# Dresden Airport (DRS)

> Dresden, DE · IATA: DRS · ICAO: EDDC · Medium Airport · Cargo Hub

## Quick Facts

| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| IATA | `DRS` |
| ICAO | `EDDC` |
| City | Dresden |
| Country | DE |
| Type | Medium Airport |
| Elevation | 230 m |
| Cargo | ✅ |
| GPS | 51.13412, 13.76783 |

## Description

About 10,000 tonnes of air freight — mostly express and time-critical consignments — move through Dresden Airport (IATA: DRS, ICAO: EDDC) each year, alongside 886,578 passengers in 2025, up 0.5 percent on the previous year and second in Saxony only to Leipzig/Halle. Operator Mitteldeutsche Flughafen AG handles cargo around the clock through its subsidiary PortGround, and an on-site customs office clears goods that are not duty-free. Beside the apron sit Elbe Flugzeugwerke (EFW), an Airbus and ST Engineering joint venture that converts passenger aircraft into freighters (A330P2F, A321P2F) and performs heavy maintenance up to the A380. The 2,850-metre runway accommodates wide-body freighter and maintenance movements, while scheduled services carry most shipments as belly cargo. The airport lies 9 km north of the city centre, with A4 motorway and S2 suburban rail access into eastern Germany and northern Bohemia. Shippers needing genuine wide-body capacity route via the DHL European hub at Leipzig/Halle (LEJ) some 115 km west, or via Prague (PRG), both within comfortable trucking distance. Growth in 2025 came from leisure traffic, with expanded services to Egypt, Greece, Bulgaria and Türkiye.

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