Leipzig/Halle Airport

Leipzig/Halle Airport Flughafen Leipzig/Halle
IATA: LEJ ICAO: EDDP
Summary
Airport type	Public
Owner	Mitteldeutsche Airport Holding AG
Operator	Flughafen Leipzig/Halle GmbH
Serves	Leipzig and Halle
Location	Schkeuditz, Germany
Hub for	AeroLogic Amazon Air[1] Antonov Airlines[2][3] DHL Aviation
Focus city for	Condor
Elevation AMSL	470 ft / 143 m
Coordinates	51°25′26″N 012°14′11″E / 51.42389°N 12.23639°E / 51.42389; 12.23639
Website	mdf-ag.com
Map
LEJ Location of airport in Saxony
Runways
Direction Length Surface m ft 08L/26R 3,600 11,811 Concrete 08R/26L 3,600 11,811 Concrete
Statistics (2022)
Passengers 1,558,602 +133,4% Aircraft movements 0,080,902 00+6,3% Cargo (metric tons) 1,510,575 00-5,1%
Sources: Statistics at ADV.[4], AIP at German air traffic control.[5]

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]