Xpert.Digital
Konrad Wofenstein
21 October 2026
2,500 suitcases per hour: What the new sorting hall at Munich Airport is designed to achieve
Munich Airport is growing – and with it, the demands on the processes behind the terminals. Around 43.4 million passengers will use the airport in 2025. At the same time, Terminal 1 is being expanded and the existing infrastructure needs to be modernized. To ensure that baggage handling continues reliably during the construction work, an additional sorting hall is planned at apron position 113. It will be connected to the existing conveyor system and will be able to sort up to 2,500 pieces of luggage per hour.
At first glance, the project appears to be a purely technical undertaking. In reality, it's about more than that: the hall is intended to help avoid bottlenecks during the renovation and to make baggage logistics more resilient in the long term. After all, additional gates and more passengers are of little use if suitcases aren't checked, sorted, and transported to the correct aircraft in a timely manner. A closer look behind the scenes reveals why the project could be crucial for the efficiency of Munich Airport – and what's important in terms of costs, technology, and operation...
