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Graz Airport (IATA: GRZ, ICAO: LOWG), known as Flughafen Graz in German, is a primary international airport serving southern Austria. It is located near Graz, the second-largest city in Austria, in the municipalities of Feldkirchen and Kalsdorf, 5 NM (9.3 km; 5.8 mi) south[1] of Graz city centre.

Graz Airport Flughafen Graz
IATA: GRZ ICAO: LOWG
Summary
Airport type	Public
Owner	Holding Graz - Kommunale Dienstleistungen GmbH (99.9 %)
Operator	Flughafen Graz Betriebs GmbH
Serves	Graz
Location	Abtissendorf, Feldkirchen and Thalerhof, Kalsdorf, Styria, Austria
Elevation AMSL	340 m / 1,115 ft
Coordinates	46°59′35″N 015°26′21″E
Website	flughafen-graz.at
Map
GRZ Location of airport in Austria
Runways
Direction Length Surface m ft 16L/34R 640 2,100 Grass 16C 2,740 8,989 Asphalt 34C 3,000 9,842 Asphalt 16R/34L 760 2,493 Grass
Statistics
Aircraft movements (2020) 4,002 Passengers (2020) 199,510 Cargo (including road feeder service, metric tons) (2020) 6,833
Sources: Austrian AIP at EUROCONTROL[1]

Location

Graz Airport spans the village Abtissendorf in Feldkirchen municipality and the cadastral community Thalerhof in Kalsdorf municipality. The airport terminal is located in Abtissendorf.

History

Early years

Construction of the airport began in 1913 with the construction of a grass runway and the first hangars; the airport saw its first flight in 1914. It was the site of Thalerhof internment camp, run by the governments of Franz Joseph I of Austria and Charles I of Austria. The first domestic passenger flight in Austria in 1925 serviced the route Vienna–Graz–Klagenfurt. In 1930 Yugoslav flag carrier Aeroput started regular flights linking Yugoslav capital Belgrade with Vienna with stops in Zagreb and Graz.[2][3] In 1937, construction of a terminal building began due to increase in the number of passengers.

After the end of the Second World War, Austria was forbidden to possess either a military or civilian aviation fleet. After the reopening of Austrian airspace in 1951, a new concrete runway of 1,500 metres (4,921 ft) was built in Graz. The runway was extended to 2,000 metres (6,562 ft) in 1962. The route network grew quickly and the first international scheduled flight started in 1966 with flights to Frankfurt.

In 1969, the runway was extended again, this time to 2,500 metres (8,202 ft), and construction of a new terminal building became necessary. Highlights were visits by Concorde in 1981 and by a Boeing 747 on the occasion of the airport's 70th anniversary in 1984. Ten years later, another new building was constructed with a maximum annual capacity of 750,000 passengers. The latest extension of the runway was to 3,000 metres (9,843 ft) in 1998.

Development in the 2000s

In early 21st century, the number of passengers exceeded the 750,000 mark and in 2004 was just below 900,000. This led to the final extension of the current terminal building in 2003 and the construction of a second terminal in 2005.

In summer 2015, the airport received two new routes to European hubs: Swiss International Air Lines to Zurich[4] and Turkish Airlines to Istanbul Atatürk Airport.[5]

Facilities

The passenger terminal building features shops, travel agencies, a restaurant and cafés, conference facilities, a bank, car rental and service counters. The apron provides stands for aircraft up to the size of a Boeing 747 or An-124. There are no jet bridges, mobile stairways are used for boarding.

While there are no scheduled cargo flights to the airport, charter flights are regularly conducted, especially for time-critical cargo like automotive parts.

Airport lounge

The airport offers one VIP lounge for business class customers or customers with priority status, which is operated by the airport.

Airlines and destinations

The following airlines offer regular scheduled, seasonal, and charter flights at Graz Airport:[6]

Airlines	Destinations
AnadoluJet	Ankara[7]
Austrian Airlines	Vienna
Avanti Air	Seasonal charter: Calvi,[8] Paros,[9] Skiathos[9]
Corendon Airlines	Hurghada Seasonal: Antalya, Heraklion,[10] Rhodes
Croatia Airlines	Seasonal charter: Brač[8]
European Air Charter[8]	Seasonal charter: Corfu, Heraklion, Karpathos, Kos, Rhodes, Zakynthos
Eurowings	Düsseldorf,[11] Stuttgart[12] Seasonal: Palma de Mallorca[8]
FlyEgypt	Seasonal charter: Hurghada[8]
KLM	Amsterdam
Lufthansa	Frankfurt, Munich
Swiss International Air Lines	Zürich

Statistics

Access

Public transport

A bus stop can be found next to the arrival area.[13] Regional bus line 630 operates service to Graz, the transfer to central Graz takes 16 to 28 minutes. The airport is within walking distance (approximately 420 metres, seven minutes on foot) of the Graz Airport railway station (Flughafen Graz-Feldkirchen Bahnhof). Line S5 (Graz to Spielfeld-Straß) connects the airport to Graz. The journey from the Graz Airport railway station to the Graz central station takes eleven minutes.

Car

Graz Airport is accessible via motorways A9 (exit Kalsdorf) and A2 (exit Flughafen Graz/Feldkirchen).

See also

• Transport in Austria
• List of airports in Austria

References

External links

Media related to Graz Airport at Wikimedia Commons

• Official website
• Styrian Public Transport Association, route planner for public transport on the ground
• Current weather for LOWG at NOAA/NWS
• Accident history for GRZ at Aviation Safety Network

На других языках

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[de] Flughafen Graz

Der Flughafen Graz (IATA: GRZ, ICAO: LOWG) befindet sich etwa 9 km südlich des Grazer Stadtzentrums. Der Flughafen dient der zivilen Luftfahrt, ist Teil der Holding Graz und Heimat des österreichischen Luftfahrtmuseums.

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- [en] Graz Airport

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[es] Aeropuerto de Graz

El Aeropuerto de Graz (en alemán: Flughafen Graz) (IATA: GRZ, OACI: LOWG), también conocido como Aeropuerto de Thalerhof, sirve a la ciudad de Graz, en el sureste de Austria.

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[fr] Aéroport de Graz

L'aéroport de Graz (allemand : Flughafen Graz), situé à Abtissendorf dans la commune de Feldkirchen bei Graz, dessert la ville de Graz en Autriche.

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[it] Aeroporto di Graz

L'Aeroporto di Graz-Thalerhof (IATA:GRZ, ICAO:LOWG) è uno scalo aereo situato a 9,3 km dal centro di Graz, in Austria.

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[ru] Грац-Талерхоф (аэропорт)

Аэропорт Грац-Талерхоф (нем. Flughafen Graz-Thalerhof ) (ИАТА: GRZ, ИКАО: LOWG) — аэропорт, обслуживающий город Грац, Австрия.

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