Leipzig-Altenburg Airport

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Leipzig-Altenburg Airport Leipzig-Altenburg Airport

IATA: AOC – ICAO: EDAC
Summary
Airport type		Public
Operator		Flugplatz Altenburg-Nobitz GmbH
Serves		Altenburg
Elevation AMSL		639.7 ft / 195 m
Coordinates		50°58′50″N 12°30′36″E / 50.98056, 12.51
Runways
Direction	Length		Surface
Direction	ft	m	Surface
04/22	7,333	2,235	Paved

Leipzig-Altenburg Airport, until February 2008 known as Altenburg-Nobitz Airport (IATA: AOC, ICAO: EDAC) is a German regional airport 6 km (3.73 miles) southeast of Altenburg and 42 km (26.1 miles) south of Leipzig in the state of Thuringia. It is the 2nd-largest airport in Thuringia. In 2007, it served almost 140,000 passengers.

1 History
2 Airlines and destinations
3 Ground transportation
4 External links

[edit] History

The Airport was built in 1913. Leipzig-Altenburg was a Russian military airport from 1945 until 1992. The newly founded Flugplatz Altenburg-Nobitz GmbH took over the airport in 1992. The first charter flight took place in 1996 to Malta.

[edit] Airlines and destinations

Ryanair (Girona, London-Stansted)

Ryanair B737-800

The only scheduled user of the airport is Irish budget airline Ryanair, which operates a very popular daily service to London Stansted and a three times weekly service to Girona. As of January 2008, Altenburg is the only airport serving Leipzig which has flights to the United Kingdom.

[edit] Ground transportation

A shuttle bus operates from Leipzig Main Station to the airport. The journey takes around 1 hour 15 minutes and costs €12 one way. The bus times are scheduled to coincide with the times of the flights. The same bus service also connects the town of Altenburg with the airport.