Ground

Stuttgart Ground is responsible for all aircraft movements at the airport (inlcuding pushback).

Gates

Gates are automatically assigned according airline and aircraft type. Cargo and military aircraft are parked in the southern part of the airport.

Stands 40 - 56 are all taxi out positions, no pushback is required. Only stands 9 - 16 have jetways.

Pushback: The pushback direction highly depends on the current situation on the apron. Depending on the traffic flow it might be useful to push traffic at position 9 - 15 facing west to taxi via L3 and O. Traffic at stands 24 - 29 can use both taxiways L2 and H to taxi out, depending on inbound and outbound traffic.

New Stands: During construction works the stands 40 - 48 were relocated. It might therefore be possible that according to the scenery pilots will take the wrong stand. The current assignment is based on the latest ground layout according to the charts.

Taxi

Taxiway N is always used opposite to the direction of the active runway. In 25 configuration, N is therefore used for departing traffic, in 07 configuration for arriving traffic. Taxiway S is always used opposite to N.

General Aviation aircraft are usually sent to intersection E (runway 25) or G (runway 07).

Taxiway Z: Taxiway Z west of taxiway Y should only be used for military aircraft. Depending on the amount of traffic, deviations are possible. Between the military apron and the northern part of the airport, taxiway Z is controlled by Tower. Traffic needs to be handed over from Ground to Tower short of L3/O or Y.

Vacating Traffic: Tower shall give the initial turn onto N/S after vacating.. The handoff will take place on taxiway N/S.

Cargo Traffic: Cargo traffic should primary taxi to the cargo positions via Y. Inbounds from runway 25 can vacate via W or Y, while inbounds from runway 07 need to taxi via N/S and K to cross runway 07. After coordination this traffic can stay on tower frequency.

General Aviation Terminal (GAT)

Within the GAT every aircraft has to taxi on it's own, instructions are given from/to the exits only. Exit 2 can be used for aircraft with a wingspan up to 20 m while Exit 3 can be used for aircraft with a wingspan up to 29 m.

Next to that, Apron GA2 is only available for aircraft with a MTOW of 2000 kg. Apron GA3 can be used for every aircraft with a maximum wingspan of 29 m and a length of 30.3 m.