page_title: Munich Airport
section_title: Environment
hierarchical_section_title: Munich Airport / Environment
caption_attribution_description: Munich Airport, photographed from the International Space Station.
context_page_description: Munich Airport is the international airport of Munich, the capital of Bavaria. It is the second-busiest airport in Germany in terms of passenger traffic after Frankfurt Airport, and the ninth-busiest airport in Europe, handling 47.9 million passengers in 2019. It is the world's 15th-busiest airport in terms of international passenger traffic, and was the 38th-busiest airport worldwide in 2018. Munich Airport serves as a hub for Lufthansa including Lufthansa CityLine and its Star Alliance partners.
  The airport is located 28.5 km northeast of Munich near the city of Freising and is named after former Bavarian minister-president Franz Josef Strauss who was born in Munich. It has two passenger terminals with an additional midfield terminal, two runways as well as extensive cargo and maintenance facilities and is fully equipped to handle wide-body aircraft including the Airbus A380.
context_section_description: Since November 2005, the Munich Airport has a certified environmental management system according to DIN ISO 14001 and EMAS.
  Munich Airport was involved in the Air Transport Initiative for Germany, which was also attended by Fraport, Deutsche Flugsicherung and Lufthansa. It developed a so-called "four-pillar strategy" with an overall concept designed to improve environmental protection; these four pillars include:
  "Reduction of CO2 emissions through technological progress and innovation, particularly in the field of engine development; a more efficient infrastructure with a needs-based adaptation of airport capacity with concentration on the avoidance of, for example, polluting queues; operational measures such as the optimization of soil processes; economic incentives"
  —Perspectives. Environmental Statement 2008 Munich Airport GmbH
caption: Munich Airport from the International Space Station, circa 2010
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