Paderborn Lippstadt Airport
Paderborn Lippstadt Airport
Paderborn Lippstadt Airport (German: Flughafen Paderborn Lippstadt) (IATA: PAD, ICAO: EDLP) is a minor international airport in the Ostwestfalen-Lippe area in the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia. Despite its name, the airport is actually located near the town of Büren, around 18 km (11 mi) from Paderborn city centre. It mainly serves flights to European leisure destinations.
Location
51.613°N, 8.617°E · 213 m s. n. m. (699 ft)
General data
Runways · 1
Lengths and surfaces from the public OurAirports register; open runways only.
Radio frequencies · 5
Tower
Ground
ATIS (automatic information)
Approach
Flight information
Reference frequencies for enthusiasts, from OurAirports (community database, public domain), checked on Oct 16, 2026. They may be outdated or incomplete and do not replace the AIP or current charts: not for navigation. In Europe the published frequency may be an 8.33 kHz channel (e.g., 118.505 for 118.500). In MHz.
History
The airport company was founded in 1969, the actual Paderborn Lippstadt Airport opened in 1971.
In 2010, 1.03 million passed through the airport. Ever since, passenger numbers have been decreasing. In September 2015, German leisure airline Condor announced the termination of all operations at Paderborn Lippstadt Airport. All ten year-round and seasonal routes to destinations around the Mediterranean ceased by 26 October 2015.
In January 2019, Adria Airways announced it would end its short-lived operations at the airport which consisted of routes to London (which already ceased in late 2018), Vienna and Zürich. In October 2019, Lufthansa announced the termination of their route to Frankfurt Airport by March 2020, leaving Paderborn/Lippstadt with a sole hub connection to Munich Airport.
In August 2020, the airport company announced its intention to file for insolvency while maintaining business operations in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic.
In 2024, the airport celebrated its 55th anniversary. In November 2024, Lufthansa announced it would end the airport's sole remaining hub connection to Munich in March 2025.
Airlines operating here · 10
Other airlines with direct routes
Airlines with current passenger routes from here, according to Wikipedia route tables cross-checked from both ends (October 2026).
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This page was last updated on October 15, 2026
APA
Vuelopedia. (2026, October 15). Paderborn Lippstadt Airport (PAD). Retrieved October 23, 2026, from https://vuelopedia.org/en/airport/PAD
MLA
“Paderborn Lippstadt Airport (PAD).” Vuelopedia, Fundación Poderia, 15 Oct. 2026, vuelopedia.org/en/airport/PAD. Accessed 23 Oct. 2026.
Chicago
Vuelopedia. “Paderborn Lippstadt Airport (PAD).” Fundación Poderia. Last modified October 15, 2026. https://vuelopedia.org/en/airport/PAD.
Harvard
Vuelopedia (2026) Paderborn Lippstadt Airport (PAD). Available at: https://vuelopedia.org/en/airport/PAD (Accessed: 23 October 2026).
BibTeX
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title = {{Paderborn Lippstadt Airport (PAD)}},
publisher = {Fundación Poderia},
year = {2026},
date = {2026-10-15},
url = {https://vuelopedia.org/en/airport/PAD},
howpublished = {\url{https://vuelopedia.org/en/airport/PAD}},
urldate = {2026-10-23},
note = {Accessed 2026-10-23}
}Wikipedia
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