Salzburg W. A. Mozart Airport, also known as Salzburg Airport, is the second largest airport in Austria. Opened on 16 August 1926, it serves Salzburg, the fourth largest city in Austria. The airport, which provides access to many ski areas in Austria, is heavily used in winter for private jet flights.
The airport is located 3.1 km west-southwest of Salzburg city centre and 2 km from the Austrian-German border. It is jointly owned by the City of Salzburg (25%) and the State of Salzburg (75%). The airport is named after the Austrian composer Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart.
Salzburg Airport consists of two passenger terminals. Terminal 1, the main building, has 26 check-in desks, various service counters, some shops and restaurants and a visitor terrace. Terminal 2 is much smaller and has nine additional check-in counters and four boarding gates, as well as a designated area for checking ski equipment
Austria private jet charter prices
Although Salzburg W. A. Mozart Airport air charter fees depend on variables such as the number of passengers, departure airport, flight time, aircraft position, flight date, the prices for private jet charter from Istanbul → Salzburg are as follows.
| Light Jet | 13.050 EUR |
| Midsize Jet | 19.450 EUR |
| Heavy Jet | 24.200 EUR |
These prices are average amounts and you can contact us on our flight reservation screen or by phone for the most accurate price information.
History of Salzburg Airport, one of the oldest airport in Austria
The first flights in the region began in 1910. Due to the lack of an airport in the region, the first aircraft landed on the new racetrack at Salzburg-Aigen. In 1926, Deutsche Luft Hansa inaugurated the Munich-Salzburg-Bad Reichenhall route. In 1939, the Berlin-Prague-Salzburg-Venice and Munich-Salzburg-Klagenfurt-Ljubljana-Rijeka routes planned for the summer schedule were launched.
As the airport was about to be restructured, World War II broke out and the port was seized by the Germans on 1 September 1939. In 1943, the “Luftgaukommando VII” in Munich was put in charge of the airport. During the war, the United States Air Force bombed the city of Salzburg several times. During these bombings, the airport was never hit or damaged. After the war, Salzburg Airport was the first Austrian airport to become part of European scheduled traffic again.
On 1 August 1958, after 15 months of construction, a control tower became operational and a new terminal opened in 1966. In spring 2014, the airport’s main carrier Austrian Airlines announced the closure of ticketing and service counters at Salzburg Airport due to declining demand. Instead, additional services began to be provided directly at the check-in counters.
In August 2016, the German low-cost airline Eurowings announced that it would open its second Austrian base in Salzburg, with flights to six European metropolitan destinations from January 2017. In May 2020, amid the COVID-19 pandemic, Wizz Air announced six new routes from July 2020, creating new connections to the region.
Points of interest in Salzburg
Salzburg, Austria’s fourth largest city, is one of the most important music metropolises in the world. The streets of Salzburg are filled with buskers, opera singers and harmony singers of all kinds and continue to serve the melodies of a city that was home to one of the greatest composers of all time. Each year the city hosts more than 4,000 cultural events, including the internationally renowned Salzburg Festival.
Among the places to visit in the city are Salzburg Castle (Hohensalzburg), which has become the symbol of the city and was built in 1077, Mirabell Palace and Gardens, which was built in 1606 and attracts attention with its magnificent structure, Mozarts Geburtshaus, the house where the famous composer Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart was born, Salzburg Cathedral, which is considered one of the most important religious buildings of the city, Hellbrunn Palace, which is known as the most magnificent building in the Northern Alps, and Getreidegasse Street, which is considered the most lively point of the old city.
Salzburg W. A. Mozart airport transport details
It is possible to reach the city centre from Salzburg Airport by buses numbered 2, 8 and 27. Bus number 2 runs every 10-20 minutes between Hauptbahnhof Train Station and the airport and takes 20 minutes to the city centre. Line 27 takes a different route to the city centre and the journey takes approximately 40 minutes. Line 8 is only available on weekends.
At Hauptbahnhof Train Station, which is a short walk from the port exit, trains depart every 15 minutes and go directly to the station in the city centre. The train journey takes about 15 minutes.
Taxis are also available at the airport exit. There are offices of car rental companies Avis, Europcar, Federal, Hertz, Megadrive, Sixt and Sunny Cars at the airport.
