Innsbruck Kranebitten Airport
| Continent: Europe | Country: Austria |
| Innsbruck Kranebitten Airport | |
| Location | Innsbruck, Austria |
| IATA code | INN |
| ICAO code | LOWI |
| Airport type | Commercial |
| Website | [www.innsbruck-airport.com www.innsbruck-airport.com] |
| Overview map | [ ] |
| Communications | |
| Tower | 120.100 |
| Ground | |
| Clearance | 121.800 |
| Approach | 119.275 |
| ATIS | 126.025 |
General Information
Innsbruck Kranebitten Airport is located 5 kilometres west of the center of Innsbruck, with a single runway ( 2000 x 45m / 6562 x 148ft ) with the magnetic heading 08/26.
Innsbruck's first airfield was located at the eastern end, but was newly opened south of the village Kranebitten in 1948, that's where the airport got its name from. A first scheduled service started to Zurich in 1950, flown by Swissair.
Nowadays, Innsbruck is the operational homebase of Austrian Arrows (Tyrolean Airways), Tyrolean Air Ambulance and Welcome Air. In 2004, the airport was used by 728.000 passengers and a total amount of 14,000 flights.
Official Spotting Locations
- Airport Viewing Terrace:
An excellent photography location, you can never be in the wrong place there, as the viewing terrace overlooks the entire runway and the apron positions.
To get there, just enter the airport terminal, then go upstairs and follow the sign "Besucherterasse" out, passing by the FlyINN restaurant.
The terrace is free of charge, opening times are not always the same, but usually around 8am.
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