The 2050 Airport Project DLR Thorsten Muehlhausen Amsterdam 27 September 2011

The Airport2 DLR – one of Europe’s leading public research institutions, setting trends in its aeronautics, space, transport and energy business areas DLR – in its space agency function, a force that shapes European space activities DLR – the umbrella organization for the most effective and efficient project management agencies and offices 6900 employees across 34 institutes and facilities at 15 sites Offices in Brussels, Paris and Washington DLR German Aerospace Center Mission, Locations & Employees Cologne Oberpfaffenhofen Braunschweig Goettingen Berlin Bonn Neustrelitz Weilheim Bremen Trauen Lampoldshausen Hamburg Stuttgart Augsburg Stade

The Airport3 DLR’s role in the 2050AP project  DLR’s interest to participate in the 2050AP project:  Modelling new concepts  Validation methodologies for new concepts  DLR’s role:  Support of the development cycle  Validation of the new concepts

The Airport4 Concluding remark Far future concepts, i.e. for 2050:  Zero noise airport  Future developments in Europe:  Intermodal connection of transport modes  Airports of interest:  Hub-Airports  Neighbourhood-Airports  The 2050 Airport project shall address our “real” interests

The Airport5 DLR, POC for Frankfurt Airport DLR, its role in external coordination:  To support Fraport (and the other airports) in gathering information about the project and creating the expected input.

The Airport6 Frankfurt Airport (FRA) Some challenges for Frankfurt Airport:  Runway configurations, wind and sustainable throughput  Population, noise, emissions, environment  Expansion, growth, new terminals, new types of aircraft  Traffic demand, the changes in market and traffic flows Source: Fraport

The Airport7 Thank you