Leipzig / Halle Airport ( IATA : LEJ , ICAO : EDDP ) ( German : Flughafen Leipzig / Halle) is an international airport located in the city of Skojdice and serving two German cities - Leipzig ( Saxony ) and Halle ( Saxony-Anhalt ).
| Leipzig / Halle Airport | ||||||||||
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| Flughafen leipzig / halle | ||||||||||
| IATA : LEJ - ICAO : EDDP, ETLS [1] | ||||||||||
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| Type of | Civil | |||||||||
| A country | Germany | |||||||||
| Location | Schkoiditz , Saxony | |||||||||
| opening date | 1927 | |||||||||
| Owner | Mitteldeutsche Airport Holding AG | |||||||||
| Operator | Flughafen Leipzig / Halle GmbH | |||||||||
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| NUM height | 143 meters | |||||||||
| Square | 1,400 ha | |||||||||
| Timezone | UTC + 1 | |||||||||
| β’ in the summer | UTC + 2 | |||||||||
| Site | leipzig-halle-airport.de | |||||||||
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| Statistics (2015) | ||||||||||
| Annual passenger flow | 2,321,975 | |||||||||
| Annual freight traffic | 863,665 tons | |||||||||
Serving 2.3 million passengers a year, the airport occupies the thirteenth place in Germany in passenger traffic. In terms of the number of goods transported, the airport ranks fifth in Europe and second in Germany after Frankfurt Airport . In 2014, the airport's cargo flow amounted to 906490 tons. The airport serves as the main hub for and the main European hub for DHL . Also at the airport there are military facilities of NATO and the European Air Force [2] .
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History
Airlines and destinations
Passenger
| Airline | Destinations |
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| Austrian airlines | Vein |
| Bulgaria Air | Seasonal: Burgas |
| Condor | Antalya , , Gran Canaria , Hurghada , Tenerife South Seasonal: Burgas , Kerkyra , Funchal , Heraklion , Ibiza , Kos , , Palma de Mallorca , Rhodes |
| Seasonal: Antalya | |
| Ellinair | Seasonal: Thessaloniki |
| Eurowings | Cologne / Bonn , Dusseldorf |
| Eurowings performed by Germanwings | Stuttgart |
| Germania | Seasonal: Debrecen , Sharmelec |
Notes
- β ETLS was ICAO airport code until 1995
- β Cooped Up in Leipzig