Leipzig/Halle Airport

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Coordinates: 51°25′26″N 012°14′11″E / 51.42389, 12.23639

Leipzig/Halle Airport
Flughafen Leipzig/Halle
IATA: LEJ – ICAO: EDDP
Summary
Airport type Public
Operator Flughafen Leipzig/Halle GmbH
Serves Saxony
Location Leipzig and Halle
Elevation AMSL 470 ft / 143 m
Website www.leipzig-halle-airport.de
Runways
Direction Length Surface
m ft
08L/26R 3,600 11,811 Concrete
08R/26L 3,600 11,811 Concrete
Source: AIP from Eurocontrol

Leipzig/Halle Airport sometimes called Schkeuditz Airport (IATA: LEJ, ICAO: EDDP) serves both Leipzig, Saxony and Halle, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany.

It has more than two million passengers per year.

The new and modern airport terminal structure extends over the adjacent motorway and railway. The terminal access is south of the railway while the runway 08L/26R parallels the driveway north of the railway, requiring aircraft to taxi on a bridge over the tracks and roads. The airport was modernized with the 2012 Olympic Games hosting bid for Leipzig in sight but the city lost to London in the United Kingdom. While passengers traffic is currently low compared to major airports in Germany there are plans to make Leipzig-Halle one of the Berlin area airport along with Berlin-Schönefeld International Airport which is northeast of Leipzig. Berlin-Tegel International Airport is within the city limits of Berlin and has very limited space, not to mention the outdated Tempelhof International Airport which will be decommissioned in October 2008. The recent DHL move in early 2008 from Brussels Airport to Leipzig as its European hub will dramatically increase the cargo traffic in the coming months. One of the most unusual aspects of Leipzig/Halle is the large number of tour operators sales offices within the airport building. This is apparently the result of regulations that permit discount operations within airport terminals. Another feature of the airport is the adjoining modern Porsche factory, with special facilities for visitors and conventions.


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[edit] Ground transport

The airport has a railway station with national connections to cities like Magdeburg, Hanover, Cologne and Dresden. There is a fast train directly to Leipzig inner city and Halle (Saale) city.

[edit] Ground ownership

Although the airport is called "Leipzig/Halle", the airport ground property tax goes to the county of Delitzsch. A deal between the city of Leipzig and Delitzsch led to an exchange of area. Leipzig got ground property outside the airport and Delitzsch got in 2007 100% of the grounds of the airport. The county of Delitzsch now owns and claim taxes from the grounds and commercial interest (Gewerbesteuer) from the airport.

[edit] Airlines and destinations

[edit] Cargo airlines

[edit] External links