Sylt Airport

Sylt Airport is an on the island of , located in . It mostly features summer seasonal scheduled traffic to major German cities as well as general aviation and gliding.
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  • Type: Aerodrome
  • Description: airport on the island of Sylt
  • Also known as: “EDXW”, “Flughafen Westerland”, “GWT”, “Westerland Airport”, and “Westerland/Sylt Airport”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Sylt and Westerland station.

Photo: Michael Gäbler, CC BY 3.0.
belongs to the and is one of the most popular holiday destinations in Germany. It is a narrow island with a 40-km white beach and dunes on the western side and opens to mudflats on the eastern side.

Railway station
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is a terminus railway station in the town of , , . The station lies on the Marsh Railway and the train services are operated by Deutsche Bahn and Nord-Ostsee-Bahn.

Church
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is a Lutheran church in , a seaside resort on the island of . Built in 1634 and consecrated in 1637 it is the city’s oldest building and home to a congregation within the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Northern Germany.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Tinnum and Munkmarsch.

Village
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is a village on the island of in the district of Nordfriesland in , . Today, it is an Ortsteil of the .

Village
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is a village on the island of in the district of Nordfriesland in , . Today, it is an Ortsteil of the .

Town
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is a seaside resort and a former municipality located on the island of . Since 1 January 2009, has been part of the municipality .

Sylt Airport

Latitude
54.91102° or 54° 54′ 40″ north
Longitude
8.34081° or 8° 20′ 27″ east
Elevation
15 metres (49 feet)
Operator
Flughafen Sylt GmbH
IATA airport code
GWT
ICAO airport code
EDXW
Open location code
9F6CW86R+C8
Open­Street­Map ID
way 93535175
Open­Street­Map feature
aeroway=­aerodrome
Geo­Names ID
6296533
Wiki­data ID
Q20755
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Satellite Map

Discover Sylt Airport from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
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In Other Languages

From Cebuano to Vietnamese—“Sylt Airport” goes by many names.
  • Cebuano: “Westerland / Sylt”
  • Cebuano: “Westerland/Sylt”
  • Chinese: “叙尔特岛机场”
  • Chinese: “敘爾特島機場”
  • Danish: “Flughafen Sylt”
  • Danish: “Sylt Lufthavn”
  • Dutch: “Flughafen Sylt”
  • Dutch: “Luchthaven Sylt”
  • Dutch: “Luchthaven Westerland/Sylt”
  • Dutch: “Luchthaven Westerland”
  • Finnish: “Syltin lentoasema”
  • French: “aérodrome de Allemagne”
  • French: “aéroport de Sylt”
  • French: “Aéroport de Sylt”
  • French: “EDXW”
  • French: “GWT”
  • Galician: “Aeroporto de Sylt”
  • German: “EDXW”
  • German: “Flughafen Sylt”
  • German: “GWT”
  • Hungarian: “Sylti repülőtér”
  • Hungarian: “Westerlandi repülőtér”
  • Italian: “aeroporto di Sylt”
  • Japanese: “ジルト空港”
  • Japanese: “ズィルト空港”
  • Japanese: “ズュルト空港”
  • Macedonian: “Аеродром Зилт”
  • Malay: “Lapangan Terbang Westerland/Sylt”
  • Northern Frisian: “Fluuchplaats Sal”
  • Persian: “فرودگاه زولت”
  • Persian: “فرودگاه سایلت”
  • Polish: “Port lotniczy Sylt”
  • Romanian: “Aeroportul Sylt”
  • Russian: “Аэропорт Зильта”
  • Russian: “Зильт”
  • Spanish: “Aeropuerto de Sylt”
  • Spanish: “Aeropuerto Sylt”
  • Swedish: “EDXW”
  • Swedish: “Flughafen Sylt”
  • Swedish: “GWT”
  • Swedish: “Sylt Airport”
  • Swedish: “Sylts flygplats”
  • Tajik: “Фурудгоҳи соилт”
  • Tajik: “Фурудгоҳи Соилт”
  • Ukrainian: “Зюльт (аеропорт)”
  • Ukrainian: “Зюльт”
  • Vietnamese: “Sân bay Sylt”
  • “EDXW”
  • “GWT”

Localities in the Area

Explore places such as Klentertal and Braderup.

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Terminal 1 and Freiwillige Feuerwehr Westerland.

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