| Lübeck Blankensee Airport Flughafen Lübeck Blankensee |
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| IATA: LBC – ICAO: EDHL | |||
| Summary | |||
| Airport type | Public | ||
| Operator | Flughafen Lübeck GmbH | ||
| Serves | Lübeck and Hamburg | ||
| Elevation AMSL | 53 ft / 16 m | ||
| Website | |||
| Runways | |||
| Direction | Length | Surface | |
| m | ft | ||
| 07/25 | 2,102 | 6,896 | Asphalt |
| Statistics (2010) | |||
| Passengers | 537,835 | ||
| Passenger change 09-10 | 21.9% | ||
| Aircraft Movements | 18,529 | ||
| Movements change 09-10 | 1.8% | ||
| Sources: German AIP at EUROCONTROL,[1] ADV[2] | |||
Lübeck Blankensee Airport (IATA: LBC, ICAO: EDHL), marketed by some airlines as Hamburg Lübeck Airport, is an airport in Germany located 8 km (5.0 mi) south of Lübeck city centre and 54 km (34 mi) northeast of Hamburg. The airport serves the Hamburg Metropolitan Area and is second after Hamburg Airport.[3]
The shareholder is the City of Lübeck. Infratil, an infrastructure investment company from New Zealand held a 90% shareholding from November 2005 until the end of October 2009 when it sold its shares back to the City of Lübeck.[4]
Contents |
| Airlines | Destinations |
|---|---|
| Air Lübeck operated by Hamburg Airways | Seasonal: Palma de Mallorca |
| Hamburg Airways | Seasonal: Aqaba, Heraklion, Palma de Mallorca, Split |
| Ryanair | Bergamo-Orio al Serio, Stockholm-Skavsta Seasonal: Palma de Mallorca, Pisa |
| Wizz Air | Gdańsk |
| Wizz Air Ukraine | Kiev-Zhuliany |
In 1916, the construction of the airport began, and was completed in 1917. The operations of Lübeck Airbase started after the completion. With the end of First World War the airbase was shut down. In 1933, it re-opened and the airbase was set up again with heavy extension. During the Berlin Blockade the Royal Air Force flew with DC-3 Dakota coal to Berlin and refugees to West Germany. After the re-unification of Germany, the airport started to grow heavily. More and more airlines started flying from Lübeck-Blankensee. In 1997, the arrival terminal was re-constructed and extended. Ryanair started operations in 2000 with first flight to London-Stansted and extended its route system over the years until 2009. Wizz Air started operations in 2006 with flights to Gdańsk and later other eastern European destinations. Discussions about Ryanair opening a base at the airport have been held since 2009 without results. In 2010, both the financial crisis and the eruption of the Eyjafjallajökull led to a general decrease in passenger numbers and destinations.
Infratil bought 90% of the airport in November 2005, but sold its shares back to the City of Lübeck at the end of October 2009. The new principal operator Flughafen Lübeck GmbH is searching for an investor since. The city of Lübeck has announced to cut public funds at the end of 2012 if no private investor is found until then.
The expansion plans developed by the airport since 2005 include the following:
After interventions by local environmental protection societies, plans had to be revised in 2008 and are awaiting official approval since.