Overview
- Official airport data show night movements at Nuremberg climbed from 8,635 in 2023 to 11,459 in 2025.
- Local groups and the mayor of Fürth have organized protests demanding cuts to night and tourist flights and the introduction of core quiet hours.
- Residents say sleep loss and other health harms have worsened, especially on hot nights when people must keep windows open to cool their homes.
- Nuremberg city officials and the airport oppose a blanket night ban on the grounds that 24-hour services and noise-certification rules limit such a move, and Nuremberg's mayor has proposed subsidies for air conditioners as a mitigation step.
- In Munich environmental alliances seek a 22:00–06:00 ban and cite the WHO's 40 dB nighttime guideline and a projection of more than 26,000 night flights by 2033 while the regional flight-noise commission continues talks with no binding change.