Private jets at Innsbruck Airport
Innsbruck sits at 581 m in the Inn valley on the western edge of the city, with a single 2,000-metre runway and daytime hours of 06:30-20:00 local. Private flights use the airport-run General Aviation Center. Because of the mountains, crews must be familiar with Innsbruck's non-standard approach and departure procedures, and in winter every weekend flight needs a slot and parking is limited to 60 minutes.
- Longest runway
- 2,000 m
- Codes
- INN · LOWI
- Business aviation handling
- 2 handlers
Did you knowInnsbruck lies at 581 m in the Inn valley, and its LOC/DME approach from the east follows a localiser set 3.5 degrees off the runway line on a 3.77-degree descent, with the last part flown by sight. AIP Austria, LOWI AD 2 (Austro Control)
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Charter a private jet to Innsbruck Airport
Innsbruck airport is about 5 km from the city centre (airport figure), in the Inn valley at 581 m, and private flights use the airport's own General Aviation Center. Its 2,000 m runway is surrounded by mountains, so only crews familiar with Innsbruck's special procedures can fly in, and approaches in low cloud need prior training. Hours are 06:30–20:00, and on winter weekends every flight needs a slot and parking is limited to 60 minutes.
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What the private terminal is like at Innsbruck
The General Aviation Center is the airport's facility for private and business jets. Passengers wait in an area on the ground floor next to security, and crews have a crew room on the first floor. Cars cannot drive onto the apron except for ambulance flights.
Innsbruck Airport General Aviation Center (Tiroler Flughafenbetriebsgesellschaft)
The airport operator runs the General Aviation Center at Fürstenweg 180 for private jets, business jets and air taxis, and handles them itself (handling and fees through its operations desk). Equipment includes towing, GPU, ASU, water and toilet service, heating units and type 1 and 2 de-icing; marshalling is provided. Fuel is Air BP (no credit cards), catering Cloud Number 9 and cleaning Star Clean.
Magnum FBO
Lists Innsbruck among its Austrian handling locations, with a 24/7 operations team in Vienna and services such as slot coordination, de-icing, hangar arrangements and VIP handling.
Customs at Innsbruck, step by step
What happens on an international flight, in the order you meet it. We handle the paperwork with the operator.
- When you book, we ask for each passenger's passport details for the operator.
- The operator arranges any Austro Control permit the flight needs. For a single charter flight the application is due at least five working days ahead.
- On Saturdays and Sundays in the winter season, and on 2 and 9 January, the operator or handler books an airport slot between 28 days and 1 hour before the flight.
- At the General Aviation Center all passengers, crew and luggage are screened. Border control is available 06:30–20:00 and is needed only for flights from outside the Schengen area.
- Customs must be requested in advance, and the airport arranges it.
Which private jets can use Innsbruck?
On runway length, every turboprop, very light jet, light jet, super light jet, midsize jet, super midsize, heavy jet and ultra long range type is within it; some VIP airliner types fit, others only with less fuel or fewer passengers. The check below uses each type's published take-off distance at maximum weight, at sea level on a 15°C day. Heat, altitude, a wet runway and the operator's own rules can need more, so we confirm it for your aircraft and date.
Crews must be familiar with Innsbruck's non-standard mountain procedures from proper briefing material, and before using the approaches in cloud below 3,000 ft or visibility under 5 km they must have flown them on site in good weather or in a simulator. Without a special Austro Control authorisation, applied for at least six weeks ahead, no approach or departure is cleared below 1,500 m visibility and a 1,300 ft cloud base. The landing distance is 1,940 m on both runways, and the operator plans the engine-failure routes.
| Aircraft class | On this runway |
|---|---|
| Turboprop 5–8 seats · take-off 730–1,000 m · Pilatus PC-12 NGX | Yes |
| Very light jet 4–5 seats · take-off 630–1,100 m | Yes |
| Light jet 6–7 seats · take-off 960–1,200 m · Embraer Phenom 300E | Yes |
| Super light jet 7–8 seats · take-off 820–1,350 m | Yes |
| Midsize jet 8–9 seats · take-off 1,100–1,660 m · Cessna Citation XLS+ | Yes |
| Super midsize 9–10 seats · take-off 1,400–1,600 m · Bombardier Challenger 350 | Yes |
| Heavy jet 12–14 seats · take-off 1,430–1,780 m · Dassault Falcon 7X | Yes |
| Ultra long range 13–19 seats · take-off 1,700–1,970 m · Bombardier Global 7500 | Yes, though the longest-legged types need a performance check |
| VIP airliner 18–50+ seats · take-off 1,500–2,100 m | Some types (4 of 5); others with less fuel or fewer passengers |
Worth knowing before you fly
- Not every crew can fly into Innsbruck. The operator must brief its pilots on the mountain procedures, and for low-cloud days they need prior training on site or in a simulator. It is worth confirming early that the operator's crew is qualified for Innsbruck.
- Without special approval, aircraft cannot land or take off below 1,500 m visibility and a 1,300 ft cloud base, and strong Föhn winds bring severe turbulence. Fog, low cloud or Föhn can stop a flight getting in, so build some flexibility into winter plans.
- On winter weekends every private flight needs a slot, and from Thursday evening to Sunday evening aircraft may park for only 60 minutes. On a ski weekend the aircraft has to drop you off and leave, then come back for the return.
- Hours are short: 06:30-20:00 local, with late landings to 23:00 only for commercial air-carrier jets quieter than a Dash 8. A late afternoon departure from the UK in winter needs checking against closing time.
Events Innsbruck serves
From our events calendar: what the airport is used for, and the transfer to the venue on an ordinary day.
Hahnenkamm Races, Kitzbühel
About 1 hour 15 minutes by road.
Private jets to the Hahnenkamm Races in KitzbühelOperating information
For business and private flights. Details change, so we check them again for your date.
Airport
| Opening hours | The daily operating hours are 06:30-20:00 local (AIP and airport). Customs and immigration, fuel, handling, security and de-icing are listed 06:30-20:00 local (0530-1900 UTC in winter, 0430-1800 UTC in summer); fuel outside these hours must be requested at least 2 hours before closing. The tower and approach control are staffed 05:45-23:15 local. Commercial flights by air carriers in jets quieter on landing than a Dash 8 may land 20:00-23:00 local. Extensions are granted on request for safety reasons or public-interest flights, and for planned flights delayed for unavoidable reasons if notified at least 2 hours before closing; other extensions are at the airport's discretion. |
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| Prior permission | The airport's General Aviation FAQ says PPR is not needed. Slots are required on Saturdays and Sundays in the winter season and on 2 and 9 January (see slots). Aircraft needing fire-fighting category 8 need prior permission, as cover is category 7 (AIP). Special approach or departure procedures need Austro Control authorisation (see restrictions). |
| Customs and immigration | Customs and immigration are listed 06:30-20:00 local (AIP). The airport says border control is available during operating hours and is only needed for non-Schengen flights; customs must be requested in advance and the airport coordinates it. All crew, passengers and luggage are screened. Non-scheduled commercial flights by non-EU air carriers, and by EU carriers to or from non-EU countries, need an Austro Control permit unless exempt (for example EU carriers using aircraft up to 14,000 kg MTOW); for a single flight the application is due at least five working days ahead (AIP GEN 1.2). |
| Slots | Innsbruck is coordinated (IATA Level 3) on Saturdays and Sundays in the winter season and on 2 and 9 January, and facilitated (Level 2) at other times. On those days general and business aviation flights need a slot from Schedule Coordination Austria, requested no earlier than 28 days and no later than 1 hour before the flight, and the Airport Slot ID goes in field 18 of the flight plan. Parking and ground time may be limited, and operators may be asked to leave for another airport. |
| Noise and night restrictions | Only jets meeting at least ICAO Annex 16 Chapter 3 may use Austrian aerodromes (AIP GEN 1.2). Operating hours are 06:30-20:00 local, with late landings to 23:00 only for commercial air-carrier jets quieter than a Dash 8. APU use is kept to the turnaround and limited to 30 minutes after arrival and before departure. During a midday quiet period (12:30-14:00 local Monday to Saturday, 12:30-15:00 on Sundays and holidays) touch-and-go landings, low approaches, towing flights and local flights under 20 minutes are not allowed. |
| Aircraft parking | The south apron is concrete (PCN 75); the north apron is limited to 2,000 kg MTOM. Taxiway L is limited to a 30 m wingspan. The AIP lists no hangar space for visiting aircraft. In the winter season aircraft may not park for more than 60 minutes from Thursday evening to Sunday evening (check the latest NOTAM). The APU may run for at most 30 minutes after landing and 30 minutes before departure, and a GPU is provided. |
| De-icing | Available 06:30-20:00 local (AIP) from de-icing trucks with type I and type II fluid, using a hot glycol-water mixture. The airport keeps a 17-vehicle snow-clearing fleet and clears runway, taxiways and apron in that order; aircraft may only take off and land once braking action is adequate. De-icing has its own radio frequency. |
| Other restrictions | Because of the mountains, Innsbruck's instrument procedures partly differ from ICAO standards. Familiarisation with the procedures using proper briefing material is mandatory; the operator prepares it for commercial flights (the airport can supply a sample). Before first using the approaches in weather below a 3,000 ft ceiling and 5 km visibility, crews must have flown them in good weather on site or in a full flight simulator or FNPT II, including a missed approach, a balked landing or runway 26 departure, and visual manoeuvres to runway 08. Without a special authorisation, ATC gives no approach or departure clearance below 1,500 m ground visibility and a 1,300 ft ceiling (with limited exceptions for shallow fog or haze layers). Special procedures, including the RNP AR approaches, need Austro Control authorisation, applied for at least six weeks ahead, and only operators whose pilots know the terrain may apply. The RNP E runway 26 (LPV) approach needs no special authorisation, but crews briefed without experience must use minima of 5 km and a 3,000 ft ceiling. The operator designs the engine-failure and balked-landing routes; the proposed runway 26 early turn needs a 6.1% climb gradient. In Föhn (south wind 15-25 knots, gusts 30-50 knots) severe turbulence, windshear and downdraughts are expected across the Inn valley. |
Runways
| 08/26 | 2,000 m, asphalt |
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By road
| Innsbruck city centre | About 5 km from the city centre (airport figure); the AIP places it at the western city limit |
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Flying times
Airports near Innsbruck
Bolzano
Oberpfaffenhofen
Mindelheim-Mattsies
Memmingen Allgau
More airport guides nearby: Munich Airport, Engadin Airport, St.Gallen-Altenrhein Airport (People's Airport), Salzburg Airport W. A. Mozart, Venice Marco Polo Airport, Nuremberg Airport, Vienna Airport.
Questions
Is there a private terminal at Innsbruck Airport?
Yes. The General Aviation Center is the airport's facility for private and business jets. Passengers wait in an area on the ground floor next to security, and crews have a crew room on the first floor. Cars cannot drive onto the apron except for ambulance flights.
What are Innsbruck Airport's opening hours for private flights?
The daily operating hours are 06:30-20:00 local (AIP and airport). Customs and immigration, fuel, handling, security and de-icing are listed 06:30-20:00 local (0530-1900 UTC in winter, 0430-1800 UTC in summer); fuel outside these hours must be requested at least 2 hours before closing. The tower and approach control are staffed 05:45-23:15 local. Commercial flights by air carriers in jets quieter on landing than a Dash 8 may land 20:00-23:00 local. Extensions are granted on request for safety reasons or public-interest flights, and for planned flights delayed for unavoidable reasons if notified at least 2 hours before closing; other extensions are at the airport's discretion.
Can I clear customs at Innsbruck Airport on a private flight?
Customs and immigration are listed 06:30-20:00 local (AIP). The airport says border control is available during operating hours and is only needed for non-Schengen flights; customs must be requested in advance and the airport coordinates it. All crew, passengers and luggage are screened. Non-scheduled commercial flights by non-EU air carriers, and by EU carriers to or from non-EU countries, need an Austro Control permit unless exempt (for example EU carriers using aircraft up to 14,000 kg MTOW); for a single flight the application is due at least five working days ahead (AIP GEN 1.2).
What size of private jet can use Innsbruck?
The longest runway is 2,000 m. Going by each type's published take-off distance at maximum weight: every turboprop, very light jet, light jet, super light jet, midsize jet, super midsize, heavy jet and ultra long range type is within it; some VIP airliner types fit, others only with less fuel or fewer passengers. Crews must be familiar with Innsbruck's non-standard mountain procedures from proper briefing material, and before using the approaches in cloud below 3,000 ft or visibility under 5 km they must have flown them on site in good weather or in a simulator. Without a special Austro Control authorisation, applied for at least six weeks ahead, no approach or departure is cleared below 1,500 m visibility and a 1,300 ft cloud base. The landing distance is 1,940 m on both runways, and the operator plans the engine-failure routes. The operator confirms performance for your aircraft, load and date.
Which events do people fly to Innsbruck for?
On our events calendar: Hahnenkamm Races, Kitzbühel (about 1 hour 15 minutes by road). Slots and parking fill early on event dates, so book as soon as your plans are firm.
What are the fees for a private jet at Innsbruck?
Our quotes include landing and handling fees, along with fuel, crew and taxes. What the airport and handler charge depends mainly on the aircraft's size and the time of day. Out-of-hours, de-icing and special event fees can be extra, and we tell you which could apply before you book.
Can we have catering on a private flight to Innsbruck?
Yes. Tell us what you would like when you book and the operator orders it for the flight. Depending on the operator and region it is either included or charged separately, and we tell you which before you book.
Checked 13 November 2026 from the official AIP and published airport, government and handler information (eaip.austrocontrol.at, bypass.innsbruck-airport.com, magnumfbo.com, slots-austria.com, austrocontrol.at). Not for operational use; we confirm everything for your flight.
