Munich International Airport: Meaning (information, definition, explanation, facts)

Munich International Airport, named Franz Josef Strauß International Airport (Strauß is often spelled Strauss in English) (German Franz-Josef-Strauß-Flughafen) is the airport located 28 km northeast of Munich, Germany, and is a hub for Lufthansa and Star Alliance partner airlines. It was began operations in 1992, and has the IATA airport code MUC, and its ICAO airport code is EDDM.

As Lufthansa's home base at Frankfurt International Airport is operating at capacity limits, international destination with a very frequent schedule will generally be served through Munich Franz Josef Strauß airport as well as Frankfurt International. The airport was named after Franz Josef Strauß, a post WWII German politician.

Munich city center can be reached by public transport (S-Bahn) in 60min (45min travel time) 6€ one way. Taxi 45-75min at 55€ (unreliable during rush hours). Car rental for Munich downtown destinations is not recommended. Public transport in Munich is widely available and reliable.

Smaller towns Freising and Erding are in Taxi reach (15min, 18€). The historic town of Freising is worth a stroll even on quick stopover (from 2 hours) (go by Taxi to Freising Marienplatz) if you don't want to miss a typical Bavarian city.

In 2003 Terminal 2 was finished, housing Star Alliance partners exclusively.

The following airlines serve Franz Josef Strauß International Airport:

• Adria Airways
• Aegean Airlines
• Aer Lingus
• Aero Lloyd
• Aeroflot
• African Safari Airlines
• Air Anatolia
• Air Berlin
• Air Canada
• Air Dolomiti
• Air France
• Air Kazakhstan
• Air Littoral
• Air Malta
• Air Mauritius
• Air Seychelles
• Alisea Airlines
• Alitalia
• Atlas International
• Austrian Airlines
• BerlinJet
• BMIBaby
• British Airways
• British Airways Citiexpress
• Carpatair
• China Eastern
• Condor Thomas Cook
• Croatia Airlines
• CSA Czech Airlines
• Delta Air Lines
• Deutsche BA
• Easyjet
• Egypt Air
• El Al
• Emirates
• Etihad Airways
• Eurocypria
• European Air Express
• Eurowings
• Finnair
• Free Bird Airlines
• Germania Airlines
• Hamburg International
• Hapag-Lloyd
• Iberia Airlines
• Inter Express
• Israir
• Kavminvodyavia
• Khalifa Airways
• KLM
• KLM Cityhopper
• Lauda Air
• LOT Polish Airlines
• LTU International
• Lufthansa
• Luxair
• Maersk Air
• MALEV Hungarian
• OLT
• Olympic Airways
• OHY
• Pegasus Airlines
• Pulkovo Aviation
• Qatar Airways
• Royal Jordanian
• Scandinavian Airlines System
• Shorouk Airlines
• Siberia Airlines
• Sky Airline
• SkyEurope
• SN Brussels Airlines
• Spanair
• Sun d'Or
• Sun Express
• Swiss International Airlines
• Syrian Arab Airlines
• TACV Cabo Verde
• Tajikistan Airlines
• TAP Air Portugal
• TAROM Romania
• Thai Airways International
• Tunis Air
• Turkish Airlines
• Tyrolean
• United Airlines
• Ural Airlines
• US Airways