Sylt Airport

Sylt Airport Flughafen Sylt
IATA: GWT ICAO: EDXW
Summary
Airport type	Public
Operator	Flughafen Sylt GmbH
Serves	Sylt, Germany
Elevation AMSL	51 ft / 16 m
Coordinates	54°54′48″N 008°20′26″E / 54.91333°N 8.34056°E / 54.91333; 8.34056
Website	flughafen-sylt.de
Map
EDXW Location of Sylt Airport in Schleswig-Holstein
Runways
Direction Length Surface ft m 06/24 5,564 1,696 Asphalt 14/32 6,955 2,120 Paved
Statistics (2022)
Passengers 119,763 +17,4% Aircraft movements 012,641 +18,0% Cargo (metric tons) 000,000 00,0%
Sources: Statistics at ADV.[1] AIP at German air traffic control.[2]

Sylt Airport (IATA: GWT, ICAO: EDXW) is the airport on the German island of Sylt located in the municipality of the same name. It mostly features summer seasonal scheduled traffic to major German cities as well as general aviation and gliding. Sometimes the airport is referred to as Westerland/Sylt named after Westerland, a well-known part of the municipality of Sylt which however is not the nearest settlement to the airport.