3. Munich Airport

                    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 behind Frankfurt Airport, and the seventh busiest airport in Europe, handling 39.7 million passengers in 2014, an increase of close to 3% from 2013. Munich Airport serves as the secondary hub for Lufthansa including Lufthansa Regional and its Star Alliance partners besides Frankfurt. The biggest foreign carrier in Munich in terms of passenger numbers is Air Dolomiti.

                          

                 The airport is located 28.5 km (17.7 mi) northeast of Munich near the old city of Freising and is named in memory of the former Bavarian Prime Minister Franz Josef Strauss. It features two passenger terminals and two runways as well as extensive cargo and maintenance facilities and is fully capable of handling large aircraft such as the Airbus A380.

                                

                  The new Munich Airport commenced operation on 17 May 1992, when operations moved from the former site at Munich-Riem Airport, which was closed shortly before midnight on the day before.Between 1995 and 2006 passenger numbers doubled from under 15 million per annum to over 30 million. In 1996 the airport overtook Düsseldorf as Germany's second busiest airport and currently handles almost twice as many passengers as the country's third busiest airport.In June 2003 construction of Terminal 2 was completed and it was inaugurated as an exclusive facility for Lufthansa and its Star Alliance partners.

•  It is the second busiest airport in Germany in terms of passenger traffic behind Frankfurt Airport.
•  It is the world's 14th busiest airport in terms of international passenger traffic.
• Munich Airport was the 30th busiest airport worldwide in 2013.
• As of March 2015, the airport features flights to 228 destinations in 66 countries.
• The Franz-Josef Strauss Airport has two parallel runways and one helipad.