LNZ

Linz-Hörsching Airport

ICAO LOWL48.2354°N 14.1881°E299 m / 980 ftLarge airport
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Linz-Hörsching Airport (IATA: LNZ, ICAO: LOWL) is a large airport in Linz, Upper Austria, Austria. It opened in 1955. It has 2 runways; the longest is 3,000 m (9,843 ft). In 2025 it handled 263 thousand passengers.

Timeline

1 event · 1955–1955
1955
OpenedLinz-Hörsching Airport opens.
From WikidataEvery airfield, 1903–2026

Runways & airfield

Schematic · N · © OpenStreetMap · 1 helipad
08/26087° / 267° · LIT
LENGTH3,000 m9,843 ftWIDTH60 m197 ftSURFACEAsphalt
08E/26E087° / 267°
LENGTH660 m2,165 ftWIDTH45 m148 ftSURFACEGrass

Passengers per year

2014–2025
553K
523K
432K
391K
459K
430K
50K
68K
205K
233K
180K
263K
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Routes

13 destinations · 8 countries
1,000 km2,000 km3,000 km500 mi1,000 mi1,500 miFRA · Frankfurt Main Airport · 455 km / 283 miSTN · London Stansted Airport · 1,073 km / 667 miALC · Alicante-Elche Miguel Hernández Airport · 1,623 km / 1,008 miBRI · Bari Karol Wojtyła International Airport · 815 km / 506 miPMI · Palma de Mallorca Airport · 1,329 km / 826 miKGS · Kos International Airport "Ippokratis" · 1,650 km / 1,025 miHER · Heraklion International Nikos Kazantzakis Airport · 1,695 km / 1,053 miAYT · Antalya International Airport · 1,847 km / 1,148 miHRG · Hurghada International Airport · 2,890 km / 1,796 miLJU · Ljubljana Jože Pučnik Airport · 225 km / 140 miLEJ · Leipzig/Halle Airport · 381 km / 237 miIST · İstanbul Airport · 1,381 km / 858 miMAD · Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport · 1,648 km / 1,024 miHRGAYTHERKGSMADALCISTPMISTNBRIFRALEJLJULNZ
Most destinationsRyanair 3Corendon Airlines 3Eurowings 2DHL Aviation 2DAT 1Turkish Cargo 1

Straight lines are great circles; rings mark true distance from LNZ. Dashed: seasonal or charter. Blue: cargo. From the Wikipedia article “Linz Airport” (revision of 5 Aug 2026), CC BY-SA 4.0.

Records & rankings

Ranked among 48,011 open airports · world · region · country
Passengers263K (2025)1 · FEWER1 · FEWERMEDIAN · 64KMEDIAN · 64KMORE · 103MMORE · 103M#1,403of 3,974 · #304 Europe · #5 ATLongest runway3,000 m9,843 ft46 m · SHORT150 ft · SHORTMEDIAN · 975 mMEDIAN · 3,200 ftLONG · 5,300 mLONG · 17,388 ft=1,196of 29,823 · =165 Europe · #2 ATElevation299 m980 ft-386 m · LOW-1,266 ft · LOWMEDIAN · 240 mMEDIAN · 787 ftHIGH · 4,938 mHIGH · 16,200 ft=18,069of 43,341 · =1,503 Europe · #46 ATAgeOpened 19552026 · NEWEST2026 · NEWESTMEDIAN · 1976MEDIAN · 1976OLDEST · 1902OLDEST · 1902=4,103of 15,079 · =839 Europe · #12 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

4 channels
APPRADAR129.620
ATISATIS128.120
TWRTWR118.800
A/DLinz Radar119.750