Airport-dle
Puzzle #42 was Stuttgart Airport.
Stuttgart Airport, formerly Flughafen Stuttgart-Echterdingen, is an international airport serving Stuttgart, the capital of the German state of Baden-Württemberg. It is christened in honor of Stuttgart's former mayor, Manfred Rommel, son of Erwin Rommel, and is the sixth busiest airport in Germany with 11,832,634 passengers having passed through its doors in 2018. The facility covers approximately 400 hectares, of which 190 hectares are green space.
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What the record says
Puzzle 42 ran on 21 Aug 2026 and the answer was Stuttgart Airport, played with 6 guesses against 5 columns. On the record: Country - Germany; Continent - Europe; Elevation - 500-2000. The numbers: Runways - 3; Longest runway - 10,974 ft.
The photograph is by OurAirports, licensed CC0.
Airport-dle builds its record from OurAirports - CC0 1.0 public domain. The description above comes from the same place the game credits on every reveal: English Wikipedia summary excerpt, CC BY-SA 4.0. The puzzle itself is still playable in the archive, and every answer that has been and gone is listed on the past-answers page.
How it scored
- Country
- Germany
- Continent
- Europe
- Elevation
- 500-2000
- Runways
- 3
- Longest runway
- 10,974 ft