Essen/Mülheim Airport

"Essen Airport" redirects here. For other airports serving the Essen area, see Düsseldorf Airport or Weeze Airport.

Essen/Mülheim Airport (IATA: ESS, ICAO: EDLE), is a minor unscheduled airport located 6 km (3.7 mi) south-west of Essen and 3 km (1.9 mi) south-east^[1] of Mülheim, North Rhine-Westphalia. It serves the western Rhine-Ruhr metropolitan region, the largest urban agglomeration in Germany.

Essen/Mülheim Airport Flughafen Essen/Mülheim
IATA: ESS ICAO: EDLE
Summary
Airport type	Public
Serves	Mülheim/Essen and the eastern Rhine-Ruhr area, Germany
Elevation AMSL	129 m / 423 ft
Coordinates	51°24′12″N 006°56′24″E
Website	flughafen-essen-muelheim.de
Maps
ESS Location of airport in North Rhine-Westphalia
Runways
Direction Length Surface m ft 06/24 1,553 5,095 Asphalt
Source: German AIP at Eurocontrol[1]

Airlines and destinations

There are no scheduled flights to or from the airport, it is mainly used for flight training, general aviation and business charters. The nearest passenger airports are Düsseldorf Airport and Dortmund Airport. Essen/Mülheim is home to blimps used for aerial advertising.

See also

• Transport in Germany
• List of airports in Germany