Flughafen Leipzig/Halle GmbH
Flughafen Leipzig/Halle GmbH is a subsidiary of Mitteldeutsche Flughafen AG and is one of the two Central German airports, alongside Dresden Airport. With freight volumes approx. 1.4 million tonnes per annum, Leipzig/Halle is Germany’s second-largest cargo airport. Thanks to its excellent connections, about 2.1 million passengers from the Leipzig/Halle urban region and beyond use the airport in order to travel to destinations all over the world, either on non-stop or feeder flights.
Figures, data, facts
General matters
| Airport codes | LEJ (IATA), EDDP (ICAO) |
| Operating hours | 24 hours (freight business) 5:30 a.m. - 11:30 p.m. (passenger business) |
Geography and meteorology
| Airport coordinates | 51° 25' 26.4" north, 012° 14' 11.0" east |
| Airport altitude | 470 feet (143.3 metres) above sea level |
| Average daytime maximum temperature in the month of July | 21,5°C (2018) |
| Average daytime minimum temperature in the month of January | 4,1°C (2018) |
Technical data
| Length and width of the runways | Northern runway: 3,600 metres x 45 metres Southern runway: 3,600 metres x 60 metres |
| Taxiways (width): | 30 metres |
| Parking positions for aircraft: | 25 |
| Jetways: | 6 |
| All-weather flight operation systems | CAT IIIb |
Traffic statistics
Key growth figures at a glance
Leipzig/Halle Airport has undergone rapid developments in traffic since German reunification. Almost 275,000 passengers passed through the airport in 1990, but that figure had already risen to more than one million in 1992. This figure had been doubled by 1995. The positive trend continued during the next few years too.
2,101,425 passengers passed through Leipzig/Halle Airport in all during 2023. 80,536 aircraft movements were recorded between January and December. About 1.4 million tonnes of freight were handled at Leipzig/Halle Airport, Europe’s fourth-largest cargo hub, in 2023
| Year | Numbers of passengers / Aircraft movements |
| 2023 | 2,101,425 / 80,536 |
| 2022 | 1,562,250 / 80,903 |
| 2021 | 669,886 / 76,104 |
| 2020 | 532,690 / 64,483 |
| 2019 | 2,618,772 / 78,980 |
| 2018 | 2,571,119 / 79,218 |
| 2017 | 2,365,141 / 69,815 |
| 2016 | 2,192,145 / 64,492 |
| 2015 | 2,321,975 / 65,061 |
| 2014 | 2,331,399 / 63,569 |
| 2013 | 2,240,860 / 61,668 |
| 2012 | 2,286,151 / 62,688 |
| 2011 | 2,266,743 / 64,097 |
| 2010 | 2,352,827 / 62,247 |
| 2009 | 2,421,382 / 60,150 |
| 2008 | 2,462,256 / 59,924 |
| 2007 | 2,723,748 / 50,972 |
| 2006 | 2,348,011 / 42,417 |
| 2005 | 2,127,895 / 37,905 |
| 2004 | 2,041,046 / 39,316 |
| 2003 | 1,955,070 / 40,303 |
| 2002 | 1,988,854 / 41,209 |
| 2001 | 2,185,130 / 42,408 |
| 2000 | 2,288,931 / 47,030 |
| 1999 | 2,162,769 / 47,944 |
| 1998 | 2,108,779 / 43,778 |
| 1997 | 2,248,852 / 47,284 |
| 1996 | 2,186,649 / 50,298 |
| 1995 | 2,104,822 / 53,807 |
| 1994 | 1,901,797 / 52,590 |
| 1993 | 1,521,436 / 48,510 |
| 1992 | 1,073,378 / 42,960 |
| 1991 | 634,424 / 26,089 |
| 1990 | 274,878 / 9,549 |
| Year | Volume of freight and post (in tonnes) |
| 2023 | 1,393.747 |
| 2022 | 1.510.000 |
| 2021 | 1.591.618 |
| 2020 | 1.383.485 |
| 2019 | 1.238.343 |
| 2018 | 1.221.429 |
| 2017 | 1.138.477 |
| 2016 | 1.052.372 |
| 2015 | 988.240 |
| 2014 | 910.708 |
| 2013 | 887.101 |
| 2012 | 863.665 |
| 2011 | 760.355 |
| 2010 | 663.059 |
| 2009 | 524.084 |
| 2008 | 442.453 |
| 2007 | 101.364 |
| 2006 | 29.330 |
| 2005 | 15.641 |
| 2004 | 12.575 |
| 2003 | 17.559 |
| 2002 | 16.882 |
| 2001 | 15.799 |
| 2000 | 17.086 |
| 1999 | 15.220 |
| 1998 | 12.866 |
| 1997 | 17.220 |
| 1996 | 22.410 |
| 1995 | 25.225 |
| 1994 | 23.189 |
| 1993 | 17.482 |
| 1992 | 8.611 |
| 1991 | 4.372 |
| 1990 | 336 |
