Schwechat is a city southeast of Vienna known for the Vienna International Airport and Schwechater beer. The city is home to the refineries of the Austrian national oil company OMV.
The central square in 2019
Austrian Airlines building
Ernst Seidler von Feuchtenegg, 1918
Viktor Klima, 2008
Vienna International Airport
Vienna Airport is an international airport serving Vienna, the capital of Austria. It is located in Schwechat, 18 km (11 mi) southeast of central Vienna and 57 kilometres (35 mi) west of Bratislava, the capital of Slovakia. Its name in the Austrian Aeronautical Information Publication is Wien-Schwechat Airport. It is the country's largest airport and serves as the hub for Austrian Airlines as well as a base for low-cost carriers Ryanair and Wizz Air. It is capable of handling wide-body aircraft up to the Airbus A380. The airport features a dense network of European destinations as well as long-haul flights to Asia, North America and Africa.
Vienna International Airport
Concourse D seen from the tower showing the Airbus A380 parking position
Entrance hall of Terminal 3
Apron view of some of the main buildings