AirportsBremen Airport is a large airport serving Bremen, in Germany. It has scheduled airline flights. Its IATA code, the three letters printed on tickets and baggage tags, is BRE.
Key facts
- IATA code
- BRE
- ICAO code
- EDDW
- City
- Bremen
- State or region
- Bremen
- Country
- Germany
- Kind
- Large airport
- Coordinates
- 53.0468° N, 8.7893° E
- Elevation
- 4 m (14 ft)
- Runways
- 2
- Longest runway
- 2,634 m (8,642 ft)
Airport codes
On a ticket or a baggage tag, BRE means Bremen Airport. Pilots and air traffic controllers use a different, four-letter ICAO code: EDDW. ICAO codes that begin with E belong to northern Europe. How the two kinds of code differ.
Where it is
The airport lies at 53.0468° N, 8.7893° E. It stands 4 metres (14 feet) above sea level.
Local time
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Time zone Europe/Berlin, taken from the nearest town in the data. Flight times on tickets are always in the local time of each airport.
Runways
Bremen Airport has 2 runways in the data. The longest is 2,634 metres (8,642 feet). That is long enough for most passenger jets. Among the 38 airports of Germany on this site with runway data, its longest runway ranks number 14.
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 08/26 | 2,634 m 8,642 ft | 45 m | Asphalt | Yes |
| 05/23 | 700 m 2,297 ft | 23 m | Asphalt | not listed |
The numbers in a runway name give its compass direction. How runway numbers work.
Nearest airports with scheduled flights
| Airport | Code | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| Sea-Airport Cuxhaven/Nordholz / Nordholz Naval AirbaseWurster Nordseeküste | FCN | 81 km |
| Hannover AirportHannover | HAJ | 89 km |
| Wangerooge AirportWangerooge | AGE | 100 km |
| Hamburg Helmut Schmidt AirportHamburg | HAM | 103 km |
| Emden AirportEmden | EME | 111 km |
Distance to major airports
| To | Distance | Rough flying time |
|---|---|---|
| Delhi (DEL)India | 6,088 km | 7 h 50 min |
| Mumbai (BOM)India | 6,600 km | 8 h 25 min |
| Dubai (DXB)United Arab Emirates | 4,936 km | 6 h 25 min |
| London Heathrow (LHR)United Kingdom | 653 km | 1 h 15 min |
| New York JFK (JFK)United States | 6,070 km | 7 h 50 min |
| Los Angeles (LAX)United States | 9,082 km | 11 h 25 min |
| Singapore (SIN)Singapore | 10,235 km | 12 h 50 min |
| Tokyo Haneda (HND)Japan | 9,089 km | 11 h 25 min |
| Sydney (SYD)Australia | 16,376 km | 20 h 15 min |
Distances are the shortest path over the globe, worked out from the coordinates. Flying times are rough estimates for a direct jet flight. They do not mean that a direct flight exists. Work out the distance to any airport.
Links
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