Exhibitions & Tours
A look behind the scenes, 100 years of aviation history and a real lunar landscape – Rostock Airport is more than an airport.
The world behind the scenes
Experience the airport from a completely new perspective! On our exclusive airport tour you get a look behind the scenes and discover areas that remain hidden from most visitors.
Learn fascinating background information, experience day-to-day airport life up close and gain intriguing insights into how an international airport works – whether technology, logistics or the interplay of the many people who ensure safe, punctual operations every day.
- Start times (by arrangement): 11:30 · 12:30 · 13:30 · 14:30 · 15:30
- Adults 16 and over: €10 · Children 5–15: €5
- Duration: approx. 45 minutes
For more information or to register, contact fuehrungen@rostock-airport.de – please state your preferred time and number of people.
Aviation history up close
100 years of flight
"Flying like a bird" long remained a human dream – until Otto Lilienthal achieved the first documented flight with a "heavier-than-air" apparatus in 1891. Our exhibition on the history of flight traces the story from the first attempts through the luxury flying of the 1920s to air travel for everyone – documented with many true-to-original exhibits. Visit individually or as part of a pre-arranged tour.
Exhibition of Tactical Air Force Wing 73 "Steinhoff"
As the resident wing at Laage air base, "Steinhoff" offers an insight into the daily duties of its soldiers with modern media and a partly interactive presentation. Its core mission – training pilots on the EUROFIGHTER weapon system – is vividly conveyed. On request, air-force personnel guide groups of 10 or more through the exhibition.
From airport to spaceport
Rostock-Laage is developing into a spaceport. Together with the Berlin space company PTS (Planetary Transportation Systems), a spacelab was set up at the airport, where lunar vehicles, spacecraft and technologies for outer space are tested and prepared.
At its heart is a purpose-built lunar landscape – an authentic test environment for developing moon rovers, i.e. vehicles that transport material automatically across the lunar surface. This is complemented by a public exhibition, "Exploring the Moon", featuring models of lunar landers, lunar modules and moon rockets.
Space-themed tours and exhibition visits on request. Details and current dates via info@rostock-airport.de.