Our Story

Welcome to the airport. Here you can discover more about Luxembourg Airport. Learn our story, find out about our current performance as well as our vision for the future. We are the Société de l’Aéroport de Luxembourg SA, better known by our commercial name, lux-Airport.

lux-Airport is a boutique airport which strives to offer you the quality and standards of a large hub airport with the shortcuts, comfort and efficiency of a regional one. Although small, the airport prides itself on having almost 3.6 million passengers a year, 938.000 tonnes of cargo, 7,400 parking spaces, 76 direct flight destinations and 15 different airlines. Located in the heart of Europe, the airport strives to provide convenience and comfort to all its travellers at all stages of their journey.

Our story about Luxembourg Airport starts here..

1930

Aviation pioneers chose the site at Findel, to pursue their passion for flying

1940

German Forces occupied the field to use it as an airbase

1944

The United States Army used the airport to transport supplies to the war zone

1945

The airfield was returned to Luxembourgish control and operations began

1946

Luxembourg Airport opened for business, hosting over a thousand flights. Wooden barracks served as the first terminal and tower

1948

The first solid terminal opened and the home flag carrier “Luxembourg Airlines” was launched

1950

Rapid expansion occurred thanks to Luxembourg’s flag carrier. A significant increase in traffic, saw the construction of two new runways measuring 2000 m by 60 m and 1600 m by 50 m.