Karlsruhe/Baden-Baden Airport

Karlsruhe/Baden-Baden Airport
Flughafen Karlsruhe/Baden-Baden
Summary
Airport typePublic
OperatorBaden-Airpark GmbH
ServesKarlsruhe and Baden-Baden
LocationRheinmünster, Baden-Württemberg, Germany
Ryanair
Elevation AMSL408 ft (124 m)
Coordinates48°46′46″N 008°04′50″E / 48.77944°N 8.08056°E / 48.77944; 8.08056 (Baden Airpark)
WebsiteOfficial website
Map
FKB is located in Baden-Württemberg
FKB
FKB
Location within Baden-Württemberg
FKB is located in Germany
FKB
FKB
Location within Germany
Runways
Direction Length Surface
m ft
03/21 3,060 10,040 Asphalt
Helipads
Number Length Surface
m ft
H1 Asphalt
Statistics (2025)
Passengers2,257,542 Increase+25,3%
Aircraft movements47,789 Increase+13,9%
Cargo (metric tons)1,516 Decrease-1,1%
Sources: Statistics at ADV.,
AIP at German air traffic control.

Karlsruhe/Baden-Baden Airport (IATA: FKB, ICAO: EDSB) (German: Flughafen Karlsruhe/Baden-Baden) is the international airport of Karlsruhe, the third-largest city in the German state of Baden-Württemberg, and also serves the spa town of Baden-Baden. It is the state's second-largest airport after Stuttgart Airport, and the 12th-largest in Germany with 2,257,542 passengers as of 2025 and mostly serves low-cost and leisure flights.

The airport itself is part of Baden Airpark, a business park with numerous other tenants. It is located in Rheinmünster, 40 km (25 mi) south of Karlsruhe, 12 km (7.5 mi) west of Baden-Baden, 25 km (16 mi) east of Haguenau and 25 km (16 mi) north of Strasbourg, France.

History

Early years as a military airport

The construction of a military airfield began in December 1951 in the Upper Rhine Plain between the Black Forest and the Rhine River under the supervision of the French Air Force. The runway and associated facilities were completed by June 1952. The airfield was granted to Canadian forces and became a military base, RCAF Station Baden–Soellingen, later renamed CFB Baden–Soellingen, from 1953 until 1994.

The newly founded Baden Airpark GmbH took over the former military airfield to develop it into a regional airport and business park. Technically, the airport itself today is part of the Baden Airpark, which also includes business facilities.

Public operations

The first commercial flight from Hapag-Lloyd Flug (now TUI fly Deutschland) took place in April 2001 with service to Palma de Mallorca and Ibiza. In 2008 the airport counted over one million passengers within a year for the first time.

On 25 October 2011, Ryanair announced it would open its 47th base at Karlsruhe/Baden-Baden in March 2012 with two based aircraft and 20 routes. In addition to Ryanair's then existing 12 routes Ryanair opened seven additional routes to Faro, Málaga, Palma, Riga, Thessaloniki, Vilnius and Zadar. In July 2018, TUI fly Deutschland announced that it would terminate its operations at the airport, cancelling seven year-round and seasonal leisure routes to the Canaries and the Mediterranean.

Since March 2025, Ryanair has stationed a fourth aircraft at Karlsruhe/Baden-Baden airport.

Facilities

Terminal

Karlsruhe/Baden-Baden Airport consists of one passenger terminal building equipped with 20 check-in counters and eight departure gates as well as some shops and restaurants.

Runway

The apron features eight aircraft stands of which most can be used by mid-sized aircraft such as the Boeing 737. Due to the location of the terminal building walk stands and buses are used for boarding. Due to its extensive runway and facilities, Karlsruhe/Baden-Baden Airport is frequently used by major airlines for training flights.

Airlines and destinations

The following airlines operate regular scheduled and charter flights at Karlsruhe/Baden-Baden Airport:

AirlinesDestinations
Corendon Airlines Seasonal: Antalya
Enter Air Seasonal charter: Fuerteventura, Gran Canaria, Heraklion, Kos, Palma de Mallorca, Rhodos
Eurowings Palma de Mallorca
Freebird AirlinesSeasonal: Antalya
Ryanair Agadir, Alicante, Amman–Queen Alia, Banja Luka, Bari, Bucharest–Băneasa, Faro, Fès, Girona, Gran Canaria, London–Stansted, Málaga, Marrakesh, Palma de Mallorca, Porto, Rabat, Seville, Sofia, Stockholm–Arlanda, Tangier, Tenerife–South, Thessaloniki, Tirana, Trapani, Valencia, Zagreb
Seasonal: Cagliari, Corfu, Dubrovnik, Lamezia Terme, Palermo, Sarajevo, Zadar
Wizz Air Belgrade, Brașov (begins 18 December 2026), Podgorica, Pristina (begins 16 November 2026), Sibiu, Skopje, Suceava, Timișoara, Tirana, Tuzla (resumes 24 March 2027)

The closest other international airport is Stuttgart Airport, located approximately 100 km (62 mi) to the east.

Statistics

Landside area inside the terminal
Apron overview
Passengers
2008 1,141,070
2009 Decrease 1,087,909
2010 Increase 1,177,201
2011 Decrease 1,114,535
2012 Increase 1,287,382
2013 Decrease 1,059,227
2014 Decrease 983,451
2015 Increase 1,051,435
2016 Increase 1,105,103
2017 Increase 1,240,551
2018 Increase 1,246,969
2019 Increase 1,335,957
2020 Decrease 401,000
2021 Increase 609,459
2022 Increase 1,301,002
2023 Increase 1,731,055
2024 Increase 1,800,355
2025 Increase 2,257,542
Source: ADV

Ground transportation

The airport can be reached via motorway A5 which leads from Hesse to Basel (Exit Baden-Baden). There are local bus connections to Baden-Baden and Rastatt as well as their respective train stations.

See also

References

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