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Rostock-Laage Airport

Laage, Germany

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ICAO

ETNL

Elevation

138 ft

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The Essence of Rostock-Laage Airport

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Location

Laage · MV · Germany

Connectivity

5 routes · 5 destinations

Position

53.918°, 12.278° · 138 ft elev.

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Northern Germany's gateway serving Rostock and the Baltic coast.

Opened

1993

Location

Laage, Germany

Rostock-Laage Airport is a regional international airport located near the town of Laage in the state of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany, approximately 26 kilometres south of Rostock. It serves as the primary commercial airport for the Rostock metropolitan area and the broader Baltic Sea coastal region. The airport shares its facilities with a German Air Force (Luftwaffe) base, making it a dual-use military and civilian airfield. It handles a moderate volume of leisure and charter traffic alongside scheduled services, particularly to destinations popular with tourists from the region. Passenger numbers have fluctuated over the years, with the airport seeing growth during summer tourist seasons when charter flights to Mediterranean destinations increase significantly. Eurowings has been among the carriers providing scheduled connectivity from this airport.

Terminals

The airport operates a single passenger terminal designed to handle regional traffic volumes efficiently.

Getting to & from

Bus and shuttle services connect the airport to Rostock city centre, and a dedicated airport express bus links passengers to Rostock central station.

Airlines here

Eurowings is among the primary carriers operating scheduled services from Rostock-Laage, alongside various charter airlines serving seasonal leisure routes.

Notable facts

›The airport shares its runway and facilities with a German Air Force Eurofighter wing (TaktLwG 73).
›Located approximately 26 km south of Rostock city centre near the village of Laage.
›The civilian terminal opened in 1993 following German reunification.
›It serves as an important gateway for tourists visiting the Mecklenburg Lake District and Baltic coast.
›The ICAO code ETNL reflects its NATO military airfield designation.

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Route map (5 destinations)

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Airlines serving this airport

Routes

RLG → CGN4U · 319

RLG → STR4U · 319

RLG → MUCLH · CR9 E95

RLG → AYTST · 73G

RLG → PMIST · 73G

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Airbus A3192 routes Boeing 737-7002 routes Canadair Regional Jet 9001 routes Embraer 1951 routes

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Encyclopaedia

Rostock Airport, German: Flughafen Rostock-Laage, 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.

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