Luxembourg airport
Luxembourg airport |
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| Characteristics | |
| ICAO code | ELLX |
| IATA code | LUX |
| Coordinates | |
| Height above MSL | 376 m (1234 ft ) |
| Transport links | |
| Distance from the city center | 6 km east of Luxembourg City |
| Street | A1 |
| Local transport | Stater Tram (urban tram) (planned for 2022) |
| Basic data | |
| opening | 1947 |
| operator | Société de l'Aéroport de Luxembourg SA |
| Passengers | 4,416,038 (2019) |
| Air freight | 853,354 t (2019) |
| Flight movements |
94,985 (2019) |
| Start-and runway | |
| 06/24 | 4000 m × 60 m concrete / asphalt |
The international airport of Luxembourg , unofficially mostly called Findel after a neighboring town , is the only international airport in Luxembourg . Its beginnings go back to the 1930s.
Location and transport links
The airport is on the districts of the municipalities Sandweiler ( General Aviation ) Niederanven (passenger and cargo areas) and Luxembourg (only the start / runway).
The city center of Luxembourg is six kilometers, the German city of Trier 40 km away. Bus routes 16 and 29 via Kirchberg and Cents - Pulvermühle connect the airport with the city center and the train station in close succession. The journey time to the train station is around 20 minutes.
A train connection to Luxembourg train station and the Kirchberg Plateau was planned for 2019. The shell of the airport train station was built in the course of the new construction of Terminal A in 2009. The government later distanced itself from the plans so that the train connection was not realized. The existing underground train station is to be converted into a data center. However, a tram connection between the main train station and the airport should exist by 2021.
Airlines and Destinations
Since 1955 Luxembourg has been served by the Icelandic airline Loftleiðir (later Icelandair ) on a regular basis and soon became the starting point for their Europe-North America route with a stopover in Iceland , initially with DC-4 , then with DC-6 and other types. Loftleiðir undercut the prices of European state airlines despite their resistance and became the first low-cost airline on the North Atlantic route. After the deregulation of air traffic and a general drop in prices, this connection was discontinued in 1999 as no longer profitable.
aims
From Luxembourg, destinations in Europe, the Mediterranean and the Canary Islands are served by passenger traffic. In freight traffic, destinations in Africa , Asia , Europe and North , Central and South America are served (mainly by Cargolux) .
New building
In 2005, construction began on Terminal A, which is designed for almost three million passengers. The costs for this amounted to a total of 322 million euros (Terminal A, block-type thermal power station , underground car park and railway tunnel). Terminal A went into operation on May 21, 2008.
Terminal B, which opened on May 26, 2004, has been in operation again since 2017. The pedestrian bridge has been completed and a 200 m long roller carpet now connects the two terminals. There is another duty-free shop in Terminal B.
Luxembourg airport is managed by the aviation authority ANA (Administration de la navigation aérienne), which emerged from the former airport administration (Administration de l'Aéroport) on January 1, 2008, and the private company Société de l'Aéroport (Luxairport). ANA takes care of the operation and maintenance of the technical installations required for aviation on the ground and the control of flight operations and the airspace. It also operates the airport fire brigade and a weather observation and forecast station. Luxairport is responsible for the construction, maintenance and operation of the infrastructure not used for air traffic control and flight operations. The aviation authority ANA has eight departments. These are ADMIN (Administration), OPS (Operations), ATC (Air Traffic Control), CNS (Communication, Navigation, Surveillance), formerly called RAD (Radiotechnik), ELE (Electrical Engineering), SIS (Fire Service), ENT (Maintenance) and MET (weather service).
The Roads Administration (Ponts et Chaussées) also has a department at the airport that is independent of the ANA. In addition, both the police with the Unité Centrale de Police à l'Aéroport (UCPA) and the customs departments in the airport area.
The aviation authority ANA operates its own medium-voltage network with a nominal voltage of 3 kV on the airport premises. Starting from a central feed point, the electrical energy supplied by the Luxembourg electricity company CEGEDEL at the 20 kV level is reduced to 3 kV via 630 kVA transformers and distributed in the ring network. A total of eight medium-voltage stations are supplied. Lux-Airport will also put its own combined heat and power plant into operation.
Technical
Furnishing
The airport has a 4000 m runway in the direction of 06/24 and is equipped with an Instrument Landing System (ILS), a VOR (identifier LUX) and a Doppler VOR system (DVOR). Another DVOR is located around 35 km from the airport not far from the city of Diekirch (identification DIK).
The ICAO reference code of the airport runway , consisting of two code elements, the code number and the code letter, is 4 and E. This means that the reference distance of the aircraft (the length of the runway that take off and landing) 1800 m or more, the wingspan between 52 m and 65 m and the landing gear width between 9 m and 14 m. With regard to the new Airbus A380 , an extension of the code letter to F was carried out because of the order from Cargolux for at least 13 Boeing 747-8Fs , which also require a wider runway (65 m to 80 m span, respectively 14 m up to 16 m chassis width).
The landing direction 24 (240 °) is designed for the operating conditions of ILS category 3 and allows take-offs and landings even with the lowest visibility (125 m runway visibility ) and decision heights. On this side of the runway, there is also what is known as "touch-down" lighting embedded in the runway. Both landing directions are equipped with a PAPI system . This is a visual landing aid that is designed for a 3-degree approach angle and that complements the glide slope or glide path system of the ILS.
The radar system built in 1992 was replaced by a resolution of the Council of Ministers in September 2004 , because on the one hand the maintenance hall under construction by the Cargolux company would obstruct the old radar and because the system was largely out of date. The new construction of the radar system was completed in June 2007.
The taxiway (Twy) of the airport are designated A, B1, B2, B3, B4, C, D1, D2, E, F, G, H, I. The designation of taxiway I (India) is controversial because the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) sees a risk of confusion with the number “1” and the letter “J”.
In connection with the construction of the Cargolux Maintenance Facility , taxiways H and I are also to be completely overhauled. In particular, taxiway I should be made narrower. The taxiway H (hotel), on the other hand, is to be expanded to a width of 25 m, which would correspond to the conditions for the code letter F.
Aviation weather service
The meteorological station of the aviation weather service at the airport is manned around the clock and, in addition to the aviation weather services under the name MeteoLux, also provides weather forecasts and weather warnings for the general public.
Aeronautical radio frequencies
- Luxembourg Tower : 118.105 MHz
- Luxembourg Approach (approach control): 120.885 MHz
- Luxembourg Director : 118.905 MHz
- Luxembourg Information ( ATIS ): 134.755 MHz
- Luxembourg Homer ( VDF ): 118.105 MHz, 118.905 MHz, 121.500 MHz
Traffic figures
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| year | Passengers | Freight in t | Flight movements |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1950 | 6,525 | 436 | 3,602 |
| 1960 | 55,591 | 312 | 14,125 |
| 1970 | 476.938 | 2,486 | 26,035 |
| 1980 | 670.159 | 60,852 | 54,604 |
| 1990 | 1,072,264 | 143,667 | 62.714 |
| 2000 | 1,669,484 | 500,811 | 85,511 |
| 2001 | 1,625,323 | 510.964 | 86,165 |
| 2002 | 1,522,458 | 579,708 | 83,597 |
| 2003 | 1,461,140 | 657.255 | 91,724 |
| 2004 | 1,521,806 | 712.985 | 89,074 |
| 2005 | 1,573,825 | 742.766 | 89,657 |
| 2006 | 1,613,475 | 752.635 | 87,770 |
| 2007 | 1,642,848 | 856.740 | 82.060 |
| 2008 | 1,696,011 | 788.224 | 83.141 |
| 2009 | 1,551,315 | 628,667 | 81,619 |
| 2010 | 1,630,027 | 705.370 | 80.494 |
| 2011 | 1,791,231 | 656.931 | 83,405 |
| 2012 | 1,919,694 | 615.812 | 81.163 |
| 2013 | 2,197,331 | 673.823 | 80.397 |
| 2014 | 2,467,864 | 708.427 | 84,222 |
| 2015 | 2,687,566 | 737.625 | 85.031 |
| 2016 | 3,022,918 | 802.426 | 86,402 |
| 2017 | 3,599,390 | 897.569 | 89,944 |
| 2018 | 4,036,878 | 895.079 | 94,586 |
| 2019 | 4,416,038 | 853.354 | 94,985 |
Incidents
- On 22 December 1969, landed Vickers Viscount of Luxair on an icy runway and ended up in the snow, causing the nose gear broke and the propeller were damaged.
- On September 29, 1982, an Ilyushin Il-62 with the aircraft registration number CCCP-86470 came off the right of runway 06 and caught fire. The machine was supposed to fly from Moscow via Luxembourg to Lima. Seven people died and 26 were injured. The remaining 44 passengers were unharmed.
- On October 3, 1988, a piece of ice broke a window of a Swearingen Metro III on Luxair flight LG362 from Geneva to Luxembourg, and the pilots had to make an emergency landing in Metz.
- On August 15, 1992, a bird strike on the engine of a Luxair Boeing 737 after take-off in Luxembourg with destination Palma de Mallorca forced the aircraft to land again in Luxembourg.
- On August 4, 1995 an Embraer EMB 120 Brasilia of Luxair (from Vienna via Strasbourg to Luxembourg) via Fennange lost the propeller of the right motor and the landing gear housing. Despite this incident, all other systems in the aircraft continued to function normally and the pilots landed safely at Luxembourg Airport without any further consequences.
- On November 6, 2002 crashed Fokker 50 LX-LGB of Luxair flight number LG9642 / LH2420 during final approach to runway 24 from Berlin-Tempelhof coming in thick fog off. 20 people were killed, the captain and another passenger from the rear area were seriously injured. This was the worst accident in Luxembourg aviation to date.
- On December 8, 2002, a Luxair Fokker 50 had problems with cabin pressure on the way from Luxembourg to Geneva, but was able to land safely in Luxembourg again.
- On September 23, 2003, an Embraer ERJ 145 LX-LGZ from Luxair with flight number LG8852 came from Vienna after landing at 08:39 a.m. after 1500 m on the right hand side of runway 06 and broke through a fence. None of the eight passengers, two stewardesses and two pilots on board were injured.
- On January 21, 2010, a Boeing 747-400 LX-OCV ( Cargolux Flight 7933) hit a transporter during its approach to the airport. The encounter caused severe tire damage to the aircraft and a high level of property damage to the vehicle. The three crew members and two workers on the transporter were uninjured. Three investigations followed up the incident.
- On January 20, 2011, the tail of Luxair's De Havilland DHC-8 -400 LX-LGA hit the runway on landing, and the aircraft was sent to Maastricht for repairs for around four weeks.
Other Luxembourg airports
The Nörtringen airfield in Luxembourg and the Useldingen airfield have grass runways . Until 1954 also consisted Airport Esch-sur-Alzette in Esch-sur-Alzette . Until 2015 there was a grass runway for microlight aircraft in Medernach .
Web links
- Airport website (French, English, German)
- Airport administration website (French, English)
- Aviation weather service website (French)
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c d e f g h i j k l m Belgocontrol AIM: eAIS Package ELLX - LUXEMBOURG / Luxembourg from July 16, 2020. Accessed on July 23, 2020 .
- ↑ a b c Global Evolution of Activities 1946-2019. Le gouvernement du Grand-Duché de Luxembourg - Ministère de la Mobilité et des Travaux publics, accessed on June 24, 2020 (French).
- ↑ Luxembourg City Bus Timetable
- ↑ http://www.wort.lu/de/lokales/zwoelf-meter-tunnelwand-pro-woche-4f61ee61e4b0860580abc022#
- ↑ Getting to the airport - by train (in planning). ( Memento of the original from December 25, 2008 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. In: lux-airport.lu , accessed on November 1, 2011
- ↑ http://www.rail.lu/garefindel.html
- ↑ http://www.wort.lu/de/business/flughafen-findel-eine-zukunft-fuer-den-geisterbahnhof-576911faac730ff4e7f6244d
- ↑ http://www.luxtram.lu/de/die-linie/
- ↑ a b c Loftleiðir komu Lúxemborg á kortið (approximately: Loftleiðir made Luxembourg famous) ( Icelandic ) Morgunblaðið. May 22, 2005. Retrieved August 13, 2018.
- ↑ cargolux.com - Network & Offices , accessed December 18, 2019.
- ↑ Daniel Conrad: "MeteoLux": Weather service based on the Findel creates guidelines for more efficient forecasts. In: mywort.lu. Publishing house Saint-Paul Luxembourg s. a., December 12, 2012, accessed July 4, 2013 .
- ↑ Radio frequencies at Luxembourg Airport ( Memento of the original from August 10, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Administration de la Navigation Aérienne (ANA), Statistics evolution global des activités, PDF, 283 KB. (No longer available online.) Archived from the original on March 13, 2014 ; Retrieved June 28, 2015 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Aircraft accident data and report in the Aviation Safety Network (English)
- ↑ a b Archived copy ( memento of the original from January 25, 2010 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Archive link ( Memento of the original dated November 24, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ http://www.mt.public.lu/ministere/services/coordination_generale/AET/aviation/pdf_EN_embraer.pdf
- ↑ http://avherald.com/h?article=42620150&opt=6144
- ^ Aero International magazine
