vladimir Lenin  - 1924–1953 Joseph Stalin... June 16 is the 167th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (168th in leap years), with 198 days remaining. ... 1957 (MCMLVII) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... During the Cold War, the Eastern Bloc (or Soviet Bloc) comprised the following Central and Eastern European countries: Bulgaria, Romania, Hungary, East Germany, Poland, Albania (until the early 1960s, see below), the Soviet Union, and Czechoslovakia. ...

In the mid 1950s, the East German government decided to develop its own aviation industry. Its center became Dresden and therefore the importance of Klotzsche Airport increased considerably. In 1961, however, the government came to the realization that this attempt had failed. Existing plants were now used for maintenance tasks and minor aviation development and production. // Recovering from World War II and its aftermath, the economic miracle emerged in West Germany and Italy. ... GDR redirects here. ... 1961 (MCMLXI) was a common year starting on Sunday (the link is to a full 1961 calendar). ...

After German reunification, the airport was expanded and flights to western European capitals were added. Traffic increased sevenfold during the first half of the 1990s and a second terminal was opened in 1995. It was based on an aviation assembly plant. In 2001 the third, and most expansive, terminal was added. The Federal Republic of Germany (West Germany) and the German Democratic Republic (East Germany) German reunification (German: ) took place on October 3, 1990, when the areas of the former German Democratic Republic (GDR, in English commonly called East Germany) were incorporated into the Federal Republic of Germany (FRG, in English... This article is about the continent. ... For the band, see 1990s (band). ... 1995 (MCMXCV) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 2001 (MMI) was a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

Lufthansa Airport Services Dresden GmbH (LASD), a subsidiary of Lufthansa, provides passenger services at the airport. Deutsche Lufthansa AG (ISIN: DE0008232125) (pronounced ) is the largest German airline, and the second-largest in Europe (behind Air France-KLM, but before British Airways). ...

Airlines and destinations

• Air Berlin (Antalya, Corfu, Faro, Fuerteventura, Ibiza, Heraklion, Kos, Lanzarote, Las Palmas, Menorca, Nuremberg, Palma de Mallorca, Rhodes, Tenerife-South, Thessaloniki)
  • operated by dba (Düsseldorf, Munich)
• Air Via (Burgas, Varna)
• Austrian Airlines (Vienna)
• British Airways (London-Gatwick)
• Condor Airlines (Antalya, Heraklion, Las Palmas, Munich, Palma de Mallorca, Tenerife-South)
• Cirrus Airlines (Hamburg, Zürich)
• Eurocypria (Larnaca, Paphos)
• Germanwings (Cologne/Bonn, Stuttgart)
• InterSky (Friedrichshafen)
• Luftfahrtgesellschaft Walter (Dortmund, Leipzig/Halle)
• Lufthansa (Düsseldorf, Frankfurt, Munich)
• Sky Airlines (Antalya)
• Tunisair (Monastir)

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External links

• Dresden Airport (in English)
• Lufthansa Airport Services Dresden (LASD)