# Braunschweig-Wolfsburg Airport (BWE)

> Braunschweig, DE · IATA: BWE · ICAO: EDVE · Medium Airport

## Quick Facts

| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| IATA | `BWE` |
| ICAO | `EDVE` |
| City | Braunschweig |
| Country | DE |
| Type | Medium Airport |
| Elevation | 90 m |
| Cargo | ❌ |
| GPS | 52.31920, 10.55610 |

## Description

The German Aerospace Center and Volkswagen's corporate fleet, not freighters, define Braunschweig Wolfsburg Airport (IATA: BWE, ICAO: EDVE), a Lower Saxony field with roughly 80,000 passengers and some 26,000 aircraft movements a year. Calling itself Forschungsflughafen Braunschweig — Braunschweig Research Airport — the site hosts DLR's flying testbeds, sits next door to Germany's Federal Aviation Office and ranks as one of Lower Saxony's three commercial airports. Day-to-day traffic is corporate: much of the Volkswagen fleet is based here, alongside business aviation and on-demand charter work, while scheduled airline service is absent. The airport is not equipped for freight — no cargo terminal, no based all-cargo carrier, no routine freighter handling — and the 1,680 m runway rules out larger cargo aircraft, while the lack of scheduled flights removes belly capacity as well. A new EUR 4 million terminal opened on 19 September 2025 with 825 m² and capacity for 200 passengers, including separate Schengen and non-Schengen counters, so border control can be arranged for non-Schengen movements. Surface access runs via the A2 and A39 motorways and the Braunschweig rail node; commercial air freight is trucked roughly 70 km to Hannover (IATA: HAJ) or about 200 km to the DHL Express hub at Leipzig/Halle (IATA: LEJ).

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