AirportsFrankfurt Main Airport is a large airport serving Frankfurt am Main, in Hesse, Germany. It has scheduled airline flights. Its IATA code, the three letters printed on tickets and baggage tags, is FRA.
Key facts
- IATA code
- FRA
- ICAO code
- EDDF
- City
- Frankfurt am Main
- State or region
- Hesse
- Country
- Germany
- Kind
- Large airport
- Coordinates
- 50.0267° N, 8.5584° E
- Elevation
- 111 m (364 ft)
- Runways
- 4
- Longest runway
- 4,000 m (13,123 ft)
Airport codes
On a ticket or a baggage tag, FRA means Frankfurt Main Airport. Pilots and air traffic controllers use a different, four-letter ICAO code: EDDF. ICAO codes that begin with E belong to northern Europe. How the two kinds of code differ.
Where it is
The airport lies at 50.0267° N, 8.5584° E. It stands 111 metres (364 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
Frankfurt Main Airport has 4 runways in the data. The longest is 4,000 metres (13,123 feet). A runway of this length can take the largest long-distance aircraft. Among the 38 airports of Germany on this site with runway data, its longest runway ranks number 2.
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 07C/25C | 4,000 m 13,123 ft | 60 m | Asphalt | Yes |
| 07R/25L | 4,000 m 13,123 ft | 45 m | Concrete | Yes |
| 18/36 | 4,000 m 13,123 ft | 45 m | Concrete | Yes |
| 07L/25R | 2,800 m 9,186 ft | 45 m | Concrete | Yes |
The numbers in a runway name give its compass direction. How runway numbers work.
Nearest airports with scheduled flights
| Airport | Code | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| Mannheim-City AirportMannheim | MHG | 62 km |
| Frankfurt-Hahn AirportFrankfurt am Main (Lautzenhausen) | HHN | 93 km |
| Cologne Bonn AirportKöln (Cologne) | CGN | 137 km |
| Saarbrücken AirportSaarbrücken | SCN | 138 km |
| Karlsruhe Baden-Baden AirportRheinmünster | FKB | 143 km |
Distance to major airports
| To | Distance | Rough flying time |
|---|---|---|
| Delhi (DEL)India | 6,122 km | 7 h 55 min |
| Mumbai (BOM)India | 6,570 km | 8 h 25 min |
| Dubai (DXB)United Arab Emirates | 4,845 km | 6 h 20 min |
| London Heathrow (LHR)United Kingdom | 654 km | 1 h 15 min |
| New York JFK (JFK)United States | 6,189 km | 7 h 55 min |
| Los Angeles (LAX)United States | 9,322 km | 11 h 45 min |
| Singapore (SIN)Singapore | 10,280 km | 12 h 55 min |
| Tokyo Haneda (HND)Japan | 9,363 km | 11 h 45 min |
| Sydney (SYD)Australia | 16,498 km | 20 h 25 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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