If you are planning on flying to Salzburg, Austria, then you will want to fly into Salzburg Airport, which is also called the W.A. Mozart Airport.  This airport is the second largest airport in the country of Austria located in Europe.  Salzburg Airport is a modern regional airport that plays a very big role in investing in the economy and tourist industry.  Austria has a vast number of ski areas.  This includes the largest network of ski resorts that are linked in Europe, and Salzburg Airport is a gateway to these ski areas.  This airport was named after Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart who was a composer born in Salzburg.

This airport is owned by two places, the City of Salzburg, with twenty-five percent of the holdings, and The State of Salzburg, with seventy-five percent of the holdings.  In 2001, the W.A. Mozart Airport was said to be valued at € 22,000,000, which is about $34,829,306 in the United States.  The airport is connected to the Salzburg public transport system by Trolleybus line number 2.  They provide their service every ten minutes, which means that they have a lot of trolleybuses going at the same time.  If you are traveling from the city to the airport, then you will only have a twenty-five minute ride.  However, if you are traveling from the airport to the city, then you will have a half an hour ride. Car hire is available from the airport, Hertz, Sixt, Avis and Europcar are the better known suppliers that offer car hire from Salzburg airport. You can book online or on arrival and pick up and drop your rental vehicle off at the airport itself, making it very easy and convenient.

There are some future developments being planned for Salzburg Airport.  They will have a terminal especially for winter ski charter operations.  They also have developments planned in the baggage departments and the existing parking structure.  The parking structure will be doubled in size to hold nineteen hundred cars.