Lübeck Airport

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Lübeck Airport
Flughafen Lübeck
IATA: LBC – ICAO: EDHL
Summary
Airport type Public
Operator Flughafen Lübeck GmbH
Serves Lübeck, Germany
Elevation AMSL 53 ft / 16 m
Coordinates 53°48′19″N 010°43′09″E / 53.80528°N 10.71917°E / 53.80528; 10.71917Coordinates: 53°48′19″N 010°43′09″E / 53.80528°N 10.71917°E / 53.80528; 10.71917
Website flughafen-luebeck.de
Map
EDHL
Location of Lübeck Airport
Runways
Direction Length Surface
m ft
07/25 2,102 6,896 Asphalt
Statistics (2010)
Passengers 537,835
Passenger change 09-10 Decrease21.9%
Aircraft Movements 18,529
Movements change 09-10 Increase1.8%
Sources: German AIP at EUROCONTROL,[1] ADV[2]

Lübeck Airport (IATA: LBC, ICAO: EDHL) is a minor international airport in Germany located 8 km (5.0 mi) south of Lübeck, the second-largest city in Schleswig-Holstein, and 54 km (34 mi) northeast of Hamburg. It mainly hosts low-cost airlines.

It is the secondary airport for the Hamburg Metropolitan Region after the much bigger Hamburg Airport.[3] Wizz Air refers to the airport as "Hamburg Lübeck" despite its actual name while Ryanair calls it "Lübeck".

History

The construction of the airport began in 1916 and was completed in 1917. Its operation as Lübeck Airbase started after the completion. At the end of the First World War the airbase was shut down. In 1933, it re-opened and extended. During the Berlin Blockade the Royal Air Force flew coal to Berlin and refugees to West Germany using DC-3 Dakota aircraft.

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 to operate from the airport in 2000 with the first flights to London-Stansted. Ryanair's route system extended 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, 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] The new principal operator Flughafen Lübeck GmbH has been searching for an investor since then.

Facilities

Lübeck Airport features one small terminal building containing check-in facilities, a shop as well as some restaurants.[5] The apron features three stands for mid-sized aircraft such as the Airbus A320 which are used with walk-boarding as well as some stands for smaller general aviation aircraft.

Airlines and destinations

Airlines Destinations
Ryanair Bergamo, Porto (ends 29 March 2014)
Summer seasonal: Palma de Mallorca, Pisa
Wizz AirGdańsk
Wizz Air UkraineKiev-Zhuliany

The nearest major international airport is Hamburg Airport approx. 60 km (37 mi) to the southwest.

Ground transportation

The Lübeck Airport train station

Car

Lübeck Airport can be reached via motorways A1 which leads towards Hamburg and A20 which runs to the east through Mecklenburg-Vorpommern (exit Lübeck-Süd).

Bus

The local bus line 6 runs every 20 minutes and connects the airport with Lübeck's main bus station/ZOB. A regional shuttle bus, line A20, runs from the airport to Hamburg's central train station, stopping at the central coach station "ZOB" nearby. The schedule of the A20 depends on the aircraft arriving in and departing from Lübeck.

Train

Regional trains run every hour between Kiel and Lüneburg, stopping at the airport's own station Lübeck Airport as well as Lübeck main station. Connecting trains are available at Lübeck Hauptbahnhof or in Büchen to Hamburg and other destinations.

See also

References

  1. ↑ EAD Basic
  2. ↑ Arbeitsgemeinschaft Deutscher Verkehrsflughäfen (ADV) - monthly statistics 12/2010
  3. ↑ Hamburg Lubeck Airport Guide - Hamburg
  4. ↑ Sale of Lübeck Airport
  5. ↑ http://www.flughafen-luebeck.de/shops-gastronomie.html

External links

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