Winter road clearance service

This question has a special significance for those responsible for the winter road clearance services at Leipzig/Halle Airport. Whatever the answer is, one thing is certain: The winter road clearance service is of great importance to the trouble-free operation of air traffic at Leipzig/Halle Airport.

In order to ensure the scheduled operation of air traffic at Leipzig/Halle Airport, the take-off and landing runways, taxiways and aircraft clearance areas must always be maintained in operational status. As soon as the German Weather Service forecasts snow, the duty work group begin the immediate preparations for the clearance and gritting measures which are necessary to ensure optimal conditions on the flight operation areas for departing and landing aircraft. In order that passengers, guests or visitors can move around freely, the streets, paths and parking areas in the public areas of the airport are included within the responsibilities of the winter road clearance service and are also systematically dealt with.

For the extensive duties of the winter road clearance service around 270 employees are available from different departments and areas of the Flughafen Leipzig/Halle GmbH as well as partner companies.

Intensive teaching and training measures enable the standby personnel of the winter road clearance service to operate and apply the special technology efficiently.