History: Düsseldorf Airport DUS EDDL
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Flughafen Düsseldorf
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| Airport type | Public | ||
| IATA code : | DUS | ||
| ICAO code : | EDDL | ||
| Operator : | Flughafen Düsseldorf Gmbh | ||
| Serves : | Düsseldorf, Germany | ||
| Hub for : | Air Berlin, Eurowings, Germanwings | ||
| Elevation : | 44.8 m / 147 ft | ||
| Coordinates : | 51°17′22″N 006°46′00″E | ||
| Website : | Official website | ||
| Direction | Length | Surface | |
| 05R/23L | 3,000 m / 10,474 ft | Concrete | |
| 05L/23R | 2,700 m / 10,809 ft | Concrete | |
Düsseldorf Airport (IATA: DUS, ICAO: EDDL) known in German as Flughafen Düsseldorf is the international airport of Düsseldorf, which is the capital of the German state North Rhine-Westphalia. The airport is located at about 7 kilometres (4.3 mi) north of the city of Düsseldorf, and some 20 kilometres (12 mi) south-west of Essen in the Rhine-Ruhr area, one of Germany's largest metropolitan areas.
The third largest airport in Germany after Frankfurt and Munich, Düsseldorf handled 21.8 million passengers in 2014. It serves as a hub for Air Berlin and Germanwings including Eurowings and additionally features Lufthansa's only long-haul operations outside of its hubs in Frankfurt and Munich.
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Accidents and incidents
Accidents involving flights that were due to arrive in Düsseldorf
- 24 March 2015 - Germanwings Flight 9525 (4U9525) operated by Germanwings with an Airbus A320 registration D-AIPX crashed in the South of France while en route from Barcelona El Prat Airport to Düsseldorf Airport.
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