Rostock–Laage Airport

Rostock Airport, German: Flughafen Rostock-Laage (IATA: RLG, ICAO: ETNL), is the airport of Rostock, the largest city in the German state Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, and is named after Laage, within the boundary of which it is located. Laage is 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 German Air Force is stationed on the military side of the airport.

Rostock Airport

Flughafen Rostock–Laage
Summary
Airport typePublic/Military
OperatorFlughafen Rostock Laage-Güstrow GmbH
ServesRostock, Germany
Elevation AMSL42 m / 138 ft
Coordinates53°55′06″N 12°16′42″E
Websitewww.rostock-airport.de
Map
RLG is located in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern
RLG
RLG
Location of Airport in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern
Runways
Direction Length Surface
m ft
10/28 2,500 8,202 Paved
Statistics (2022)
Passengers60,997 Increase+185,0%
Aircraft movements15,440 Increase+139,6%
Cargo (metric tons)00,000 Decrease-100,0%
Sources: Statistics at ADV.[1]

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 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 aid, the airport operator may face bankruptcy in the near future.[2] In October 2014, Rainer Schwarz, a former general manager of Berlin Brandenburg Airport was appointed to the same position at Rostock–Laage Airport.[3] After the British regional airline Flybmi, which operated flights to Munich and Stuttgart ceased the operation and declared bankruptcy, Lufthansa took over the route from Rostock to Munich with a twice daily rotation (except from Wednesday and Saturday) with Bombardier CRJ900 aircraft.

In 2019, the airport suffered a sharp downfall in passenger numbers with a decrease by more than half to just 148,000.[4] This was mainly caused by the shutdown of Germania which operated several leisure routes from Rostock.

In February 2021, Lufthansa Aviation Training relocated their practical training from Bremen Airport to Rostock.[5]

On the airfield it is a part of the major maneuver from June 12 to June 23, 2023, held under the leadership of the German Air Force Air Defender 23 it is the greatest exercise of air forces since NATO was announced.[6]

Facilities

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 jet bridges and apron positions. Rostock–Laage Airport usually sees traffic by mid-sized aircraft such as the Airbus A320 but is equipped to handle wide-body aircraft up to the Boeing 747-400.[7] It also has several stands for smaller general aviation planes.

Airlines and destinations

The following airlines operate seasonal flights at Rostock Airport:[8]

AirlinesDestinations
Corendon Airlines Seasonal: Antalya,[9] Heraklion

Additionally, the airport is frequently used for non-public cruise ship charter flights to and from Southern Europe, e. g. operated by ITA Airways, to carry passengers travelling to and from the nearby cruise port of Warnemünde.[10][11]

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

Statistics
Aerial view
Check-in hall
Annual passenger traffic at RLG airport. See Wikidata query.
Passengers
2010 219.489
2011 Increase 223,516
2012 Decrease 203,990
2013 Decrease 177,464
2014 Decrease 169,946
2015 Increase 190,869
2016 Increase 250,199
2017 Increase 290,654[12]
2018 Increase 298,000[4]
2019 Decrease 148,000[4]
Source: Rostock Airport[13]

Ground transportation

For all scheduled and most charter flights, a direct bus connection to Rostock Hauptbahnhof (25 km distance) is provided by the regional public transport company (Rebus). A special fare ("Flughafenticket") is introduced, allowing passengers to use suburban trains and street cars within the City of Rostock for one connecting trip. The same applies for one additional trip on regional busses from Rostock within the integrated fare region of Rostock.

The motorways A19 (Rostock–Berlin) and A20 (Lübeck–Szczecin) are nearby. There are 4 parking areas at the airport with more than 1,000[14] parking spots in total.

Several international as well as local car rental agencies are located at the airport.[15]

See also

References
  1. "ADV Monthly Traffic Report 12/2022" (PDF; 919 KB). adv.aero (in German). Arbeitsgemeinschaft Deutscher Verkehrsflughäfen e.V. 2023-02-13. Retrieved 2023-02-17.
  2. "Rostock-Laage vor dem Aus?". www.austrianaviation.net.
  3. "Regionalflughafen: Ex-Berliner Flughafenchef wird Geschäftsführer in Rostock-Laage". Faz.net – via www.faz.net.
  4. ndr.de (German) 11 January 2020
  5. aerotelegraph.com (German) 17 February 2021
  6. "Germany prepares to host NATO's biggest ever air exercise over Europe". euronews.com. 2023-06-07. Retrieved 2023-06-10.
  7. aerotelegraph.com - Boeing 747: A little invasion at Rostock Airport (German) 27 January 2016
  8. rostock-airport.de - Rostock Airport flight schedule retrieved 18 January 2023
  9. "CORENDON AIRLINES NW22 SCHEDULED SERVICE ADJUSTMENT – 20OCT22". aeroroutes.com. 20 October 2022.
  10. "Urlaub: Nonstop ans Meer! So lockt der Flughafen Rostock Hamburger an". 17 June 2022.
  11. "Gute Neun-Monats-Bilanz des Flughafens Rostock-Laage". aero.de. October 5, 2015.
  12. airliners.de - "Record year for Rostock" (German) 8 January 2017
  13. "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2020-03-16. Retrieved 2022-02-16.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  14. "Rostock Airport - parking at the airport". Rostock Airport (EN).
  15. "Booking hire cars at Rostock Airport". Rostock Airport (EN).

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