The most important facts at a glance:
Cologne Bonn Airport is one of the largest commercial airports in Germany, and with about 9.3 million passengers per year, it ranks number seven in a nationwide comparison of passenger statistics. With more than 750,000 tonnes of air cargo, Cologne/Bonn comes third behind Frankfurt and Leipzig. Taking passenger and cargo volume together, Cologne/Bonn comes in fifth among the German airports.
Some 17 million people live and work within a 100-kilometre radius of the Airport. The two Terminals have 53 shops, bars and restaurants.
Cologne/Bonn can be easily reached via motorway/expressway. The underground Airport Railway Station links Terminal 1 and 2. The three multi-storey car-parks offer 12,500 parking lots.
Almost 13,370 people are directly employed at Cologne Bonn Airport, and in the region 24,000 jobs are dependent on the Airport. The Airport Company itself employs approximately 1,820 people.
