SCN

Saarbrücken Airport

Saarbrücken, Germany

Operated by Flughafen Saarbrücken GmbHpublic

ICAOEDDRElev1,058 ft

The Verdict

54/100Could be worse (but not by much)

Infrastructure is the weak link. The trajectory is flat — no improvement in sight.

Ranked #127 of 198 airportsBased on data from 2000–2026

Operational30%

72Actually decent

Sentiment25%

63Passable

Infrastructure15%

37Below par

Sent. Velocity15%

48Room for improvement

Connectivity15%

28Rock bottom

What People Think

Whatever SCN changed recently, they should change it back.

8.3Avg Rating / 10

1,080

ReviewsGoogle 1080

40%Positive

★ 4.2on Google Maps (1,080 reviews)

Sentiment Trajectory (2017–2026)+0.36 over 10 years

Then: 8.1/5 (18 reviews)Now: 8.5/5 (36 reviews)

Positive40%

Neutral58%

Negative3%

Queuing

2.7

Cleanliness

2.4

Staff

2.6

Food & Bev

1.8

Wifi

2.5

Wayfinding

2.8

Transport

2.5

Shopping

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The Numbers

307KPassengers (2025)

-9.2%YoY Growth

307K passengers in 2025 — still 10% below the 2019 peak, though up 572% from the 2020 COVID crater.

282KInternational (92%)

25KDomestic (8%)

Passenger History

Lounges

1 available

SCN Business Lounge

priority pass

Tardiness Report

2026/03–2025/04 · 4,902 flights

0.0%Flights Delayed0 of 4,902 flights

—Avg Delay

If punctuality were a religion, this airport would be the cathedral.

0.0pp vs prior year

Where You Can Escape To

8 routes · 2 regions

Europe7

Berlin Brandenburg Airport (BER)—

Hamburg Airport (HAM)—

Heraklion International Nikos Kazantzakis Airport (HER)—

Palma De Mallorca Airport (PMI)—

Trapani / Birgi Airport (TPS)—

Alicante International Airport (ALC)—

Lamezia Terme Airport (SUF)—

Middle East1

Antalya International Airport (AYT)—

Ground Transport

MMetro

RRail

TTram

BBus

The Runway Report

2 Runways

08/266,562ft × 148ft · ASP · Lighted

08L/26R1,788ft × 164ft · GRS · CLOSED

The Backstory

HistoryIn 2005, a record year, nearly 500,000 passengers used Saarbrücken Airport. In 2006, Saarbrücken Airport suffered difficulties caused by the opening of a converted former military airport, Zweibrücken Airport, just approx. away. German leisure airli...

Awards

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