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Leipzig Halle Airport
Airport Directory » Germany » Leipzig » Leipzig Halle AirportCoordinates: 51°25′26″N 012°14′11″E / 51.42389°N 12.23639°E / 51.42389; 12.23639
Leipzig/Halle Airport sometimes named Schkeuditz Airport (IATA: LEJ, ICAO: EDDP) assists both Leipzig, Saxony and Halle, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany.
It has more than 2 million riders per yr.
The modern airport depot building continues over the adjacent state highway and railway line. The depot access is southward of the railway line while the landing track 08L/26R analogues the drive northward of the railway line, claim aircraft to cab on a bridge over the landing tracks and routes. The airport was modernised with the 2012 Olympic Games hosting tender for Leipzig in head but the town lost out to London. While riders traffic is now low compared to leading airports in Germany, there are architectural plans to do Leipzig-Halle 1 of the Berlin area airports alongside with Berlin-Schönefeld International Airport which is nor'-east of Leipzig. Berlin-Tegel International Airport is within the town boundaries of Berlin and has real limited infinite, not to cite the outdated Tempelhof International Airport which was decommissioned in October 2008. The recent DHL move in early 2008 from Brussels Airport to Leipzig as its European hub will dramatically increase the freight traffic in the come up calendar month. One of the most unusual facets of Leipzig/Halle is the large figure of tour operators sales business office within the airport construction. This is seemingly the effect of ordinances that allow disregard functioning within airport depots. Another characteristic of the airport is the border modern Porsche mill, with special installations for visitants and rules.
Ground transport
Leipzig/Halle Airport train station has national connexions to towns like Magdeburg, Hanover, Cologne and Dresden. There is a fast railroad train direct to Leipzig inner town and Halle (Saale) town.
Ground ownership
Although the airport is named "Leipzig/Halle", the airport land land tax goes to the county of Delitzsch. A cover between the town of Leipzig and Delitzsch guided to an exchange of area . Leipzig got dry land belonging outside the airport and Delitzsch got in 2007 100% of the dry land of the airport. The county of Delitzsch currently owns and demand taxations from the dry land and commercial involvement (Gewerbesteuer) from the airport.
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