Rostock–Laage Airport

Rostock–Laage Airport (or Rostock Airport) is the airport of Rostock, the largest city in the German state Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, and is named after Laage, 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 Luftwaffe is stationed on the military side of the airport.

History
Construction of the airport began in 1979 as a National People's Army facility. It became operational in 1984 with the Fighter Wing JBG 77 and the Navy Fighter Wing 28. It was deactivated by the Bundeswehr in 1990 and was reactivated in 1993 when the Jagdgeschwader 73 was posted there. In the same year the Rostock-Laage-Güstrow GmbH begins civilian operations on a 60 hectare section of the airport.

The airport is expected to post losses of €2.8 million for 2013 while the passenger numbers decreased by 12 percent in the same year. As the government of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern is not willing to give additional financial aids, the airport operator may face bankruptcy in the near future.

In October 2014, Rainer Schwarz, the former general manager of the still not operational Berlin Brandenburg Airport, has been appointed for the same position at Rostock–Laage Airport.

Facilities
The airport consists of one modern passenger terminal building containing a large check-in hall as well as some shops and restaurants. The building is equipped with two aircraft stands with jet bridges as well as some walk-boarding stands. Rostock–Laage Airport can handle mid-sized aircraft such as the Airbus A320. It also features several stands for smaller general aviation planes.

Airlines and destinations
The nearest major international airports are Berlin Tegel Airport 190 km to the south and Hamburg Airport 200 km to the west.

Ground transportation
There are three buses a day from Rostock Hauptbahnhof, the distance is 25 km. The motorway A19 (Rostock–Berlin) is nearby.