At the beginning of World War II, the airport was the fourth in the country for commercial traffic, with more than 40 takeoffs per day.

Starting from 1963, twice a year the airport was used as the seat of the Leipzig Trade Fair, with regular service from the state's flag carrier Interflug; the structures, however, were dismantled after the fair's end, and only in 1968 a more modern terminal was built.

[7] On 18 March 1986, Air France flew a Concorde to the airport, to coincide with the Leipzig Trade Fair.

[citation needed] In the following years, both airlines operated Concorde flights from Paris and London when the trade fair was held in Leipzig.

The District of Delitzsch, which by now has merged to become part of Landkreis Nordsachsen, owns and claims taxes from the grounds and commercial interest from the airport.

[10] In October 2017, the airline announced it would end all routes to the United States, so plans to use Leipzig as a layover to New York-JFK never came to be.

The airline stationed an Airbus A320 aircraft to serve several leisure destinations for TUI Group.

[13] It was followed by SunExpress Deutschland which operated 15 weekly departures and stationed for this a Boeing 737 aircraft at the airport.

[16] At the same time, EAT Leipzig announced that they would add five used Airbus A330 freighters to their fleet, for a total of 36 aircraft.

[17] Also in August 2018, the Russian Volga-Dnepr Group announced plans to launch a new German freight subsidiary based at the airport.

[21] In October 2024, Ryanair announced the termination of all routes at three German airports including Leipzig/Halle, citing high operational costs.

It integrates the main car park as well as the check-in-facilities and is connected to a pier equipped with six jet bridges as well as several apron stands.

[6] Leipzig/Halle Airport railway station is located directly under the passenger terminal and has Intercity connections on the Dresden-Magdeburg-Hanover-Cologne route.

[20] The main reason for the losses have been take-off and landing fees, which do not cover operating costs.

[20] Residents in the Saale district have been complaining about the noise pollution for years and have been asking to adapt start and landing fees, pricing up night flights.