Luxembourg Airport

Coordinates: 49°37′24″N 006°12′16″E / 49.62333°N 6.20444°E / 49.62333; 6.20444
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Luxembourg Airport

Fluchhafe Lëtzebuerg

Aéroport de Luxembourg

Flughafen Luxemburg
Summary
Airport typePublic
OperatorSociété de l’aéroport de Luxembourg S.A. lux-Airport
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
Map
ELLX is located in Luxembourg
ELLX
ELLX
Location in Luxembourg
Runways
Direction Length Surface
m ft
06/24 4,002 13,130 Asphalt
Statistics (2016)
Aircraft movements85,031
Passengers3,020,000
Cargo821,000 tons
Sources: Belgian AIP at Belgocontrol[1]
Statistics from ANA[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 2015, it handled 2,687,086 passengers.[3][4] By cargo tonnage, LUX/ELLX ranked as Europe's fifth-busiest and the world's 28th-busiest in 2010. Luxair, Luxembourg's international airline, and cargo airline Cargolux have their head offices on the airport property.[5][6]

History

Early years

The airport was originally known as "Sandweiler Airport", and was opened in the 1930s as a small grass airfield with a relatively short, 3,400 ft (1,000 m) runway.[citation needed]

German use during World War II

Neutral Luxembourg was invaded by Germany on 10 May 1940, and on 21 May the Luftwaffe assigned Jagdgeschwader 53 (JG 53), a Messerschmitt Bf 109 fighter unit, to the airport. JG 53 was engaged in combat against the French and British Expeditionary Force in France during the Battle of France in May and June. In addition, Jagdgeschwader 52 (JG 52) operated Bf 109s from Sandweiler during the Blitzkrieg. JG 52 moved into France on 29 May but JG 53 remained in Luxembourg until 18 August when it moved closer to the English Channel to take part in the Battle of Britain.[7]

Sandweiler Airport then remained unused by the Luftwaffe until September 1944, when Aufklärungsgruppe 123 (AKG 123), a reconnaissance unit which flew the Henschel Hs 126, a two-seat reconnaissance and observation aircraft, was assigned to the airport. AKG 123 moved east into Germany after only a few days when the United States Army moved through Luxembourg and cleared the country of the occupying German forces.[7]

Allied use

United States Army combat engineers arrived at Sandweiler in mid September 1944 and performed some minor reconstruction to prepare the airfield for Ninth Air Force combat aircraft. The airfield was designated as Advanced Landing Ground "A-97" Sandweiler and was opened on 18 September. The Ninth Air Force 363d Tactical Reconnaissance Group operated a variety of photo-reconnaissance aircraft until 29 October 1944 when they also moved east into Germany.[8][9]

Sandweiler Airport was used by the Americans for the rest of the war as a transport supply airfield and also to evacuate combat casualties to the UK. It was returned to Luxembourgish control on 15 August 1945.[10]

Present

Luxembourg Airport has constructed a high-security zone far away from most airport activities in order to attract the business of transporting valuable goods such as art and jewels. According to Hiscox, there is a "massive demand" for such a hub for precious cargo. Planes taxi away from main airport facilities before loading.[11]

In 2015, the airline with the largest share of the airport's total passenger volume was still Luxair with 1.69 million passengers (63% share); other airlines increased their passenger volumes, Easyjet by 200,000 passengers, KLM by 148,000, and BA by 146,000.[3]

Terminals

Terminal A

Built in 1975, the building was the only terminal of the airport for 30 years, until terminal B opened in 2004. The terminal was getting overcrowded especially during the summer period, and only contained two or three shops. The terminal started to be demolished at the end of 2011 and was complete by March 2012, this was in order to make way for a footbridge connecting terminal B to the new terminal A. Construction of the new Terminal A started in 2005 and it was inaugurated in May 2008.[citation needed]

Terminal B

Terminal B opened in 2004, the building is unique as it only has gates and no check-in counters or arrivals hall. It was built for small planes with a maximum capacity of 50 people. It can handle up to 600,000 passengers a year. The Terminal reopened in the summer of 2017 after some arrangements to handle aircraft with a capacity of up to 80 passengers.[12] It is mainly used by Luxair's Q400 fleet.

Airlines and destinations

Passenger

The following airlines operate regular scheduled and charter flights at Luxembourg Airport:[13]

AirlinesDestinations
Aegean Airlines Seasonal: Athens
Alitalia
operated by Alitalia Cityliner 		Milan–Linate[14][15]
British Airways London–Heathrow
easyJet Berlin–Schönefeld,[16] Bordeaux (begins 26 April 2018),[17] Lisbon, London–Gatwick, Milan–Malpensa, Porto
Flybe Manchester (ends 1 July 2018)[18]
Hahn Air Düsseldorf
KLM
operated by KLM Cityhopper 		Amsterdam
LOT Polish Airlines Warsaw–Chopin
Lufthansa Regional
operated by Lufthansa CityLine 		Frankfurt, Munich
Luxair Barcelona, Berlin–Tegel, Copenhagen, Djerba, Dublin, Fuerteventura, Faro, Funchal, Geneva, Gran Canaria, Hamburg, Lanzarote, Lisbon, London–City, Madrid, Málaga, Marrakech, Milan–Malpensa, Munich, Nice, Palma de Mallorca, Paris–Charles de Gaulle, Porto, Rome–Fiumicino, Saarbrücken, Stockholm–Arlanda, Tenerife–South, Turin, Vienna
Seasonal: Agadir, Ajaccio, Alicante, Almería, Antalya, Palermo, Bastia, Biarritz, Boa Vista, Bodrum, Brač (begins 19 May 2018),[19][20] Burgas, Cagliari, Catania, Chania, Dubrovnik, Corfu, Enfidha, (resumes 5 april 2018) Figari, Heraklion, Jerez de la Frontera, Kos, Lamezia Terme, Malta, Naples, Palermo, Prague, Reykjavík–Keflavík (begins 9 May 2018),[21][22] Rhodes, Rimini, Sal, Varna, Venice, Zadar
Ryanair Barcelona,[23] Bergamo, Lisbon, London–Stansted, Madrid, Porto
Swiss International Air Lines
operated by Swiss Global Air Lines		Zürich
TAP Air Portugal Lisbon, Porto
Turkish Airlines İstanbul–Atatürk
Volotea Seasonal: Nice
Vueling Seasonal: Barcelona

Cargo

AirlinesDestinations
CargoluxAbidjan, Abu Dhabi, Accra, Aguadilla, Almaty, Amman, Amsterdam, Atlanta, Bahrain, Baku, Bangkok–Suvarnabhumi, Barcelona, Beijing–Capital, Beirut, Bogotá, Brazzaville, Budapest, Buenos Aires–Ezeiza, Cairo, Calgary, Campinas–Viracopos, Chennai, Chicago–O'Hare, Cincinnati, Columbus–Rickenbacker, Curitiba-Afonso Pena, Dammam, Doha, Dubai–International, Fortaleza, Guadalajara, Ho Chi Minh City, Hong Kong, Houston–Intercontinental, Huntsville, Indianapolis, Istanbul–Sabiha Gökçen, Johannesburg–O.R. Tambo, Karachi, Kinshasa, Komatsu, Kuala Lumpur–International, Kuwait, Lagos, Latacunga, Libreville, London–Stansted, Los Angeles, Lusaka, Maastricht, Manaus, Melbourne, Mexico City, Miami, Milan–Malpensa, Mumbai, N'Djamena, Nagoya–Centrair, Nairobi-Kenyatta, New York–JFK,[24] Osaka–Kansai, Oslo–Gardermoen, Ouagadougou, Petrolina, Prestwick, Quito, Recife, Rio de Janeiro–Galeão,[25] San Juan,[26] Santiago de Chile, Seattle/Tacoma, Seoul Incheon, Shanghai Pudong, Sharjah, Singapore, Taipei–Taoyuan, Tokyo–Narita, Tbilisi, Vienna, Zaragoza, Zhengzhou[27]
China Airlines Cargo Abu Dhabi, Bangkok–Suvarnabhumi, Delhi,[28] Ho Chi Minh City, Prague, Taipei–Taoyuan
Emirates SkyCargo Dubai-Al Maktoum
Panalpina Huntsville
Qatar Airways Cargo Atlanta, Doha, Houston–Intercontinental, Mexico City, Oslo–Gardermoen, Pittsburgh, Toronto–Pearson
Silk Way Airlines Baku

Statistics

Check-in area in Terminal A
Busiest Routes from Luxembourg Airport (2016)
Rank Airport Passengers 2016
1  Portugal, Porto Airport 231,154
2  Germany, Munich Airport 207,822
3  UK, London City Airport 182,670
4  Germany, Frankfurt Airport 174,811
5  Portugal, Lisbon Airport 167,396
Source: eurostat.ec.europa.eu

Incidents and accidents

  • On 22 December 1969, Vickers Viscount LX-LGC of Luxair was damaged beyond economic repair when it ran off the runway and the nose wheel collapsed.[29]

See also

References

Public Domain This article incorporates public domain material from the Air Force Historical Research Agency

  1. ^ a b ELLX – Luxembourg Findel Airport (also PDF). Aeronautical Information Publication (AIP) from AIM Belgium via skeyes.
  2. ^ "Aeroport De Luxembourg Mouvements" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2014-03-13. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  3. ^ a b "Air travel: lux-Airport expects 6 percent growth, new destinations in 2016". 8 January 2016.
  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"
  7. ^ a b "The Luftwaffe, 1933-45". Ww2.dk. Retrieved 1 June 2015.
  8. ^ "IX Engineer Command". Ixengineercommand.com. Retrieved 1 June 2015.
  9. ^ Maurer, Maurer. Air Force Combat Units of World War II. Maxwell AFB, Alabama: Office of Air Force History, 1983. ISBN 0-89201-092-4.
  10. ^ Johnson, David C. (1988), U.S. Army Air Forces Continental Airfields (ETO), D-Day to V-E Day; Research Division, USAF Historical Research Center, Maxwell AFB, Alabama.
  11. ^ Michaels, Daniel (19 February 2013). "Gunmen Waylay Jet, Swipe Diamond Trove". Wall Street Journal. Retrieved 20 February 2013.
  12. ^ L'essentiel. "Le terminal B du Findel rouvrira pour l'été 2017".
  13. ^ "Timetable - Flight Information - Luxembourg Airport". Lux-airport.lu. Retrieved 1 June 2015.
  14. ^ http://www.missionline.it/da-linate-le-novita-bt-alitalia/
  15. ^ http://www.lessentiel.lu/fr/luxembourg/story/Milan-Luxembourg-avec-Alitalia-des-le-4-decembre-17717329
  16. ^ "EasyJet desservira Berlin à l'automne". 11 July 2017.
  17. ^ http://www.lessentiel.lu/fr/luxembourg/story/Luxembourg-Bordeaux-a-partir-d-avril-2018-25835035
  18. ^ https://www.flybe.com/timetableClassic/timetable.jsp?selDep=LUX&selDest=MAN
  19. ^ "Luxair adds Brač seasonal link in S18". Routesonline. Retrieved 2017-11-16.
  20. ^ http://www.air-journal.fr/2017-11-17-luxair-part-en-islande-renforce-la-croatie-5190650.html
  21. ^ routesonline.com - Luxair adds Iceland service in 2Q18 15 November 2017
  22. ^ http://www.air-journal.fr/2017-11-17-luxair-part-en-islande-renforce-la-croatie-5190650.html
  23. ^ "Ryanair W17 new routes as of 05MAR17". Routesonline. Retrieved 5 March 2017.
  24. ^ "Cargolux Schedule: JFK-LUX". Archived from the original on September 27, 2013. Retrieved July 6, 2013. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  25. ^ "Cargolux Adds Rio de Janeiro Service from March 2016". airlineroute. Retrieved 14 March 2016.
  26. ^ GmbH, DVV Media Group. "Cargolux latest to add San Juan flight for pharma sector ǀ Air Cargo News". Aircargonews.net. Retrieved 31 July 2017.
  27. ^ Cargolux inaugurates scheduled flights to Zhengzhou Archived 2015-10-04 at the Wayback Machine. Cargolux website (10 April 2014).
  28. ^ "China Airlines Cargo resumes freighter operations to India after four years". Stattimes.com. Retrieved 2017-07-31.
  29. ^ "Accident description". Aviation Safety Network. Retrieved 7 October 2009.
  30. ^ Ranter, Harro. "ASN Aircraft accident Ilyushin 62M CCCP-86470 Luxembourg-Findel Airport (LUX)". aviation-safety.net. Retrieved 2017-04-03.
  31. ^ "Incident: Cargolux B744 at Luxemburg on January 21st 2010, touched van on runway during landing". Aviation Herald. Retrieved 23 January 2010.

External links

Media related to Luxembourg-Findel International Airport at Wikimedia Commons

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