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| The control tower at Leipzig-Halle |
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Two 'local' airports
Leipzig is served be two airports. The main one is called Leipzig Halle. As the name suggests, it also serves the town of Halle, which lies to the north west of Leipzig.
The second airport or relevance to Leipzig is at a place called Nobitz, about one hour's drive south of Leipzig. Ryanair call this airport Leipzig Altenburg and use it for all their flights to and from this region.
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World Cup connections
In World Cup terms, Leipzig Halle offers direct flights to and from 7 of the other venues: Nuremberg (with Air Berlin), Hamburg and Cologne (Cirrus), Dortmund (LGW), Munich (Lufthansa &Air Berlin), Frankfurt (Lufthansa ) and Stuttgart (with various airlines).
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| Crossing the road at Leipzig-Halle! |
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International connections
While Leipzig Altenburg is essentially just a landing strip for Ryanair, Leipzig Halle is a full-blown international airport with flights to and from many other parts of Europe. Air Berlin, for instance, fly in from London Stansted, Air France from Paris and KLM from Amsterdam.
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| Air Berlin fly to / from Leipzig-Halle |
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Travel into Leipzig
Leipzig Halle has its own railway station. An aiport express runs to Leipzig main station every half hour. Journey time: 14 minutes. Cost 3.30 euros.
A coach runs between Leipzig Altenburg and Leipzig station twice a day. Journey time: 80 minutes. Cost: 12 euros. |
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For train times from Leipzig Halle to Leipzig main railway station, you can use the local transport company's online timetable. Click the union flag to see the English version, and when asked for departure and destination points enter 'Leipzig, Hbf' for Leipzig station (Hbf is the abbreviation for Hauptbahnhof) and 'Leipzig/Halle Flugh' for the airport (Flugh is accepted by the timetable as an abbreviation of Flughafen). |
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