The airport is 5 km (3.1 mi) west of Erfurt city center[2] and is mainly used for seasonal charter flights to European leisure destinations.

With the end of the war in 1945, Erfurt-North was closed, but in 1956, the pre-military organisation Gesellschaft für Sport und Technik resumed glider operations here.

[4] The foundation for today's Erfurt–Weimar Airport was laid in 1935, when a new air base was built by the Luftwaffe west of Erfurt near Bindersleben.

As a result, it is possible to reach Frankfurt, Berlin and Munich within two hours by rail from Erfurt, making domestic flights redundant.

The passenger terminal features two aircraft parking positions and four boarding gates on two levels, the upper ones are equipped with jet bridges.