Nature conservation

Along with the compensatory and replacement areas created outside the airport fence, valuable animal and plant species have also become established there. Through the habitat diversity in the form of dry and wet zones along the catchment ditch system constructed around the airport as a flood protection measure, many animals and plants find the conditions they need to thrive.

Sand lizards feel completely at home on top of the dry, sun-drenched embankments. They choose mainly the upper reaches of the catchment ditches as habitat. In the lower lying wet zones, numerous plants can be found – including some endangered species – such as King Charles's sceptre, the Siberian iris, marsh gladiolus, and various orchids.

Because the meadows surrounding the runways offer ideal conditions for the insects found there, there are many native species present. To help these little guests feel even more at home, the airport is building insect hotels to create additional breeding and refuge sites. The insects are also a part of the biodiversity at Munich Airport.

The extensive and carefully maintained meadows around the runways are already home to many insect species. These green spaces are mowed just twice a year and are not treated with herbicides. To help the little guests feel even more at home, the airport is planning to build insect hotels to create additional breeding and refuge sites. They are intended above all for solitary bee and wasp species such as masked bees, hairy-footed flower bees, ruby-tailed wasps and digger wasps. Green lacewings find refuge here, too. The insect hotels are a further part of the efforts to preserve and enhance biodiversity at Munich Airport.