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Bremen Airport

Bremen, Germany

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Bremen Airport

Bremen, Germany

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EDDW

ICAO

14 ft

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Northwest Germany's compact gateway connecting Europe and beyond.

Opened

1920

Location

Bremen, Germany

Bremen Airport (IATA: BRE, ICAO: EDDW) is an international airport serving Bremen, Germany's tenth-largest city and one of its oldest Hanseatic trading hubs. Located approximately 3.5 kilometres south of the city centre, it handles several million passengers annually and serves as an important regional gateway for northwestern Germany. The airport offers scheduled and charter services to destinations across Europe and beyond, with a particular emphasis on leisure and low-cost carriers. It has historically been one of the busier secondary airports in northern Germany, complementing the larger Hamburg Airport to the north. Bremen Airport is operated by Flughafen Bremen GmbH and is jointly owned by the Free Hanseatic City of Bremen and other stakeholders. Its relatively compact size allows for efficient passenger processing, making it a convenient alternative to larger hub airports.

Terminals

The airport operates a single terminal building with multiple concourses designed to handle both Schengen and non-Schengen passenger flows.

Getting to & from

Bremen Airport is directly connected to the city centre by tram line 6 of the Bremer Straßenbahn, with the journey taking approximately 15 minutes to the main railway station.

Airlines here

Major carriers serving Bremen include Ryanair, Lufthansa, and various charter and leisure airlines offering connections to European cities and holiday destinations.

Notable facts

›Bremen Airport is one of Germany's oldest commercial airports, with aviation activity dating back to 1920.
›The airport is located only about 3.5 km south of Bremen's city centre, making it unusually close to the urban core.
›Airbus has significant manufacturing operations adjacent to the airport, producing high-lift systems and other aircraft components.
›The airport handled approximately 2.5 million passengers per year before the COVID-19 pandemic significantly reduced traffic.
›It is jointly owned by the Free Hanseatic City of Bremen and private investors.

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Route map (43 destinations)

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Airlines serving this airport

KLM Royal Dutch Airlines

Lufthansa

Lufthansa Cargo

Scandinavian Airlines System

Germania

Turkish Airlines

Canadian Western Airlines

Maastricht Airlines

SunExpress

Routes

BRE → STR4U · 319 CRJ

BRE → PMIAB · 320 738 319

BRE → CDGAF · E70

BRE → AMSAZ · F70

BRE → CDGAZ · E70

BRE → TLSBM · ER4

BRE → AGPFR · 738

BRE → ALCFR · 738

BRE → BGYFR · 738

BRE → BZRFR · 738

BRE → CFUFR · 738

BRE → CHQFR · 738

BRE → DUBFR · 738

BRE → EDIFR · 738

BRE → FAOFR · 738

BRE → FUEFR · 738

BRE → GROFR · 738

BRE → HAUFR · 738

BRE → LPAFR · 738

BRE → MANFR · 738

BRE → NYOFR · 738

BRE → OPOFR · 738

BRE → PMIFR · 738

BRE → RIXFR · 738

BRE → SKGFR · 738

BRE → STNFR · 738

BRE → TFSFR · 738

BRE → TLLFR · 738

BRE → TMPFR · 738

BRE → TSFFR · 738

BRE → VNOFR · 738

BRE → AMSKL · F70

BRE → FRALH · 319 733 321 735 E90

BRE → MUCLH · 320 E95 319 321

BRE → CPHSK · AT7 CR2

BRE → ACEST · 319

BRE → AYTST · 319 321

BRE → FNCST · 319

BRE → FUEST · 321

BRE → IBZST · 319

BRE → LEJST · 319

BRE → LPAST · 319

BRE → NBEST · 319

BRE → PMIST · 321

BRE → TFSST · 319

BRE → VIEST · 319

BRE → ISTTK · 320

BRE → FMOW2 · J32

BRE → ZRHW2 · J32

BRE → ADBXQ · 738

Aircraft operating here

Boeing 737-80027 routes Airbus A31913 routes Airbus A3215 routes Airbus A3203 routes Embraer 1702 routes Fokker 702 routes British Aerospace Jetstream 322 routes CRJ1 routes Embraer RJ1451 routes Boeing 737-3001 routes Boeing 737-5001 routes Embraer 1901 routes

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Encyclopaedia

Bremen Airport is the international airport of the city and state of Bremen in Northern Germany. It is located 3.5 km (2.2 mi) south of the city and handled 1.81 million passengers in 2023. It mainly features flights to European metropolitan and leisure destinations.

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