# Vienna International Airport (VIE)

> Vienna, AT · IATA: VIE · ICAO: LOWW · Large Airport · Cargo Hub

## Quick Facts

| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| IATA | `VIE` |
| ICAO | `LOWW` |
| City | Vienna |
| Country | AT |
| Type | Large Airport |
| Elevation | 183 m |
| Cargo | ✅ |
| Cargo Rank | #1 |
| GPS | 48.11030, 16.56970 |

## Description

Temperature-controlled pharma boxes and e-commerce parcels by the planeload pushed Vienna International Airport (IATA: VIE, ICAO: LOWW) to its strongest cargo year on record in 2025: 313,763 tonnes, up 5.3 percent on 2024 and comfortably Austria's number one. New long-haul routes added belly capacity, while April and May alone posted double-digit growth. For decades the country's only major airport has worked as the air freight gateway to Central and Eastern Europe, feeding the region into intercontinental networks through Vienna-based road feeder services. Austrian Airlines, the Lufthansa Group carrier based here, supplies the belly backbone, with main-deck capacity from Korean Air Cargo, China Airlines and Qatar Airways Cargo. Pharma remains the signature speciality: the IATA CEIV-certified Pharma Handling Center hit its own all-time high in 2025, up 6.4 percent, serving the life-science clusters of Austria and its neighbours. With over 31 million passengers a year, Schwechat is also the nation's busiest airport for travellers – and effectively the capital airport of Slovakia, since Bratislava lies barely 55 kilometres away. Access runs via the A4 motorway into Vienna, about 18 kilometres off, plus S-Bahn and the City Airport Train, with a rail siding serving the cargo zone and customs operating around the clock.

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*Freight Academy — Airport Profile: [https://www.freight-academy.com/en/information/airports/vienna-international-airport-vie](https://www.freight-academy.com/en/information/airports/vienna-international-airport-vie)*

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