Luxembourg Airport

Luxembourg Airport

Fluchhafe Lëtzebuerg

Aéroport de Luxembourg

Flughafen Luxemburg
Summary
Airport typePublic
OperatorSociété de l'Aéroport de Luxembourg S.A.
ServesLuxembourg City, Luxembourg
LocationSandweiler
Hub for
Elevation AMSL1,234 ft / 376 m
Coordinates49°37′24″N 006°12′16″E / 49.62333°N 6.20444°E / 49.62333; 6.20444
Websitelux-airport.lu
Maps
Airport diagram (2024)
Airport diagram (2024)
ELLX is located in Luxembourg
ELLX
ELLX
Location in Luxembourg
ELLX is located in Europe
ELLX
ELLX
ELLX (Europe)
Map
Runways
Direction Length Surface
m ft
06/24 4,002 13,130 Asphalt
Statistics (2022)
Passengers4 791 916
Cargo905'222 tons
Sources: Belgian AIP at Belgocontrol[1]
Statistics from Eurostat[2]

Luxembourg Airport (IATA: LUX, ICAO: ELLX) is the main airport in Luxembourg. Previously called Luxembourg Findel Airport due to its location at Findel, it is Luxembourg's only international airport and is the only airport in the country with a paved runway. It is located 3.25 NM (6.02 km; 3.74 mi) east[1] of Luxembourg City. In 2019, it handled 4.4 million passengers.[3][4] It is a major cargo airport, ranking as Europe's fifth-busiest by cargo tonnage and the world's 28th-busiest in 2010. Luxair, Luxembourg's flag-carrier, and cargo airline Cargolux have their head offices on the airport property.[5][6]

  1. ^ a b ELLX – LUXEMBOURG / Luxembourg (also PDF). Aeronautical Information Publication (AIP) from AIM Belgium via skeyes.
  2. ^ "European Commission". Archived from the original on 6 October 2014. Retrieved 24 August 2017.
  3. ^ "Luxembourg airport recorded passenger increase in 2019". Lux-Airport s.a. 21 January 2020.
  4. ^ "Luxembourg Airport - My Journey Starts Here". Luxembourg Airport. [permanent dead link]
  5. ^ "Legal." Luxair. Retrieved on 7 February 2011. "Luxair S.A. LuxairGroup Luxembourg Airport L-2987 Luxembourg."
  6. ^ "Network & Offices Luxembourg Archived 2011-07-08 at the Wayback Machine." Cargolux. Retrieved on 15 May 2010. "Cargolux Head Office Luxembourg Airport L 2990 Luxembourg"