Introducing the airport built over a motorway

It’s not often while driving along a motorway that the world’s largest passenger jet trundles directly across your path. But the spectacle - that is, the A380, above - is far from irregular for any motorists that frequent the A14 autobahn in Germany, linking the port city of Wismar with the town of Nossen. That’s because, as the road navigates its way around Leipzig Airport, it does not so much as skirt the airport as it does run right through the middle of it. Subsequently, planes large and small scheduled to depart or land on the airport’s Runway North must traverse a taxiway bridge that crosses a busy motorway. Its unusual positioning is the product of a shortage of space around Leipzig/Halle Airpot and its proximity to the A14. Allowing planes to taxi over the motorway - as well as a railway - provides more space for planes to use the full 3.6km of the runway. The airport is the main hub for DHL cargo, as well as Aerologic. In addition to Lufthansa (which operates flights to Frankfurt and Munich) and SunExpress, Austrian Airlines and RusLine, a number of carriers run seasonal and charter services to Leipzig/Halle.<br/>