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Airport Leipzig/Halle (Germany) - Schkeuditz
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| Leipzig/Halle Airport Flughafen Leipzig/Halle |
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| IATA: LEJ ICAO: EDDP
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| Summary | |||
| Airport type | Public | ||
| Owner | Mitteldeutsche Airport Holding AG | ||
| Operator | Flughafen Leipzig/Halle GmbH | ||
| Serves | Leipzig and Halle | ||
| Location | Schkeuditz | ||
| Hub for | |||
| Elevation AMSL | 470 ft / 143 m | ||
| Coordinates | 51°2526N 012°1411E / 51.42389°N 12.23639°E | ||
| Website | |||
| Runways | |||
| Direction | Length | Surface | |
| m | ft | ||
| 08L/26R | 3,600 | 11,811 | Concrete |
| 08R/26L | 3,600 | 11,811 | Concrete |
| Statistics (2012) | |||
| Passengers | 2,286,151 | ||
| Passenger change 11-12 | 0,9% | ||
| Freight (tonnes) | 863,665 | ||
| Freight change 11-12 | 13.6% | ||
| Sources: AIP from Eurocontrol, Annual Traffic Report 2012[1] |
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Leipzig/Halle Airport, sometimes called Schkeuditz Airport (IATA: LEJ, ICAO: EDDP), is located in Schkeuditz, Saxony and serves both Leipzig, Saxony and Halle, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany. It has more than two million passengers per year.
The 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 mind but the city lost out to London. The DHL move in early 2008 from Brussels Airport to Leipzig as its European hub increased cargo traffic. Military installations have also been built at the airport for NATO and EU military aircraft.[2]
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Access [edit]
Leipzig/Halle Airport railway station has national connections to cities like Magdeburg, Hanover, Cologne and Dresden. There is a fast train directly to Leipzig inner city and Halle (Saale) city. Furthermore, the airport is connected to two motorways: the A14 connecting to Dresden (130 km), Halle (Saale, 20 km) and Magdeburg (130 km), and the A9 connecting to Munich (430 km), Nuremberg (280 km), and Berlin (180 km). Berlin Linien Bus provides intercity bus services to Leipzig/Halle Airport as a part of its Eisenach-Berlin route. There are two daily stops for each direction at LEJ.[3]
Ground ownership [edit]
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. In 2007, Leipzig received land outside the airport while ownership of the airport land was transferred to Delitzsch. The District of Delitzsch now owns and claim taxes from the grounds and commercial interest (Gewerbesteuer) from the airport.
Airlines and destinations [edit]
Passenger [edit]
Furthermore some US airlines fly to Leipzig/Halle on behalf of the US Department of Defense that engaged them to bring US Army troops to Afghanistan and Iraq. Leipzig/Halle is used as technical stop for refueling on these flights, that do not appear at any official timetable. The soldiers flown via Leipzig/Halle are listed as transit passengers in its traffic statistic. Airlines operating military charter flights via Leipzig/Halle are Miami Air International, North American Airlines and World Airways.
Cargo [edit]
| Airlines | Destinations |
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| Aerologic | Bahrain, Bangalore, Bangkok, Delhi, Dubai, East Midlands, Frankfurt, Hong Kong, Mumbai, Seoul-Incheon, Shanghai-Pudong, Singapore, Toronto |
| Antonov Airlines | Military Charter |
| DHL Aviation operated by ABX Air |
Brussels, Lagos |
| DHL Aviation operated by Aero Charter |
Kiev-Boryspil |
| DHL Aviation operated by Air Contractors |
Amsterdam, Athens, Brussels, East Midlands, Frankfurt, London-Heathrow, London-Luton, Madrid, Milan-Orio al Serio |
| DHL Aviation operated by Aviastar-TU |
Moscow-Sheremetyewo |
| DHL Aviation operated by Aviavilsa |
Vilnius |
| DHL Aviation operated by Bluebird Cargo |
Geneva, Turku |
| DHL Aviation operated by DHL Air UK |
Amsterdam, Athens, Basel-Mulhouse-Freiburg, Bologna, Brussels, Budapest, Cincinnati-Northern Kentucky, Cologne/Bonn, East Midlands, Hong Kong, Lyon, Marseille, Milan-Bergamo, Munich, New York-JFK, Oslo, Paris-Charles de Gaulle, Rome-Ciampino, Stuttgart, Venice-Treviso, Vitoria, Warsaw |
| DHL Aviation operated by EAT Leipzig |
Barcelona, Bratislava, Brussels, Copenhagen, East Midlands, Frankfurt, Helsinki, Linz, London-Heathrow, Madrid, Milan-Bergamo, Nantes, Rome-Ciampino, Stockholm-Arlanda, Tel Aviv-Ben Gurion, Vitoria |
| DHL Aviation operated by Exin |
Gdansk, Katowice |
| DHL Aviation operated by MNG Cargo |
Istanbul-Atatürk |
| DHL Aviation operated by RAF-Avia |
Ostrava, Riga |
| DHL Aviation operated by Southern Air |
Hong Kong, Los Angeles, Sharjah |
| DHL Aviation operated by Swiftair |
Brussels, Geneva, Linz, Ljubljana, Turku, Vitoria |
| DHL Aviation operated by Westair Luxembourg |
Luxembourg |
| Kalitta Air | Bahrain, Brussels, Cincinnati-Northern Kentucky, Hong Kong, New York JFK, Sharjah |
| Volga-Dnepr | Military Charter |
Statistics [edit]
| Number of Passengers | Number of Movements | Freight (tonnes) |
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| 1990 | 274,878 | 9,549 | 366 | |
| 1991 | 634,424 | 26,089 | 4,372 | |
| 1992 | 1,073,378 | 42,960 | 8,611 | |
| 1993 | 1,521,436 | 48,510 | 17,482 | |
| 1994 | 1,901,797 | 52,590 | 23,189 | |
| 1995 | 2,104,822 | 53,807 | 25,225 | |
| 1996 | 2,186,649 | 50,298 | 22,410 | |
| 1997 | 2,248,852 | 47,284 | 17,220 | |
| 1998 | 2,108,779 | 43,778 | 12,866 | |
| 1999 | 2,162,769 | 47,944 | 15,220 | |
| 2000 | 2,288,931 | 47,030 | 17,086 | |
| 2001 | 2,185,130 | 42,408 | 15,799 | |
| 2002 | 1,988,854 | 41,209 | 16,882 | |
| 2003 | 1,955,070 | 40,303 | 17.559 | |
| 2004 | 2,041,046 | 39,316 | 12,575 | |
| 2005 | 2,127,895 | 37,905 | 15,641 | |
| 2006 | 2,348,011 | 42,417 | 29,330 | |
| 2007 | 2,723,000 | 50,972 | 101,364 | |
| 2008 | 2,462,256 | 59,924 | 442,453 | |
| 2009 | 2,421,382 | 60,150 | 524,082 | |
| 2010 | 2,348,597 | 62,247 | 663,024 | |
| 2011 | 2,266,743 | 64,097 | 760,344 | |
| 2012 | 2,286,151 | ??,??? | 863,665 | |
| Source: Leipzig/Halle Airport Traffic statistics[4] | ||||
Trivia [edit]
- On 18 March 1986 an Air France-Concorde landed at Leipzig/Halle for the first time due to trade fair time in Leipzig. Two days later also British Airways sent a Concorde to Leipzig/Halle. Both airlines continued flying to the airport with the Concorde from Paris and London when a trade fair was held in Leipzig in the following years.
- In December 2004 Leipzig/Halle Airport was a filming spot for Flightplan (starring e.g. Jodie Foster and Peter Sarsgaard).[5] According to the film Jodie Foster's flight departs from Berlin but all film shots showing that airport were taken at Leipzig/Halle.
- In 2010 Leipzig/Halle was again scenery for a worth mentioning movie: Unknown Identity with Liam Neeson and Diane Kruger was shot at LEJ's check-in area.[6]
References [edit]
- ^ Annual Traffic Report 2012
- ^ http://www.german-foreign-policy.com/en/fulltext/55981
- ^ http://www.berlinlinienbus.de/download/BLB_Fahrplan_2011_Internet.pdf
- ^ "Leipzig/Halle Airport Traffic statistics".
- ^ http://www.rp-online.de/kultur/musik/Jodie-Foster-dreht-in-Leipzig_aid_72201.html
- ^ http://nachrichten.lvz-online.de/leipzig/boulevard/hollywood-fliegt-erneut-auf-leipzig/r-boulevard-a-18074.html
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