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Aeropuerto de LuxemburgoFluchhafe LëtzebuergAéroport de LuxembourgFlughafen Luxemburgo
LUX Airport logo.svg
Aeroport Findel Luxembourg terminal A 01.jpg
Resumen
Tipo de aeropuertoPúblico
OperadorSociété de l'aéroport de Luxembourg SA lux-Airport
SirveCiudad de Luxemburgo , Luxemburgo
LocalizaciónSandweiler
Hub para
Elevación  AMSL1.234 pies / 376 m
Coordenadas49 ° 37′24 ″ N 006 ° 12′16 ″ E / 49.62333°N 6.20444°E / 49.62333; 6.20444 Coordenadas: 49 ° 37′24 ″ N 006 ° 12′16 ″ E  / 49.62333°N 6.20444°E / 49.62333; 6.20444
Sitio weblux-airport.lu
Mapa
ELLX is located in Luxembourg
ELLX
ELLX
Ubicación en Luxemburgo
ELLX is located in Europe
ELLX
ELLX
ELLX (Europa)
Pistas de aterrizaje
DirecciónLargoSuperficie
metropie
24/064,00213,130Asfalto
Estadísticas (2018)
Pasajeros3.988.224
Carga821.000 toneladas
Fuentes: AIP belga en Belgocontrol [1]
Estadísticas de Eurostat [2]

El aeropuerto de Luxemburgo ( IATA : LUX , ICAO : ELLX ) es el principal aeropuerto de Luxemburgo . Anteriormente llamado Aeropuerto de Luxemburgo Findel debido a su ubicación en Findel , es el único aeropuerto internacional de Luxemburgo y es el único aeropuerto del país con una pista pavimentada . Se encuentra a 3,25  NM (6,02 km; 3,74 millas) al este [1] de la ciudad de Luxemburgo . En 2019, manejó 4,4 millones de pasajeros. [3] [4]Es un aeropuerto de carga importante, clasificado como el quinto más ocupado de Europa por tonelaje de carga y el 28 más ocupado del mundo en 2010. Luxair , la aerolínea internacional de Luxemburgo y la aerolínea de carga Cargolux tienen sus oficinas centrales en la propiedad del aeropuerto. [5] [6]

History[edit]

Terminal interior

Early years[edit]

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[edit]

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[edit]

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[edit]

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 at a 63% share.[12]

Luxembourg Airport was closed to all passenger traffic for an indefinite period from 23 March 2020 as a public health measure during the COVID-19 pandemic.[13] Although it was reopened on 29 March 2020.[14]

Terminals[edit]

Terminal A[edit]

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.[15]

Terminal B[edit]

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.[16] It is mainly used by Luxair's Q400 fleet.

Airlines and destinations[edit]

Passenger[edit]

The following airlines operate regular scheduled and charter flights at Luxembourg Airport:[17]

AirlinesDestinations
Aegean Airlines Athens
Alitalia Milan–Linate
British Airways London–Heathrow
easyJet Bordeaux, Lisbon, London–Gatwick, Milan–Malpensa, Porto
Hahn Air Düsseldorf
KLM Amsterdam
LOT Polish Airlines Warsaw–Chopin
Lufthansa Frankfurt, Munich
Luxair[18] Barcelona, Berlin, Bologna,[19] Bucharest,[20] Copenhagen, Djerba, Dublin, Faro, Florence, Fuerteventura, Funchal, Geneva, Gran Canaria, Hamburg, Kraków,[19] Lanzarote, Lisbon, London–City, Madrid, Málaga, Marrakesh, Milan–Malpensa, Montpellier, Munich, Nice, Palma de Mallorca, Paris–Charles de Gaulle, Porto, Rome–Fiumicino, Saarbrücken, Stockholm–Arlanda, Tenerife–South, Tunis,[21] Vienna
Seasonal: Agadir, Ajaccio, Almería, Antalya, Bari, Bastia, Belgrade (begins 3 June 2021),[22] Biarritz, Boa Vista, Bodrum, Bordeaux, Brač, Brindisi, Budapest, Burgas, Cagliari, Catania, Chania, Corfu, Dubai-International (begins 30 September 2021),[23] Dubrovnik, Enfidha, Figari, Heraklion, Heringsdorf,[24] Hurghada, Innsbruck, Jerez de la Frontera, Kos, Lamezia Terme, La Rochelle,[25] Malta, Marsa Alam, Menorca, Monastir,[21] Mykonos (begins 5 July 2021),[26] Naples, Palermo, Podgorica,[27] Prague, Rhodes, Rimini, Rostock (begins 19 June 2021),[28] Sal, Salzburg, Santorini (begins 5 July 2021),[29] Split, Thessaloniki (begins 20 May 2021),[30] Toulon ,[31] Valencia, Varna, Venice, Zadar
Ryanair[32] Barcelona, Bergamo,[33] Berlin, Edinburgh, London–Stansted, Madrid,[34] Malta, Porto
Seasonal: Palma de Mallorca
Scandinavian Airlines Stockholm–Arlanda
Swiss International Air Lines Zürich
TAP Air Portugal Lisbon
Turkish Airlines Istanbul
Volotea Seasonal: Alicante, Marseille, Nice, Toulouse, Venice

Cargo[edit]

AirlinesDestinations
Cargolux[35] Abidjan, Abu Dhabi, Accra, Aguadilla, Almaty, Amman-Queen Alia, Amsterdam, Atlanta, Bahrain, Baku, Bangkok–Suvarnabhumi, Barcelona, Beijing–Capital, Beirut, Bogotá, Brazzaville, Budapest, Buenos Aires–Ezeiza, Cairo, Calgary, Campinas–Viracopos, Chennai, Chicago–O'Hare, Cotopaxi, Columbus–Rickenbacker, Curitiba-Afonso Pena, Dallas/Fort Worth, Dammam, Doha, Dubai–International, Fortaleza, Guadalajara, Ho Chi Minh City, Hong Kong, Houston–Intercontinental, Huntsville, Indianapolis, Istanbul–Sabiha Gökçen, Jakarta, Johannesburg–O.R. Tambo, Kinshasa, Komatsu, Kuala Lumpur–International, Kuwait, Lagos, Libreville, London–Stansted, Los Angeles, Lubumbashi, Lusaka, Maastricht, Manaus, Melbourne, Mexico City, Miami, Milan–Malpensa, Mumbai, Muscat, N'Djamena, Nagoya–Centrair, Nairobi-Kenyatta, New York–JFK, Osaka–Kansai, Oslo, Ouagadougou, Petrolina, Prestwick, Quito, Recife, Rio de Janeiro–Galeão, San Juan, Santiago de Chile, Seattle/Tacoma, Seoul Incheon, Shanghai–Pudong, Sharjah, Shenzhen,[36] Singapore, Taipei–Taoyuan, Tokyo–Narita, Tbilisi, Vienna, Zaragoza, Zhengzhou
China Airlines Cargo[37] Delhi, Dubai–International, Mumbai, Prague, Taipei–Taoyuan
China Southern Airlines[38] Shanghai–Pudong
Emirates SkyCargo[39] Dubai–Al Maktoum
Qatar Airways Cargo[40] Atlanta, Chicago–O'Hare, Doha, Mexico City, São Paulo–Guarulhos
Silk Way Airlines[41] Baku

Statistics[edit]

Routes[edit]

Busiest Routes from Luxembourg Airport (2019)
RankAirportPassengers 2019
1 Portugal, Porto Airport339,505
2 Portugal, Lisbon Airport311,867
3 Germany, Munich Airport216,312
4 Germany, Frankfurt Airport202,300
5 Netherlands, Amsterdam Airport184,711
Source: [4]

Passengers[edit]

See source Wikidata query and sources.


Passengers [42]
195019601970198019901995200020052010201220142016201820192020
6 52555 591476 938670 1591 072 2641 267 6401 669 4841 573 8251 630 0271 919 6942 467 8643 022 9184 036 8784 416 0381 446 354

Traffic[edit]

Movements, freight and night flights [42]
19901995200020052010201220142016201820192020
International movements39 73846 58661 18965 44657 53759 78562 26069 57779 10180 55743 635
Local movements22 97624 91224 32224 21122 95721 37821 96216 82515 48514 42821 066
Freight (kg)142 956 417286 380 935499 910 851742 341 598705 079 728614 904 815708 077 753801 807 232894 648 866853 354 139905 222 594
Night flights7648861 0691 5501 2561 5541 991214519511420
Movements by airplane category [42]
1950195519601965197019751980198519901995200020052010201520192020
0-2t Propeller2 6568 5699 7968 74414 17433 65736 41539 32529 01528 38628 46825 11923 48122 34616 47220 339
2-5t Propeller3381363131 5539821 7941 8021 5491 9192 0281 9555 8345 1584 1673 9325 170
>5t Propeller6082 6884 0166 8537 9276 9457 55412 26618 04322 66019 5367 58111 03414 81721 8629 173
Jet3902 9526 6838 8339 27113 73716 58835 55251 12340 82143 70152 71930 020

Ground transportation[edit]

The airport can be reached via autoroute A1 (Luxembourg City - Trier) and is also connected with the surrounding areas by public bus transport routes 16, which also reaches Luxembourg railway station, and 29 as well as by a cross-border coach service to nearby Trier in Germany.[43]

Incidents and accidents[edit]

  • 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.[44]
  • On 29 September 1982, Aeroflot Flight 343 suffered a runway excursion on landing at Luxembourg Airport.[45]
  • On 6 November 2002, Luxair Flight 9642, Fokker 50 (registration LX-LGB) was incoming from Berlin, Germany, and crashed in a field near the village of Niederanven during its final approach to Luxembourg Airport. 20 passengers and crew lost their lives.[46]
  • On 21 January 2010, Cargolux Flight 7933, operated by Boeing 747-400F LX-OCV struck a vehicle on landing. The van suffered major damage and the aircraft sustained a damaged tyre.[47]

See also[edit]

  • World's busiest airports by cargo traffic
  • Advanced Landing Ground
  • Luxembourg Freeport

References[edit]

 This article incorporates public domain material from the Air Force Historical Research Agency website http://www.afhra.af.mil/.

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External links[edit]

Media related to Luxembourg-Findel International Airport at Wikimedia Commons

  • Official website
  • Luxembourg Airport Authority
  • Accident history for LUX at Aviation Safety Network
  • Airport webcams, flight timetables and pilot data