Klagenfurt / KLU Airport

Klagenfurt city
Klagenfurt (Slovene: Celovec) is the capital of Carinthia, the Southern region in Austria. The old town with its squares, restaurants and shop centers attract a lot of tourists due to Austrian architecture, large squares, beautiful cafes and restaurants.

The city is well known for Slovenes and in the past was a very important cultural link between Austria and Ljubljana.

The place is also known for the open air museum MINIMUNDUS located in the western part of the city. The museum offers over 150 miniature models of famous buildings from around the world.

About Klagenfurt airport
Klagenfurt Airport is a small international airport, located in Annabichl, northeast part from the city centre of Klagenfurt.

On this airport operate some big companies like Lufthansa, Austrian Airlines and it is attractive for some low cost carriers such as Condor, Ryanair, Niki, Germanwings.

The route passes through the mountains and over a high pass and offer the opportunity to admire the Alps, Slovene and Austrian houses and landscape.

The distance from Ljubljana to Klagenfurt is around 100 km and the journey takes around 1h and 30min. 
To the airport it is a little bit longer, around 110 km.
During the winter time, when the high pass is closed the journey via Villach is longer, around 2h (140km).
The average cruise speed is 80 km/h.