Leipzig/Halle Airport Flughafen Leipzig/Halle | |||||||||||||||
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| Airport type | Public | ||||||||||||||
| Owner | Mitteldeutsche Airport Holding AG | ||||||||||||||
| Operator | Flughafen Leipzig/Halle GmbH | ||||||||||||||
| Serves | Leipzig and Halle | ||||||||||||||
| Location | Schkeuditz, Germany | ||||||||||||||
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| Elevation AMSL | 470 ft / 143 m | ||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 51°25′26″N 012°14′11″E / 51.42389°N 12.23639°E | ||||||||||||||
| Website | mdf-ag.com | ||||||||||||||
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  LEJ Location of airport in Saxony | |||||||||||||||
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Leipzig/Halle Airport (IATA: LEJ, ICAO: EDDP) (German: Flughafen Leipzig/Halle) is an international airport located in Schkeuditz, Saxony, Germany, and serves both Leipzig, Saxony, and Halle, Saxony-Anhalt. It is a state-owned enterprise and is one of only 4 German airports which allows 24 hour take off and landing, i.e. red-eye flights.
In terms of cargo traffic, as of 2019 the airport was the second-busiest in Germany after Frankfurt Airport, and the fifth-busiest in Europe, having handled 1,238,343 metric tonnes of cargo. It is Germany's 14th largest airport by passengers and handled more than 2.61 million passengers in 2019 mainly with flights to European leisure destinations. The airport serves as the main European hub for DHL Aviation and the main hub for AeroLogic. Military installations have also been built at the airport for NATO and EU military aircraft.[6]
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- ^ "Leipzig/Halle erhält zwei AN-124-Anbieter". airliners.de.
- ^ Höhne, Steffen (3 November 2016). "Nato vergibt Auftrag: Antonovs bleiben am Flughafen Halle/Leipzig stationiert". Mitteldeutsche Zeitung.
- ^ "ADV Monthly Traffic Report 12/2022" (PDF; 919 KB). adv.aero (in German). Arbeitsgemeinschaft Deutscher Verkehrsflughäfen e.V. 13 February 2023. Retrieved 17 February 2023.
- ^ "AIP VFR online". dfs.de. DFS Deutsche Flugsicherung GmbH. Retrieved 21 February 2023.
- ^ "www.german-foreign-policy.com". Retrieved 4 June 2015.