# Lübeck Blankensee Airport (LBC / EDHL)

**Lübeck Blankensee Airport** (IATA: LBC, ICAO: EDHL) is a medium airport in Lübeck, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany. It opened in 1917. It has one runway, 2,102 m (6,896 ft) long, asphalt. In 2022 it handled 83 thousand passengers.

Web page: https://dromopedia.com/airports/edhl

## At a glance

- IATA / ICAO: LBC / EDHL
- Type: Medium airport
- Serves: Lübeck, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany
- Opened: 1917
- Elevation: 16 m / 53 ft
- Coordinates: 53.8054, 10.7192
- Runways: 1
- Longest runway: 2,102 m / 6,896 ft
- Passengers: 82,590 (2022)
- Time zone: UTC+1/+2 · Europe/Berlin
- Website: https://www.flughafen-luebeck.de
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/L%C3%BCbeck_Airport (21 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q706450
- Weather station: EDHL · WMO 10156
- Ident: EDHL

## Timeline

- 1917: Lübeck Blankensee Airport opens.

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 07/25 | 2,102 m / 6,896 ft | 60 m / 197 ft | Asphalt | 072° / 252° | yes |

## Passengers per year

| Year | Passengers | Source |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 2006 | 658,168 | Eurostat |
| 2007 | 597,379 | Eurostat |
| 2008 | 528,536 | Eurostat |
| 2009 | 683,468 | Eurostat |
| 2010 | 531,316 | Eurostat |
| 2011 | 329,053 | Eurostat |
| 2012 | 343,326 | Eurostat |
| 2013 | 350,744 | Eurostat |
| 2014 | 168,170 | Eurostat |
| 2015 | 126,219 | Eurostat |
| 2021 | 21,366 | Wikidata |
| 2022 | 82,590 | Wikidata |

## Routes

4 destinations in 3 countries. From the airport's Wikipedia article.

### Year-round (3)

- [STN](https://dromopedia.com/airports/egss.md) London Stansted Airport · United Kingdom · 735 km / 457 mi · Ryanair
- [PMI](https://dromopedia.com/airports/lepa.md) Palma de Mallorca Airport · Spain · 1,695 km / 1,053 mi · Ryanair
- [AGP](https://dromopedia.com/airports/lemg.md) Málaga-Costa del Sol Airport · Spain · 2,236 km / 1,389 mi · Ryanair

### Seasonal (1)

- [AYT](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ltai.md) Antalya International Airport · Türkiye · 2,431 km / 1,511 mi · Corendon Airlines

## Airlines

The figure is how many destinations each airline flies from LBC, as the routes above have them. Hubs from Wikidata.

### Passenger (2)

- FR [Ryanair](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/ryanair) · 3
- XC [Corendon Airlines](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/corendon-airlines) · 1 · seasonal

Former hub of [Elbeflug](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/elbeflug).

## Rankings

Ranked among 48,075 open airports; = marks a shared place.

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Passengers | 83K (2022) | #1,889 of 3,974 | #407 in Europe | #29 in DE |
| Longest runway | 2,102 m / 6,896 ft | #3,581 of 29,858 | #686 in Europe | #54 in DE |
| Elevation | 16 m / 53 ft | =39,047 of 43,403 | =5,234 in Europe | =745 in DE |
| Age | Opened 1917 | =136 of 15,079 | =114 in Europe | #18 in DE |
| Runways | 1 | =4,364 of 29,978 | =646 in Europe | =85 in DE |

## Radio frequencies

| Type | Description | MHz |
| --- | --- | --- |
| AFIS | Langen Information | 125.100 |
| ATIS | Luebeck ATIS | 119.930 |
| GND | Luebeck Ground | 121.780 |
| INFO | Luebeck Radio | 128.705 |
| RDR | BREMEN RADAR | 124.225 |
| TWR | Luebeck Tower / Turm | 128.705 |

## Nearby airports

- [HAM](https://dromopedia.com/airports/eddh.md) Hamburg Helmut Schmidt Airport · 52 km / 32 mi
- [XFW](https://dromopedia.com/airports/edhi.md) Hamburg-Finkenwerder Airport · 66 km / 41 mi
- [KEL](https://dromopedia.com/airports/edhk.md) Kiel-Holtenau Airport · 74 km / 46 mi
- [ETNH](https://dromopedia.com/airports/etnh.md) Hohn Air Base · 95 km / 59 mi
- [RLG](https://dromopedia.com/airports/etnl.md) Rostock-Laage Airport · 103 km / 64 mi
- [ETHS](https://dromopedia.com/airports/eths.md) Faßberg Air Base · 105 km / 65 mi

## In collections

- [Oldest airports still open](https://dromopedia.com/collections/oldest) #82

## Sources

- [Eurostat](https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/databrowser/view/avia_paoa/default/table): Source: Eurostat (avia_paoa) (Eurostat reuse policy (CC BY 4.0))
- [NOAA Aviation Weather Center](https://aviationweather.gov/data/api/): Weather data: NOAA Aviation Weather Center (Public Domain (US Government))
- [OurAirports](https://ourairports.com/data/): Airport data from OurAirports (Public Domain)
- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org): Structured data from Wikidata (CC0 1.0)
- [Wikipedia: “Lübeck Airport”](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Lübeck_Airport&oldid=1371963482), revision of 29 Aug 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0)
- [timezone-boundary-builder](https://github.com/evansiroky/timezone-boundary-builder): Time zone boundaries © OpenStreetMap contributors, timezone-boundary-builder (ODbL 1.0)
- Every figure with its source: https://dromopedia.com/airports/edhl/data