KLU

Klagenfurt Airport

ICAO LOWK46.6425°N 14.3377°E449 m / 1,472 ftLarge airport
On the map

Klagenfurt Airport (IATA: KLU, ICAO: LOWK) is a large airport in Klagenfurt am Wörthersee, Carinthia, Austria. It opened in 1925. It has 2 runways; the longest is 2,720 m (8,924 ft). In 2025 it handled 179 thousand passengers.

Timeline

1 event · 1925–1925
1925
OpenedKlagenfurt Airport opens.
From WikidataEvery airfield, 1903–2026

Runways & airfield

Schematic · N · © OpenStreetMap
10L/28R106° / 286° · LIT
LENGTH2,720 m8,924 ftWIDTH45 m148 ftSURFACEConcrete
10R/28L106° / 286°
LENGTH740 m2,427 ftWIDTH27 m90 ftSURFACEGrass

Passengers per year

2014–2025
226K
230K
195K
216K
230K
210K
50K
30K
83K
155K
139K
179K
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Routes

7 destinations · 5 countries
Most destinationsSky Alps 3Ryanair 2Eurowings 1Avanti Air 1

Straight lines are great circles; rings mark true distance from KLU. Dashed: seasonal or charter. From the Wikipedia article “Klagenfurt Airport” (revision of 11 Jul 2026), CC BY-SA 4.0.

Records & rankings

Ranked among 48,011 open airports · world · region · country
Passengers179K (2025)1 · FEWER1 · FEWERMEDIAN · 64KMEDIAN · 64KMORE · 103MMORE · 103M#1,586of 3,974 · #341 Europe · #6 ATLongest runway2,720 m8,924 ft46 m · SHORT150 ft · SHORTMEDIAN · 975 mMEDIAN · 3,200 ftLONG · 5,300 mLONG · 17,388 ft#1,868of 29,823 · #285 Europe · #6 ATElevation449 m1,472 ft-386 m · LOW-1,266 ft · LOWMEDIAN · 240 mMEDIAN · 787 ftHIGH · 4,938 mHIGH · 16,200 ft=12,283of 43,341 · #875 Europe · #30 ATAgeOpened 19252026 · NEWEST2026 · NEWESTMEDIAN · 1976MEDIAN · 1976OLDEST · 1902OLDEST · 1902=244of 15,079 · =178 Europe · #4 ATRunways21 · FEWER1 · FEWERMEDIAN · 1MEDIAN · 1MORE · 8MORE · 8=713of 29,943 · =134 Europe · =4 AT
Scale: share of airports ranked below, best on the right · ties shown as = and a band · passengers are each airport’s latest year on record

Radio frequencies

3 channels
APP/RADARKlagenfurt Radar123.325
ATISATIS126.330
TWRKlagenfurt Tower118.100