# Stuttgart Airport (STR)

> Stuttgart, DE · IATA: STR · ICAO: EDDS · Large Airport · Cargo Hub

## Quick Facts

| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| IATA | `STR` |
| ICAO | `EDDS` |
| City | Stuttgart |
| Country | DE |
| Type | Large Airport |
| Elevation | 389 m |
| Cargo | ✅ |
| GPS | 48.68990, 9.22196 |

## Description

Stuttgart Airport (IATA: STR, ICAO: EDDS) flew 34,596 tonnes of air cargo directly in 2025, up 0.9 percent — a respectable figure for a field that operates with a single runway. What moves reflects the region around it: Mercedes-Benz, Porsche and Bosch are headquartered here, so automotive and machinery parts, frequently time-critical, dominate the mix. Most of it travels as belly freight or by road feeder service to the Frankfurt and Munich hubs, while the air cargo centre on the southern side concentrates more than 80 partner businesses plus customs clearance across roughly 15 hectares. The airport's catchment area generates around 670,000 tonnes of air freight demand a year; only a fraction actually departs from Stuttgart, the rest being trucked to larger freighter gateways. Since 2014 the airport has officially carried the name Manfred Rommel Flughafen, honouring Stuttgart's long-serving mayor. Located on the Filder plain about 13 kilometres south of the city centre, it counted some 9.6 million passengers in 2025, with Eurowings dominating the schedule and Delta adding long-haul service to Atlanta. The site sits directly on the A8 motorway between Karlsruhe and Munich, easing truck access, and the Stuttgart 21 rail project gave the airport its own long-distance station on the new high-speed line to Ulm. Shippers needing genuine freighter capacity, outsize loads or direct intercontinental lift almost always route via Frankfurt (FRA, about 200 km) or Munich (MUC).

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