Lübeck-Blankensee station had been located in the same place, but it closed a long time ago.

The Lübeck–Lüneburg railway runs close to the currently unused Lübeck Airport.

The installation of a lift to the bridge running above the platform has significantly shortened the route to the airport.

Scheduled services are operated with a class 648 (Alstom Coradia LINT) diesel multiple units.

The following service stops at the station: It has been suggested that Lübeck Flughafen station (or Ratzeburg) could be the starting point for a service of a Lübeck S-Bahn that would run every half hour from here to Hochschulstadtteil, the Hauptbahnhof, Dänischburg, Kücknitz and Travemünde.