Longest Airport Runways in Germany
Airports in Germany ranked by the length of their longest open runway.
1Berlin Brandenburg AirportBerlin · 13,123 ft · concrete
4,000 m
2Frankfurt Main AirportFrankfurt am Main · 13,123 ft · ASP
4,000 m
3Munich AirportMunich · 13,123 ft · CON
4,000 m
4Cologne Bonn AirportKöln (Cologne) · 12,516 ft · ASP
3,815 m
5Frankfurt-Hahn AirportFrankfurt am Main (Lautzenhausen) · 12,467 ft · ASP
3,800 m
6Hannover AirportHannover · 12,434 ft · CON
3,790 m
7Hamburg Helmut Schmidt AirportHamburg · 12,028 ft · ASP
3,666 m
8Leipzig/Halle AirportSchkeuditz · 11,811 ft · CON
3,600 m
9Stuttgart AirportStuttgart · 10,974 ft · CON
3,345 m
10Ramstein Air BaseRamstein-Miesenbach · 10,498 ft · ASP
3,200 m
11Bitburg AirportBitburg · 10,026 ft · ASP
3,056 m
12Geilenkirchen Air BaseGeilenkirchen · 10,009 ft · CON
3,051 m
13Spangdahlem Air BaseTrier · 10,007 ft · ASP
3,050 m
14Düsseldorf AirportDüsseldorf · 9,842 ft · CON
3,000 m
15Lahr AirportLahr/Schwarzwald · 9,842 ft · ASP
3,000 m
16Karlsruhe Baden-Baden AirportRheinmünster · 9,787 ft · ASP
2,983 m
17Ingolstadt Manching AirportManching · 9,646 ft · PEM
2,940 m
18Dresden AirportDresden · 9,350 ft · CON
2,850 m
19Nuremberg AirportNuremberg · 8,858 ft · ASP
2,700 m
20Zweibrücken AirportZweibrücken · 8,776 ft · CON
2,675 m
21Bremen AirportBremen · 8,642 ft · ASP
2,634 m
22Hamburg-Finkenwerder AirportHamburg · 8,629 ft · PEM
2,630 m
23Memmingen Allgau AirportMemmingen · 8,629 ft · ASP
2,630 m
24Erfurt-Weimar AirportErfurt · 8,530 ft · ASP
2,600 m
25Büchel Air BaseAlflen · 8,225 ft · ASP
2,507 m
26Cochstedt AirportHecklingen · 8,202 ft · ASP
2,500 m
27Kassel AirportCalden · 8,202 ft · ASPH
2,500 m
28Rostock-Laage AirportLaage · 8,202 ft · CON
2,500 m
29Wunstorf Air Base8,199 ft · ASP
2,499 m
30Lechfeld Air BaseGraben · 8,012 ft · CON
2,442 m
31Faßberg Air BaseFaßberg · 8,005 ft · ASP
2,440 m
32Hohn Air BaseHohn · 8,005 ft · CON
2,440 m
33Neuburg Air BaseNeuburg an der Donau · 8,005 ft · ASP
2,440 m
34Weeze (Niederrhein) AirportWeeze · 8,005 ft · PEM
2,440 m
35Wittmundhafen Air BaseWittmund · 8,005 ft · ASP
2,440 m
36Nörvenich Air BaseNörvenich · 8,003 ft · ASP
2,439 m
37Schleswig Air BaseJagel · 8,003 ft · ASP
2,439 m
38Sea-Airport Cuxhaven/Nordholz / Nordholz Naval AirbaseWurster Nordseeküste · 8,002 ft · CON
2,439 m
39Leipzig–Altenburg AirportNobitz · 7,988 ft · CON
2,435 m
40Holzdorf Air BaseHolzdorf · 7,936 ft · PEM
2,419 m
41Neuhardenberg Marxwalde AirfieldNeuhardenberg · 7,874 ft · CON
2,400 m
42Peenemünde AirportPeenemünde · 7,874 ft · CON
2,400 m
43Müritz AirparkLärz · 7,808 ft · CON
2,380 m
44Bodensee Airport FriedrichshafenFriedrichshafen · 7,729 ft · ASP
2,356 m
45Heringsdorf AirportZirchow · 7,562 ft · ASP
2,305 m
46Braunschweig-Wolfsburg AirportBraunschweig · 7,546 ft · ASP
2,300 m
47Neubrandenburg Trollenhagen AirportTrollenhagen · 7,522 ft · CON
2,293 m
48Oberpfaffenhofen AirportWeßling · 7,500 ft · ASP
2,286 m
49Bautzen AirfieldKubschütz · 7,218 ft · CON
2,200 m
50Paderborn Lippstadt AirportBüren · 7,152 ft · ASP
2,180 m
Highlights
Within Germany, Berlin Brandenburg Airport ranks first in 2026 with 4,000 m, followed by Frankfurt Main Airport (4,000 m) and Munich Airport (4,000 m).
The top two are virtually level: Berlin Brandenburg Airport and Frankfurt Main Airport differ by less than 1%.
Across 50 entries, values run from 4,000 m (Berlin Brandenburg Airport) to 2,180 m (Paderborn Lippstadt Airport), with a median of 2,503 m.
Source: OurAirports, airports and runway datasets, 2026. Unit: metres.
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