Overview

• The Frankfurter Fluglärmkommission unanimously rejected Fraport and Deutsche Flugsicherung’s plan for more direct northwest departures under the existing four-runway agreement.
• Rhineland-Palatinate Environment Minister Katrin Eder called the rerouting a breach of 2011 noise-mitigation promises and warned Mainz would bear a significant new burden of aircraft noise.
• A June Intraplan study cited by Fraport found that the southern bypass reduces runway capacity more than expected, jeopardizing the target of 126 movements per hour.
• Frankfurt Airport recorded 441,000 flight movements in 2024 and aims for 700,000 annually, but already operates near its 110-movement hourly limit under current routing.
• Hessian Economics Minister Kaweh Mansoori has demanded that Fraport submit detailed forecasts of takeoffs and landings by the end of 2025 before any new routing scheme can advance.