Airport guide
Frankfurt AirportIATA code FRA
Frankfurt Airport (FRA/EDDF) is the primary air passenger gateway serving Frankfurt, Germany in Europe. Originfacts tracks 2 direct destinations across 2 countries departing from FRA.
- Serves
- Frankfurt, Germany
- Codes
- FRA · EDDF
- IATA · ICAO
- Time zone
- Europe/Berlin
- Region
- Europe
Frankfurt Airport (FRA/EDDF) is the primary air passenger gateway serving Frankfurt, Germany in Europe. Operating on Europe/Berlin local time at coordinates 50.050°, 8.570°, the airfield functions as an active commercial transit hub for scheduled regional and international flights. Originfacts tracks 2 destinations across 2 countries departing from FRA, with primary carrier operations including Lufthansa, Qantas, Singapore Airlines and Delta Air Lines, connecting key routes to Singapore and New York. Passengers traveling through Frankfurt Airport are advised to verify terminal assignments, compare ground transport links into Frankfurt, and plan check-in times with their operating airline before departure.
Frankfurt Airport details
- IATA code
- FRA
- ICAO code
- EDDF
- City
- Frankfurt
- Country
- Germany
- Region
- Europe
- Time zone
- Europe/Berlin
- Coordinates
- 50.027°, 8.558°
- From OurAirports
Codes, region and time zone come from the Originfacts airport record (last updated 2 May 2026). Fields marked otherwise come from the dataset named on them. None are verified by hand against Frankfurt Airport’s own pages.
FRA airport facts
- Size class
- Large airport
- From OurAirports (5 Oct 2026); OurAirports’ own classification
- Elevation
- 111 m (364 ft)
- From OurAirports (5 Oct 2026)
- Opened
- 8 July 1936
- Per Wikidata (opens in a new tab) (retrieved 5 Oct 2026) — date of official opening
- Passengers, 2024
- 61.6 million
- Per Wikidata (opens in a new tab) (retrieved 5 Oct 2026), citing fraport.com (opens in a new tab)
- Nearest airport with scheduled flights
- Mannheim-City Airport MHG · 62 km
- OurAirports scheduled-service flag; straight-line distance calculated
Runways at FRA
Source: OurAirports (opens in a new tab) runways data (public domain), retrieved 5 Oct 2026. Not an aeronautical source — not for navigation.
4 open runways, all lit. Longest 07C/25C: 4,000 m, asphalt.
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Lighting |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 07C/25C | 4,000 m13,123 ft | 60 m | asphalt | Lit |
| 07R/25L | 4,000 m13,123 ft | 45 m | concrete | Lit |
| 18/36 | 4,000 m13,123 ft | 45 m | concrete | Lit |
| 07L/25R | 2,800 m9,186 ft | 45 m | concrete | Lit |
Airlines and destinations from FRA
Source: Travelpayouts fare data, 5 Oct 2026 — destinations where travellers found a nonstop fare from FRA in the days before that date. Not a complete or live schedule.
Nonstop fares from FRA to 213 destinations in 85 countries, on 54 airlines. Originfacts’ own route records for FRA are listed separately below.
Airlines named on the fares
- LHLufthansa70 destinations
- DECondor34 destinations
- FRRyanair15 destinations
- AAAmerican Airlines10 destinations
- UAUnited Airlines7 destinations
- XQSunExpress6 destinations
- 4YDiscover Airlines5 destinations
- MWMalta Air3 destinations
- X3TUI fly Deutschland3 destinations
- W6Wizz Air3 destinations
- W4Wizz Air Malta3 destinations
- ACAir Canada2 destinations
- CAAir China2 destinations
- JUAir Serbia2 destinations
- BTairBaltic2 destinations
- ENAirDolomiti2 destinations
- VFAjet2 destinations
- OUCroatia Airlines2 destinations
- AZITA Airways2 destinations
- VLLufthansa City Airlines2 destinations
- BJNouvelair2 destinations
- VNVietnam Airlines2 destinations
- A3Aegean Airlines1 destination
- AHAir Algerie1 destination
- G9Air Arabia1 destination
- KCAir Astana1 destination
- SMAir Cairo1 destination
- AIAir India1 destination
- NHAll Nippon Airways1 destination
- OSAustrian Airlines1 destination
- J2Azerbaijan Airlines1 destination
- CXCathay Pacific1 destination
- C6Centrum Air1 destination
- CIChina Airlines1 destination
- CZChina Southern Airlines1 destination
- DXDanish Air Transport1 destination
- U2easyJet1 destination
- ETEthiopian Airlines1 destination
- EYEtihad Airways1 destination
- EWEurowings1 destination
- AYFinnair1 destination
- FHFreebird Airlines1 destination
- ZQGerman Airways1 destination
- FIIcelandair1 destination
- LOLOT Polish1 destination
- OMMIAT Mongolian Airlines1 destination
- WYOman Air1 destination
- QRQatar Airways1 destination
- ATRoyal Air Maroc1 destination
- SVSaudia1 destination
- ULSriLankan Airlines1 destination
- TPTAP Air Portugal1 destination
- TUTunisair1 destination
- T5Turkmenistan Airlines1 destination
The airline on a fare can be the seller of a codeshare flown by a partner. Linked names are matched to Originfacts airline pages by code and name; others are shown as the fare data names them.
Destinations by country
- United States (18)
- Anchorage, Boston, Chicago, Dallas, Denver, Detroit, Fort Myers, Houston, Las Vegas, Los Angeles, Miami, New York, Orlando, Raleigh, San Francisco, Seattle, Tampa, Washington
- Italy (15)
- Bari, Bologna, Cagliari, Catania, Florence, Lamezia Terme, Milan, Naples, Olbia, Palermo, Pescara, Rome, Turin, Venice, Verona
- Spain (13)
- Alicante, Barcelona, Bilbao, Ibiza, Jerez de la Frontera, Las Palmas, Madrid, Malaga, Palma, Puerto del Rosario, Sevilla, Tenerife, Valencia
- Greece (9)
- Athens, Chania, Heraklion, Kalamata, Kerkyra, Kos, Rhodes, Thessaloniki, Thira
- Turkiye (9)
- Ankara, Antalya, Bodrum, Dalaman, Istanbul, Izmir, Kayseri, Mersin, Trabzon
- Germany (7)
- Berlin, Dusseldorf, Hamburg, Hannover, Leipzig/Halle, Munich, Nuremberg
- Morocco (5)
- Agadir, Casablanca, Fez, Marrakech, Nador
- Poland (5)
- Gdansk, Krakow, Poznan, Warsaw, Wroclaw
- Portugal (5)
- Faro, Funchal, Lisbon, Ponta Delgada, Porto
- Austria (4)
- Graz, Linz, Salzburg, Vienna
- Canada (4)
- Calgary, Montreal, Toronto, Vancouver
- France (4)
- Lyon, Marseille, Nice, Paris
- United Kingdom (4)
- Birmingham, Edinburgh, London, Manchester
- Argentina (3)
- Buenos Aires, El Calafate, Posadas
- Brazil (3)
- Natal, Recife, Rio de Janeiro
- China (3)
- Beijing, Guangzhou, Shanghai
- Colombia (3)
- Bogota, Cali, Pereira
- Croatia (3)
- Dubrovnik, Split, Zagreb
- Dominican Republic (3)
- Puerto Plata, Punta Cana, Santo Domingo
- Egypt (3)
- Cairo, Hurghada, Sharm el Sheikh
- India (3)
- Bengaluru, Mumbai, New Delhi
- Kazakhstan (3)
- Almaty, Astana, Oral
- Mexico (3)
- Cancun, Mexico City, San Jose Del Cabo
- Nigeria (3)
- Abuja, Lagos, Port Harcourt
- Tunisia (3)
- Djerba, Monastir, Tunis
- United Arab Emirates (3)
- Abu Dhabi, Dubai, Sharjah
- Bulgaria (2)
- Sofia, Varna
- Finland (2)
- Helsinki, Rovaniemi
- Georgia (2)
- Kutaisi, Tbilisi
- Ireland (2)
- Cork, Dublin
- Kenya (2)
- Mombasa, Nairobi
- Norway (2)
- Oslo, Tromso
- Saudi Arabia (2)
- Jeddah, Riyadh
- Serbia (2)
- Belgrade, Nis
- South Africa (2)
- Cape Town, Johannesburg
- Sweden (2)
- Gothenburg, Stockholm
- Switzerland (2)
- Geneva, Zurich
- Thailand (2)
- Bangkok, Phuket
- Vietnam (2)
- Hanoi, Ho Chi Minh City
- Albania (1)
- Tirana
- Algeria (1)
- Algiers
- Antigua and Barbuda (1)
- Saint John's
- Armenia (1)
- Yerevan
- Azerbaijan (1)
- Baku
- Belgium (1)
- Brussels
- Bosnia and Herzegovina (1)
- Sarajevo
- Chile (1)
- Santiago
- Costa Rica (1)
- San Jose
- Cyprus (1)
- Larnaca
- Czech Republic (1)
- Prague
- Denmark (1)
- Copenhagen
- Estonia (1)
- Tallinn
- Ethiopia (1)
- Addis Ababa
- Hong Kong (1)
- Hong Kong
- Hungary (1)
- Budapest
- Iceland (1)
- Reykjavik
- Japan (1)
- Tokyo
- Kosovo (1)
- Pristina
- Latvia (1)
- Riga
- Lithuania (1)
- Vilnius
- Luxembourg (1)
- Luxembourg
- Malaysia (1)
- Kuala Lumpur
- Maldives (1)
- Male
- Malta (1)
- Malta
- Mauritius (1)
- Mauritius
- Moldova (1)
- Chisinau
- Mongolia (1)
- Ulaanbaatar
- Namibia (1)
- Windhoek
- Netherlands (1)
- Amsterdam
- North Macedonia (1)
- Skopje
- Oman (1)
- Muscat
- Paraguay (1)
- Asuncion
- Qatar (1)
- Doha
- Romania (1)
- Bucharest
- Seychelles (1)
- Mahe
- Singapore (1)
- Singapore
- Slovenia (1)
- Ljubljana
- South Korea (1)
- Seoul
- Sri Lanka (1)
- Colombo
- Taiwan (1)
- Taipei
- Tanzania (1)
- Zanzibar
- Turkmenistan (1)
- Ashgabat
- Uruguay (1)
- Montevideo
- Uzbekistan (1)
- Tashkent
- Venezuela (1)
- Barcelona
Linked destinations also have an Originfacts route record from FRA.
Check schedules with the airline or Frankfurt Airport before you book.
Airlines on routes from FRA
Source: Originfacts route records, last updated 21 May 2026. Not verified by hand.
The airlines listed on the 2 routes Originfacts tracks from FRA. Only 2 routes from FRA are in Originfacts’ route records so far — a small sample, not Frankfurt Airport’s full network. This is not a complete list of airlines at Frankfurt Airport.
Routes from FRA
Source: Originfacts route records, last updated 21 May 2026. Not verified by hand.
The 2 routes Originfacts tracks from FRA so far, listed with the distance and estimated flight time in each route record. Only 2 routes from FRA are in Originfacts’ route records so far — a small sample, not Frankfurt Airport’s full network. Check live schedules with the airline.
Full list of destinations: frankfurt-airport.com (opens in a new tab) (the airport’s official site)
Airlines with a hub at FRA
Per Wikidata (opens in a new tab) (retrieved 5 Oct 2026): airlines whose “airline hub” property names FRA, with no end date and not recorded as dissolved. Community-edited; hubs change.
Where FRA is
13 km southwest
Frankfurt Airport lies 13 km southwest of Frankfurt city centre in a straight line. Road distance is longer; transport options are not yet verified (see terminals and transport below).
Calculated from the airport coordinates (OurAirports) and the Wikidata (opens in a new tab) city-centre point.
Terminals, transport and parking at FRA
Terminal assignments, ground transport into Frankfurt, parking, lounges and accessibility services have not been verified against Frankfurt Airport’s own pages yet, so none are listed here.
Check directly:frankfurt-airport.com (opens in a new tab)Map of the airport location (opens in a new tab)
Before you travel
- Confirm your terminal with the operating airline.
- Check the check-in and bag-drop cut-off times on your booking.
- Allow extra time if you need to change terminals or check bags in again.
- Check your flight status before you leave for the airport.
Climate at FRA, month by month
Source: NASA POWER (opens in a new tab) daily values for 2016–2025 at 50.05°, 8.57° (MERRA-2 reanalysis grid, about 50 km cells), averaged by Originfacts. Modelled, not airport weather-station readings.
Warmest: August (average high 27°C). Coolest: January (4°C high, -1°C low). Wettest: January (65 mm); driest: April (44 mm).
| Month | High | Low | Temperature range | Rain |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 4°C | -1°C | 65 mm | |
| Feb | 7°C | 0°C | 48 mm | |
| Mar | 11°C | 1°C | 47 mm | |
| Apr | 15°C | 4°C | 44 mm | |
| May | 20°C | 9°C | 63 mm | |
| Jun | 26°C | 14°C | 62 mm | |
| Jul | 27°C | 15°C | 60 mm | |
| Aug | 27°C | 15°C | 58 mm | |
| Sep | 23°C | 11°C | 54 mm | |
| Oct | 17°C | 7°C | 59 mm | |
| Nov | 9°C | 2°C | 52 mm | |
| Dec | 5°C | 0°C | 59 mm |
Airports near Frankfurt
Straight-line distances calculated from each airport’s coordinates in the Originfacts airport records. Road distances are longer.
- MannheimMannheim AirportMHG63 km
- FrankfurtFrankfurt - Hahn AirportHHN94 km
- CologneCologne Bonn AirportCGN138 km
- SaarbrueckenEnsheim AirportSCN140 km
- Karlsruhe/Baden BadenBaden-AirparkFKB145 km
- StuttgartStuttgart AirportSTR158 km
- KasselKassel-Calden AirportKSF163 km
- PaderbornPaderborn Lippstadt AirportPAD173 km
- LuxembourgLuxembourg AirportLUX176 km
Frankfurt Airport: common questions
Where is Frankfurt Airport?
Frankfurt Airport serves Frankfurt, Germany. Its coordinates in OurAirports are 50.027°, 8.558°.
What are the airport codes for Frankfurt Airport?
The IATA code is FRA and the ICAO code is EDDF.
What time zone is FRA in?
Frankfurt Airport is in the Europe/Berlin time zone.
What is the official website of Frankfurt Airport?
The airport’s official website is frankfurt-airport.com. For questions about a booking, contact the operating airline.
Which airlines are listed on routes from FRA?
Originfacts’ route records (last updated 21 May 2026) list Lufthansa, Qantas, Singapore Airlines, Delta Air Lines and United Airlines on routes from FRA. This is not a complete list of airlines at Frankfurt Airport; check current schedules with the airline.
Where can you fly from FRA?
Originfacts’ route records (last updated 21 May 2026) include only 2 routes from FRA so far, to Singapore and New York. That is a small sample, not Frankfurt Airport’s full network. For the full list of destinations, check the airport’s official website (frankfurt-airport.com) or the airlines.
How many runways does Frankfurt Airport have?
OurAirports lists 4 open runways at FRA: 07C/25C (4,000 m (13,123 ft), asphalt); 07R/25L (4,000 m (13,123 ft), concrete); 18/36 (4,000 m (13,123 ft), concrete); 07L/25R (2,800 m (9,186 ft), concrete).
Where can you fly nonstop from FRA?
Travelpayouts fare data retrieved 5 Oct 2026 showed nonstop fares from FRA to 213 destinations in 85 countries, the most in United States (18), Italy (15) and Spain (13). That reflects fares travellers found, not a complete or live schedule.
When did Frankfurt Airport open?
Wikidata gives 8 July 1936 as its official opening date.
How many passengers use Frankfurt Airport?
Wikidata records 61.6 million passengers for 2024, the latest year it holds.
Who operates Frankfurt Airport?
Per Wikidata, FRA is operated by Fraport, which also owns it.
Which airlines have a hub at FRA?
Wikidata lists FRA as a hub of Condor Flugdienst, Discover Airlines, Lufthansa, Lufthansa Cargo, Lufthansa CityLine and Lufthansa Regional.
Sources
Nothing on this page is verified by hand yet. Each section comes from the dataset below, with its date where the dataset has one. Terminal, transport and parking details are left out until they can be read from Frankfurt Airport’s own pages.
- Codes, location, time zoneOriginfacts airport record2 May 2026
- Official websiteWikidata record (official website property) (opens in a new tab)5 Oct 2026
- Coordinates, runways, type, elevationOurAirports (opens in a new tab) — public domain5 Oct 2026
- Opening, operator, passengers, hubsWikidata item Q46033 (opens in a new tab) — CC05 Oct 2026
- Nonstop destinations, airlines on faresTravelpayouts Data API (Aviasales fare cache) — fares found, not a complete or live schedule5 Oct 2026
- ClimateNASA POWER (opens in a new tab) daily data (MERRA-2 reanalysis), averaged by Originfacts2016–2025
- Distance to city centreCalculated from airport coordinates and the Wikidata (opens in a new tab) city-centre point—
- Airlines and routesOriginfacts route records — the routes we track, not a full schedule21 May 2026
- Nearby airportsCalculated from airport coordinates—
- Terminals and transportNot yet verified—
Background reading:Wikipedia (opens in a new tab)Wikidata (opens in a new tab)