Klagenfurt Airport – KLU Klagenfurt
Klagenfurt Airport is the main international airport in Klagenfurt, Austria. It is situated 1.7 miles north-east of the city center in the borough of Annabichl. During the World War I and II, Klagenfurt airport was a military airfield and was opened in 1914 as a military airport. It was only in 1395 that it was opened for public and commercial use.
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Klagenfurt Airport has one concrete runway measuring 8,924 feet and another grass runway measuring 2,329 feet in length. Based on 2018 statistics, the airport handled 228,372 passengers and 3,566 aircraft movements. It has one small passenger terminal with restaurants and shops to entertain its passengers. It also features a visitors’ terrace. The apron has a number of stands for medium sized planes like the Airbus A320 and other smaller general aviation aircraft. Buses are available for passenger’s use in boarding. Austrian Airlines and Eurowings fly regularly to Vienna and Cologne/Bonn respectively while Aegean Airlines, Astra Airlines, easyJet, Lauda and Transavia fly seasonally to Rhodes, Kefalonia, London-Gatwick, Palma de Mallorca and Rotterdam. The airport is near the cities of Egg am See and Villach.
What to Do & Area Attractions
Cityhotel Ratheiser is a small but good value hotel preferred by many tourists, which is only 1.7 miles away from the airport. Hotel Zlami-Holzer is a 3-star hotel located less than 2 miles away from the airport. This hotel offers spacious rooms and satellite televisions. Alternative hotels near the airport include Hotel Sandwirth and the Hotel Atrigon, these are 4-star hotels located less than 3 miles away.
A nearer and larger international airport is Ljubljana Joze Pucnik Airport in Slovenia at a distance of 43 miles south of Klagenfurt Airport.
