Safe and smooth air travel in wintry conditions
At Munich Airport over 600 employees work with special equipment to battle ice and snowFollow Munich Airport's Winter Service in action: https://www.munich-airport.de/5723185 To ensure uninterrupted flight operations on the runways, taxiways and aprons, Munich Airport deploys up to 172 Winter Services employees with their special vehicles on every shift. The two runways and the taxiways are constantly cleared of ice and snow by a total of 22 airblast sweepers and six snow plows along with sprayers and grit spreading vehicles. It takes just 25 minutes to clear a runway at Munich Airport.