DTM

Dortmund Airport

Dortmund, Germany

Operated by Flughafen Dortmund GmbHpublic

ICAOEDLWElev425 ft

The Verdict

59/100Could be worse (but not by much)

Infrastructure is the weak link. At least the trend is improving.

Ranked #83 of 198 airportsBased on data from 2002–2026

Operational30%

71Pleasantly competent

Sentiment25%

45Painful

Infrastructure15%

36Painful

Sent. Velocity15%

87Genuinely solid

Connectivity15%

53Solidly average

What People Think

DTM: where 'new management' and 'things got worse' are suspiciously correlated.

3.0Avg Rating / 10

1,509

ReviewsGoogle 1500Skytrax 9

12%Positive

★ 3.0on Google Maps (1,500 reviews)

Sentiment Trajectory (2025–2026)+2.15 over 2 years

Then: 3.4/5 (1083 reviews)Now: 5.6/5 (328 reviews)

Positive12%

Neutral49%

Negative39%

Queuing

2.1

Cleanliness

1.8

Staff

1.7

Food & Bev

1.4

Wifi

2.8

Wayfinding

2.6

Transport

3.0

Shopping

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The Numbers

3.2MPassengers (2025)

+3.5%YoY Growth

Record year! 3.2M passengers in 2025, up 19% from pre-pandemic levels and a staggering 166% rebound from the 2020 COVID low.

3.2MInternational (100%)

16KDomestic (0%)

Passenger History

Where You Can Escape To

Dortmund·Focus City

Rhine-Ruhr area·Focus City

Wizz Air·Focus City

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Ground Transport

MMetro

RRail

TTram

BBus

The Runway Report

1 Runway

06/246,562ft × 148ft · ASP · Lighted

The Backstory

Awards

None recorded. A clean record — in the worst sense.