FRANKFURT AIRPORT has celebrated 70 years of operations, the first ever
flight arrival dated 8 July 1936. After the Second World War it
became US Rhein-Main Air Base (which it was to remain until 2005) and
in 1972 gained an integrated underground railway station now part of
high-speed rail corridor (ICE trains) between Frankfurt and Cologne.
In 1950, when the reporting of traffic statistics began, Frankfurt
Airport welcomed some 195,330 passengers. By 1957 the one-million
mark had already been reached. In 1971 the number of passengers
using FRA exceeded 10m for the first time. In 1985 traffic climbed to
more than 20m. Last year the figure was 52m.
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