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Airport HistoryEst. 1927
Düsseldorf Airport opened on 19 April 1927 after roughly two years of construction, and a 1929 SABENA service linking Brussels, Antwerp, Düsseldorf and Hamburg made it one of the earliest airports on a genuine international route network. Civil flying stopped when the Luftwaffe took over the field in 1939, and it did not reopen for civilian traffic until 1948, under British occupation authorities. The airport is best remembered today for the catastrophic terminal fire of 11 April 1996, in which 17 people died and which forced the reconstruction of two terminals and prompted a wider review of fire-safety standards for public buildings in Germany. It has since grown into Germany's fourth-busiest airport and the main hub of Eurowings, connected to the city by an elevated SkyTrain monorail.
The airport opened on 19 April 1927 after about two years of construction, beginning scheduled civil aviation service in the Rhineland.
Civil flying ceased in September 1939 as the airfield came under military control at the outbreak of the Second World War.
Under British occupation administration, Düsseldorf reopened for civilian flights, with British European Airways operating early postwar international services to London.
On 11 April 1996, a fire broke out during welding work on an elevated roadway and spread rapidly through Terminal A's arrivals area, killing 17 people, mostly from smoke inhalation, and causing roughly DM 1 billion in damage; it is often cited as the worst structural airport fire on record.
Terminals A and B were rebuilt following the 1996 fire, with Terminal B reopening in July 2001 as part of the airport's post-disaster reconstruction.
An elevated, driverless Siemens-built SkyTrain monorail began service in 2002, linking the terminals to the airport's long-distance railway station about 2.5 km away.
Editorial content based on public airport records and contemporary news coverage of the 1996 fire; ownership shares and hub-carrier arrangements reflect the mid-2020s and may change.