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Airport information for Klagenfurt Airport Country: Austria Location: Klagenfurt Coordinates: 46.39.00N / 014.20.00E IATA Code: KLU Timezone: GMT +1 Direct flights form Klagenfurt Airport Direct flights to Klagenfurt Airport Find connecting flights to Klagenfurt Airport Find connecting flights from Klagenfurt Airport

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Klagenfurt Airport (IATA: KLU, ICAO: LOWK/LOXK) is a little international airport in the province of Carinthia, Austria. It is turn up in the borough of Annabichl, only three kilometre (1.9 mi) from the town center of Klagenfurt. The airport is accessible by shuttle passenger vehicle or town coach from Klagenfurt central station.

History

In 1905, Georg Count of Khevenhüller from Hochosterwitz Castle and in 1907 Dipl.-Ing. Josef Sablatnig (Josef Sablatnig was owner of the Fokker-Sablatnig, Deutsche Flugzeuge, Deutsche Motoren, Flugzeug Gesellschaft mbH, Berlin) were the 1st adult male in the sky over Carinthia and Klagenfurt.

In World War I and II, the airport of Klagenfurt was functioned as a armed forces field, and so Klagenfurt Airport was constituted in 1914 as a armed forces airport. The polite opening of Klagenfurt Airport on May 17, 1925, was an case for the City of Klagenfurt as good as for Carinthia.

In June 1929, the airplane pilot hero of World War I, Julius Fedrigoni Edler von Etschthal, has the operate of voyage managing director of the airport until 1939.

After the finish of the WWII, Julius Fedrigoni was returned to Annabichl, he worked with low-budget voyage functioning. In one January 1952, Korv. Kpt. Julius Fedrigoni constituted the Committee town of Klagenfurt and he was voyage managing director until 1956.

Already in the yr 1926 to 1938, seven air hose functioned from Klagenfurt airport. Countries like Germany, Italy, Slovenia and of course of instruction domestic voyages to all leading towns in Austria were linked with Klagenfurt. After 1950, the airport was link up with states like Brazil, Israel, Venezuela, the Netherlands, Germany, the United Kingdom and others.

Alternative names for this airport are "Alpe-Adria-Airport" or "Airport Klagenfurt/Wörthersee".

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