Frankfurt Main Airport

Frankfurt am Main, Hesse (Germany)

IATA: FRA ICAO: EDDF

Longest Active Runway

13,123 ft

4,000 meters

Field Elevation

364 ft

111 m MSL

Runway Inventory

4 active

Lighted / Paved

Coordinates & Class

50.0267°, 8.5584°

LARGE AIRPORT

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Derived Facts, National & Global Rankings

National Runway Rank

#2 in Germany

Out of 83 commercial aerodromes

Global Runway Rank

#122 Worldwide

Top 1.8% percentile

Elevation Ranking

#3855 MSL

Top 53.7% percentile

vs Large Airport Median

+31.2%

Compared to 10,000 ft baseline

💡 Database Insight: Frankfurt Main Airport's longest active runway measures 13,123 ft (4,000 m). It ranks as the #2 longest runway in Germany and #122 worldwide among indexed commercial aerodromes.

🛫 Physical Runway Inventory & Surface Engineering

Runway Designator	Length (ft / m)	Width (ft / m)	Surface Material	Lighting	Status
07R/25L	13,123 ft (4000m)	148 ft (45m)	`Concrete (CON)`	✅ Lighted	✅ Active
07C/25C	13,123 ft (4000m)	197 ft (60m)	`Asphalt (ASP)`	✅ Lighted	✅ Active
18/36	13,123 ft (4000m)	148 ft (45m)	`Concrete (CON)`	✅ Lighted	✅ Active
07L/25R	9,186 ft (2800m)	148 ft (45m)	`Concrete (CON)`	✅ 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`	50.3 NM (93.2 km)	12,467 ft	✅ Lighted
Cologne Bonn Airport (Köln (Cologne))	`CGN`	73.9 NM (136.9 km)	12,516 ft	✅ Lighted
Stuttgart Airport (Stuttgart)	`STR`	84.4 NM (156.3 km)	10,974 ft	✅ Lighted
Luxembourg-Findel International Airport (Luxembourg)	`LUX`	94 NM (174.1 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/fra.json ↗