Frankfurt
Frankfurt, DE.
- Code
- FRA
- Position
- 50.038, 8.562
- Runway
- 3,000 m paved from 1945, 3,900 m paved from 1959
- Capacity
- About 1,800 movements a week, 16 stands, terminal generation 2
- Weather
- Worst month loses about 1.4% of flights
- Confidence
- estimated (to be verified). Coordinates agree with published sources to within about 2.5 km. Other figures are estimates unless the evidence below says otherwise.
Source: Coordinates and selected runway and terminal facts checked against published sources, see evidence. Capacity, passenger and weather figures are estimates.
Evidence
Facts checked against published sources. Where a source gives a present day figure for a field that has changed, the game value is kept and the difference is noted in the repository file docs/research/airport-verification.json.
| Field | Year | Checked value | Agreement | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| runwayLengthM | 1959 | 3900 | differs | de.wikipedia.org |
| other | 1958 | New passenger terminal (Empfangsanlage Ost) put into operation 1 August 1958. | new | de.wikipedia.org |
| paxPerYear | 1960 | 2200000 | differs | aviationpros.com |