Cargo

Munich Airport - Your "Gateway to Growth"


  • From January to October 2024 the Cargo division excelled with a double-digit growth rate of 10.6% and 256,000 tons of flown cargo
  • Munich is once again number one among the top German airports in terms of cargo growth
  • Southern Germany, with Munich as the largest cargo hub, accounts for more than a third of the total German air freight volume
  • Attractive air cargo network for industrial and logistics companies
  • “Fast in - fast out”: quick turnaround times thanks to a unique cargo infrastructure
  • Highly attractive catchment area in southern Germany
  • Expansion of loading capacities on the maindeck
  • Research partner and sponsor for the digitization of air freight
  • Strategic development of the air cargo hub

Save the date: transport logistic 2025

Experience exciting insights, groundbreaking impulses and pioneering innovations in the world of logistics, mobility, IT and supply chain management at transport logistic 2025. Come and visit our completely redesigned stand!

Date: 2-5 June 2025
Location: Munich, Germany
Booth: Hall A1 at stand 201/302 

Innovation & progress

  • Our path to a carbon-free future - “Net Zero” by 2035
  • "evoBOT" on a first test run at Munich Airport
  • Current expansion plan
  • Emissions are reduced by at least 90%. We actively and permanently remove the last maximum 10% from the atmosphere
  • Air freight automation - further development of and research on sustainable innovations
  • »Fast in - fast out«: simple, energy- and cost-efficient import and export processes between forwarding agent and airline

Facts & figures

  • Air freight development since airport opening
  • Positive development in 2024
  • Air freight at Munich Airport - short profile
  • Reinforcing Munich Airport as premium hub
  • Forecasted upward trend due to enormous potential
  • Wide range of services and long-term partnerships

Catchment area & connections

  • Our cargo catchment area
  • Long-haul destinations 2024/2025
  • Trucking times in catchment area
  • Over 300 long-haul flights per week to top destinations
  • Ideal gateway for Central and South-Eastern Europe
  • Fast RFS-connection to the most imporant economic centers in Europe

We see huge potential for air cargo at Munich Airport on account of the economic strength of our catchment area. As one of Europe’s leading airports with corresponding capacities for further expansion, cargo business is an important pillar of our Group strategy that will help us to achieve continued growth.

Jost Lammers - CEO and Chairman of the Management Board

Jost Lammers

CEO Flughafen München GmbH

Air freight handled

Special storage areas and temperature-controlled rooms for a safe and efficient handling of all types of (critical) cargo goods.

Your personal contact

Markus Heinelt

Markus Heinelt

Business Division Aviation
Director Cargo Development