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Rostock–Laage Airport
Flughafen Rostock–Laage
Laage Flughafen Eingang
IATA: RLG – ICAO: ETNL
RLG is located in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern
Airplane silhouette
RLG
Location of Airport in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern
Summary
Airport type Public/Military
Operator Flughafen Rostock Laage-Güstrow GmbH
Serves Rostock, Germany
Elevation AMSL 138 ft / 42 m
Coordinates 53°55′06″N 12°16′42″E / 53.91833°N 12.27833°E / 53.91833; 12.27833Coordinates: 53°55′06″N 12°16′42″E / 53.91833°N 12.27833°E / 53.91833; 12.27833
Website rostock-airport.de
Runways
Direction Length Surface
ft m
10/28 8,202 2,500 Paved

Rostock–Laage Airport (or Rostock Airport) (IATA: RLG, ICAO: ETNL) is the airport of Rostock, the largest city in the German state Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, and is named after Laage, a town in the Rostock district. It features flights to major cities throughout Germany as well as some leisure routes. In addition to civil activity, Jagdgeschwader 73 of the Luftwaffe is stationed on the military side of the airport.

History[]

Construction of the airport began in 1979 as a National People's Army facility. It became operational in 1984 with the Fighter Wing JBG 77 and the Navy Fighter Wing 28. It was deactivated by the Bundeswehr in 1990 and was reactivated in 1993 when the Jagdgeschwader 73 was posted there. In the same year the Rostock-Laage-Güstrow GmbH begins civilian operations on a 60 hectare section of the airport.

The airport is expected to post losses of €2.8 million for 2013 while the passenger numbers decreased by 12 percent in the same year. As the government of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern is not willing to give additional financial aids, the airport operator may face bankruptcy in the near future.[1]

In October 2014, Rainer Schwarz, the former general manager of the still not operational Berlin Brandenburg Airport, has been appointed for the same position at Rostock–Laage Airport.[2]

Facilities[]

FLughafen Rostock Laage Abflughalle Panorama

The check-in hall

The airport consists of one modern passenger terminal building containing a large check-in hall as well as some shops and restaurants. The building is equipped with two aircraft stands with jet bridges as well as some walk-boarding stands. Rostock–Laage Airport can handle mid-sized aircraft such as the Airbus A320. It also features several stands for smaller general aviation planes.

Airlines and destinations[]

Airlines Destinations 
Austrian Airlines Seasonal charter: Linz (begins 1 May 2015)[3]


Germania[4] Antalya, Gran Canaria
Seasonal: Hurghada, Palma de Mallorca, Rhodes (begins 2 May 2015),[5] Tenerife–South


Germanwings Cologne/Bonn, Stuttgart


Lufthansa Regional
operated by Lufthansa CityLine
Munich

The nearest major international airports are Berlin Tegel Airport 190 kilometres (120 mi) to the south and Hamburg Airport 200 kilometres (120 mi) to the west.

Ground transportation[]

There are three buses a day from Rostock Hauptbahnhof, the distance is 25 km. The motorway A19 (Rostock–Berlin) is nearby.

See also[]

  • Transport in Germany
  • List of airports in Germany

References[]

External links[]

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