Facts & figures

Skylink

What does the increase in capacity bring you? - More quickly and comfortably to your destination.

The Skylink at Vienna Airport consists of two parts. The new south pier with up to 17 aircraft positions near the building (the so-called “fingers”), on the one hand, and the new terminal with additional check-in desks, a modern baggage sorting system as well as many shopping opportunities and an inviting gastronomy on the other hand.

 

The terminal expansion allows the airport to react flexibly to the actual development of traffic and different traffic peaks as well as handle significantly more passengers: the previous terminal areas are doubled by Skylink. This way, even more travellers can check-in and board even more quickly and comfortably, which provides more time and more comfort for everyone.

 

Modern security controls in accordance with the state of the art ensure greatest possible security with least possible cost of time. As a result, the passengers are left with more time to stroll through the many shops, enjoy the range of restaurants and cafés, or to settle down comfortably in the retreating areas of the terminal.

 

What do 150,000 m2 more bring you? - Everything that makes up a modern airport

With a length of 270 m and a width of 55 m, the new terminal building comprises a gross storey surface of 76,000 m²; the height of 20 m provides a better overview. The most important functions for departing and arriving passengers are located on two levels: the baggage delivery and the arrival hall on Level 0, the check-in area on Level 1.

 

The terminal building:

  • 76,000 m2
  • 64 check-in desks
  • roughly 40 check-in machines
  • 15 security control lanes
  • 8 emigration desks (border control)
  • 10 baggage delivery belts
the terminal building

The pier has a length of 450 m, a width of 33 m and a height of 20 m. In addition to all of the Schengen and non-Schengen departure gates, the departure functions and functions of particular relevance for transfers are also located on the gross storey surface of 71,000 m².

 

The pier:
  • 71,000 m2
  • 13-17 parking positions near the building
  • 33 Schengen gates
  • 15 Non-Schengen gates
  • 18 immigration desks (border control)
the pier

Skylink Highlights

  • The 297,420 tons of concrete used for the building equal the fillings of 15,000 cement mixers.
  • The 450 bored piles with a length of 20 metres each which support the Skylink weigh as much as a hoard of 3,750 elephants.
  • Placed in a line, the built-in pipelines for heating and cooling add up to 6x the total stretch from Vienna city centre to Vienna Airport.
  • Together with the roof frame, the roof of Skylink weighs as much as 7 fully loaded jumbo jets.
  • The glass surface of the Skylink façade equals roughly that of 600,000 sunglasses.