# Cologne Bonn Airport (CGN)

> Köln (Cologne), DE · IATA: CGN · ICAO: EDDK · Large Airport · Cargo Hub

## Quick Facts

| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| IATA | `CGN` |
| ICAO | `EDDK` |
| City | Köln (Cologne) |
| Country | DE |
| Type | Large Airport |
| Elevation | 92 m |
| Cargo | ✅ |
| Cargo Rank | #3 |
| GPS | 50.86590, 7.14274 |

## Description

A change of hands on the freight apron: from early 2026 the logistics group Fiege has taken over the Cologne Bonn Cargo Center after previous tenant dnata gave up its lease at the end of 2025. The integrator business remains the anchor — UPS has run its European air hub at Cologne Bonn Airport (IATA: CGN, ICAO: EDDK) since 1986 and built it into its largest base outside the United States, with more than 3,000 staff. FedEx Express and DHL Express run their own hubs alongside it, making CGN one of the few airports where all three big integrators sort under one roof. Throughput came to roughly 850,000 tonnes in 2024, keeping the airport third in Germany behind Frankfurt and Leipzig/Halle. The model rests on night flights, approved for freighters until 2030: express shipments from across Europe arrive by air and truck in the evening and leave again before dawn. Around 10 million passengers a year also use the airport named after Konrad Adenauer, where Eurowings keeps one of its biggest bases. Forwarders value the direct access to the A59, A3 and A4 motorway interchange and the airport's own ICE station on the Cologne-Frankfurt high-speed line, which links the two cargo cities in under an hour. The grounds also host the German Aerospace Center (DLR) and the European Space Agency's astronaut centre, where ISS crews train.

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