Figures

• 59,400,000 passengers travelled via Frankfurt Airport in 2023.
• In terms of passenger volumes, Frankfurt Airport takes fifth place in Europe and ranks 6th worldwide.
• 50.1% of all passengers transfer here.
• So far in 2023, 75% of all passengers traveled for private reasons, significantly more than in 2019 with 64,6%.  
• On 25 days in July 2024, Frankfurt Airport counted 213,418 passengers.
• The busiest day ever at Frankfurt Airport was June 30, 2019 when 241.228  passengers passed through Frankfurt Airport.

• In terms of airfreight, Frankfurt is Europe’s largest airport and in the 16th place worldwide.
• With 7,474 tons of airfright December 22nd, 2023 marks the day with most cargo volume in 2023
• 91.7 % of the airfreight is carried by dedicated cargo planes; 5.6% travels as belly freight in passenger aircraft
• The largest airfreight volume ever was carried on Febuary 6th, 2021: 8822 tonnes.

• The Perishable Center in CargoCity North has 9,000 square meters of space for storing perishable goods such as fruit, flowers and seafood in 20 different temperature zones.
• In 2023 Lufthansa’s Animal Lounge hosted around 2,200 horses, 14,000 pets, 80 million ornamental fish and 80 zoo animals.

• Airmail (2023): 41,000 tonnes
• Cargo (2023): 1,890,000 tonnes
  
• In 2023, a total of 1,930,000 tonnes of cargo was handled at Frankfurt Airport
• This corresponds to the weight of about 35 blue whales per day.
  

Highest Value (2019):

513.912 Starts and Landings

Record:

1.625 Starts and Landings on September 11, 2019.

With around 80,000 employees, Frankfurt Airport is Germany’s largest place of employment. Fraport AG employs people from 114 countries.

• More than 58.8% of employees commute up to 35 km to the airport
• Severely handicapped persons make up 2.1% of Fraport’s workforce
• About 31.8% of management positions are held by women
• The average age of employees at Fraport is around 49 years.

Two of the world's first electrically powered aircraft tugs are in use at Frankfurt Airport. The Kalmar TBL-800, operated by Lufthansa Leos, can tow an Airbus A380 with a takeoff weight of up to 600 tonnes.

Hydranten-Betriebs OHG (HBG) is responsible for supplying fuel to Frankfurt Airport. It is owned by oil companies and a Lufthansa subsidiary.

At the airport, an underground network of pipes with a total length of 60 kilometers carries jet fuel to the individual aircraft parking positions. The average daily consumption of jet fuel is about 15 million liters.

HBG has 10 above-ground tanks with a total capacity of 186 million liters of jet fuel. This is enough to fill 71 Olympic-size swimming pools.

The tanks of a Boeing 747-400 can hold 225,000 liters and those of an Airbus A380 even have a capacity of 320,000 liters.

The computer-controlled baggage system at Frankfurt Airport ensures high-quality, extremely efficient handling.

At 81 kilometers length it is the vital link for making sure that outbound baggage can be loaded onto planes in time. This is supported by the systems maximum speed of 18 kp/h, which enables it to transport 20,500 pieces of luggage per hour.

In 2022, around 22 million luggage items went through the system.

Fire Department

Responsible for firefighting, fire prevention, general assistance and rescue services in the event of accidents or emergencies at or near the airport. The fire department must be able to get to any location on the airfield or apron within three minutes. The roof-mounted canons of the large special fire trucks (crash tenders) used at Frankfurt Airport can propel water more than 70 meters at a rate of at least 5,300 liters a minute.

Rescue Services

Approx. 50 personnel work in three shifts at Frankfurt Airport. They have a fleet of 21 vehicles including:

8 ambulances, 2 fire trucks with telescopic ladders, 1 emergency medical service vehicle, 1 special vehicle for parking garages, 1 cross-country vehicle

The airport provides a large number of services for passengers, visitors and employees. For more information please visit  www.frankfurt-airport.com.

Shopping & Restaurants

• The shops and food & beverage outlets in both terminals occupy a total of about 35,000 square meters.
• There are 300 shops, food & beverage outlets and services in Terminals 1 and 2, including 19 Duty Free and Travel Value shops.
• The shops at Frankfurt Airport are open seven days a week.
• With floor space of about 2,000 square meters, the Duty Free shop in Pier Z (Terminal 1) is the largest retail outlet at Frankfurt Airport.
• There is a supermarket selling a wide range of products in the Airport City Mall on the bottom level of Concourse C in Terminal 1.
• The terminals contain a total of 71 restaurants, bars and cafés.

• Offering a splendid view of the airfield, the 1,800-square-meter Visitors’ Terrace at Frankfurt Airport can also be used for special events such as after-work parties.
• In 2018, some 177,000 guests were welcomed at the Visitors’ Terrace.
• About 136,000 people went on the 5,000 airport tours that took place in 2018.
• Various tours can be booked online for individuals, families and small groups.

• 8,500 public parking spaces and 165 charging points for electric vehicles will be available in the new multi-storey parking lot at Terminal 3 in the south of the airport.
• A total of 16,712 public parking spaces on open-air lots and in subterranean and above-ground parking structures
• Over 13 million entries per year