Cologne Bonn Airport

Köln (Cologne), North Rhine-Westphalia (Germany)

IATA: CGN ICAO: EDDK

Longest Active Runway

12,516 ft

3,815 meters

Field Elevation

302 ft

92 m MSL

Runway Inventory

3 active

Lighted / Paved

Coordinates & Class

50.8659°, 7.1427°

LARGE AIRPORT

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Derived Facts, National & Global Rankings

National Runway Rank

#4 in Germany

Out of 83 commercial aerodromes

Global Runway Rank

#173 Worldwide

Top 2.3% percentile

Elevation Ranking

#4095 MSL

Top 56.8% percentile

vs Large Airport Median

+25.2%

Compared to 10,000 ft baseline

💡 Database Insight: Cologne Bonn Airport's longest active runway measures 12,516 ft (3,815 m). It ranks as the #4 longest runway in Germany and #173 worldwide among indexed commercial aerodromes.

🛫 Physical Runway Inventory & Surface Engineering

Runway Designator	Length (ft / m)	Width (ft / m)	Surface Material	Lighting	Status
13L/31R	12,516 ft (3815m)	197 ft (60m)	`Asphalt (ASP)`	✅ Lighted	✅ Active
06/24	8,067 ft (2459m)	148 ft (45m)	`Concrete (CON)`	✅ Lighted	✅ Active
13R/31L	6,112 ft (1863m)	148 ft (45m)	`Asphalt (ASP)`	✅ Lighted	✅ Active

🧭 Comparative Aerodromes (100 NM Radius, ≥5,000 ft Paved)

Great-circle Haversine spatial proximity matching for commercial facilities with paved runway capacity within 100 NM.

Aerodrome Name	IATA	Distance	Longest Runway	Lighting
Frankfurt-Hahn Airport (Frankfurt am Main (Lautzenhausen))	`HHN`	55.4 NM (102.6 km)	12,467 ft	✅ Lighted
Frankfurt Main Airport (Frankfurt am Main)	`FRA`	73.9 NM (136.9 km)	13,123 ft	✅ Lighted
Eindhoven Airport (Eindhoven)	`EIN`	75.3 NM (139.5 km)	9,843 ft	✅ Lighted
Luxembourg-Findel International Airport (Luxembourg)	`LUX`	82.5 NM (152.8 km)	13,123 ft	✅ Lighted

🛡️ Data Provenance & Verification Metadata

Source Dataset: OurAirports Open Aviation Database

Snapshot Version: 2026-09-01

Verification Method: SHA-256 Checksum Lock

Calculation Model: Haversine Great-Circle

Machine-readable endpoint: GET /api/airport/cgn.json ↗