Airport Cargo Center

Luxembourg is the 6th largest freight airport in Europe allowing global air-cargo connectivity.

The ultramodern freight center of the Luxembourg Airport has a capacity of 1.2 million metric tons per year.

Its principal assets are the following:

• short transit times
• fast customs declarations procedures
• presence of the main logistics operators
• a high level aircraft maintenance center
• solid expertise in the transport of special goods, pharmaceutical and life sciences products.

The volume of its long-haul freight makes it a major hub for electronic products and high technology. Exported freight represents 54% of traffic and the remaining 46% are constituted by imported freight.

Infrastructures

The airport presents the following characteristics:

• a 4,000-meter long, 60-meter wide runway equipped with ILS IIIb category, operational in all weather conditions
• Boeing 747-8F compatibility
• no slot constraints
  
• a specific cargo ramp that provides simultaneous loading/unloading of 12 high-capacity aircrafts
• a free zone created in 2014 for unlimited-time storage, handling, management and exchange of valuable goods with suspension of VAT and customs duties
• modern and efficient infrastructures guaranteeing an unbroken cold chain
• a specific center for pharmaceutical and healthcare products (from -30 to +25 °C)
• a veterinary station certified by the European Union
• an area for oversize goods
• an area for dangerous goods
  
• a center for perishable goods.

Finally, the airport offers particularly attractive terminal and landing fees to encourage efficient and low-noise aircraft traffic.