M. R. Štefánik Airport (Slovak: Letisko M. R. Štefánika) (IATA: BTS, ICAO: LZIB), also called – especially in English – Bratislava Airport (Slovak: Letisko Bratislava) or Bratislava-Ivanka, located approximately 9 km (5.6 mi) northeast of the city center of Bratislava, spanning over the area of three municipalities (Bratislava-Ružinov, Bratislava-Vrakuňa and Ivanka pri Dunaji). It is the main international airport of Slovakia. Shortly after the independence of Slovakia in 1993, it was named after general Milan Rastislav Štefánik (1880–1919), whose aircraft crashed near Bratislava in 1919. The airport is owned and run by Letisko M. R. Štefánika – Airport Bratislava, a.s. (BTS). As of September 2014 the company is fully owned by the Slovak Republic via the Ministry of Transport, Construction and Regional Development.[1]
Bratislava is a base for the Slovak Government Flying Service as well as Ryanair, AirExplore, and Smartwings Slovakia. During a brief period in 2011, the airport was also a secondary hub for Czech Airlines. Two maintenance companies, Austrian Technik Bratislava and East Air Company are also based at the airport. Air Livery has one painting bay for aircraft at the airport. The airport is category 4E for aircraft, and category 7 or 8 on request in terms of potential rescue.
Bratislava is also served by the Vienna International Airport located 49 kilometres (30.4 mi) west of the city centre. Conversely, Bratislava Airport may serve as a low-cost alternative for people from Vienna and the neighbouring areas.
Bratislava Airport is located 9 km (5.6 mi) to the north-east of the city center, covering an area of 4.77 km2 (1.84 sq mi). It is within a one-hour drive of Vienna (Austria), Brno (Czech Republic) and Győr (Hungary), covering a catchment area of four countries. The nearest large international airport is Vienna International Airport approx. 50 kilometres (31 mi) to the west.
HistoryEdit
The first regular flight between Prague and Bratislava started in 1923, by the newly formed carrier Czechoslovak Airlines. At that time the airport for Bratislava was in Vajnory, about 3 km away from the current airport. That airport is now closed. Preparation for the current airport started in 1947 and construction began in 1948. Two runways were constructed (04/22, 1900 m and 13/31, 1500 m) and the airport opened in 1951.
The number of passengers served at Bratislava Airport decreased temporarily in the early 1990s due to competition from the nearby Vienna International Airport (which is only 55 km (34 mi) away from Bratislava Airport), but passenger numbers have been quickly increasing since, partly since Ryanair started traffic in 2004 marketing it as serving both Vienna and Bratislava. In 2005, the airport served 1,326,493 passengers; and in 2008, 2,218,545 passengers. Nevertheless, due to the economic downturn and the collapse of Slovak Airlines, SkyEurope, Air Slovakia and Seagle Air, the number of passengers has declined to just over 1.4 million in 2012, increasing again after 2014, and in 2018, the airport recorded the highest number of passengers in its history (2,292,712). In January 2019, the only domestic route of Slovakia Bratislava–Košice, and the Prague–Bratislava route were closed down by Czech Airlines.[2]
FacilitiesEdit
TerminalsEdit
Departures area
The airport has one terminal serving arrivals and departures, completed in July 2012 and replacing the original Terminal A, built in 1970 and demolished in January 2011. Terminal B, built in 1994 and designated to serve the non-Schengen arrivals and departures and Terminal C, built in 2006, are both currently out of service.
The current terminal includes 29 check-in desks located on the ground floor of the departures terminal, one of them designated for oversized baggage. In the non-public zones of the waiting area targeted at departing passengers, there are 13 gates, 8 in the Schengen and 5 in the non-Schengen area.
The airport is also home to the General Aviation Terminal (GAT), where passengers on private, business and VIP flights are handled, as well as passengers of emergency flights and crew.
Other facilitiesEdit
A new control tower was added in the 1990s. The parking lot near the terminal has 970 parking spots and is used for short- and long-term parking. The current capacity of the airport is over 5 million passengers per year. The offices of the Slovak Civil Aviation Authority are on the airport property.[3]
RunwaysEdit
The current runways enable the landing of virtually all types of aircraft used in the world today (except for Airbus A380, Boeing 747-8 or another aircraft of similar size). The airport features two perpendicular runways (04/22 and 13/31), both of which underwent a complete reconstruction in the 1980s. Runway 13/31 is equipped for the ICAO category IIIA approach and landing, while 04/22 is category I.
Airlines and destinationsEdit
The following airlines operate regular scheduled, seasonal, and seasonal charter flights to and from Bratislava:[4]
M. R. Štefánik Airport Bratislava bus stop terminal
Bratislava - Public transportation bus No. 61 connects the airport to the city centre and the central railway station during the day. At night the airport is served by bus N61 from the central railway station.
Vienna - FlixBus[21] and Slovak Lines (jointly with Postbus) operate bus lines (25 services a day – approximately once every 45 minutes) to Vienna which stop also at the Vienna International Airport. The journey to Vienna city centre takes between 75 minutes and 90 minutes.
Other destinations - Slovak Lines also operates to destinations around Slovakia.
RoadsEdit
Bratislava Airport can be reached by private car from the city centre, which is 9 km (5.6 mi) away, or from D1 highway. There is also a taxi stand just near the entrance to the airport with Taxi Slovakia company (taxi of other companies can be called by telephone but rates for the airport are usually higher).
Long-term and short-term car parking is provided at the airport, in front of the terminal building.
On 24 November 1966, an Il-18 on multi-leg TABSO Flight 101 from Sofia to East Berlin via Budapest and Prague crashed into the forested foothills of the Little Carpathians west of the airport, shortly after take-off from Bratislava Airport, where it had been grounded due to bad weather in Prague. All 74 passengers and eight crew members died.
On 28 July 1976, an Il-18 on ČSA Flight 001 from Prague crashed into the Zlaté Piesky lake just north-west of the airport while executing a go-around. 69 of 73 passengers and six crew members died in the crash. Two passengers later died in the hospital.
On 7 February 1999, a Boeing 707 aircraft crashed on takeoff from BTS. No one was injured.
On 6 June 1999, a BAE Hawk 200 aircraft crashed during the SIAD '99 air show, killing the pilot and one female spectator on the ground who was swept off the roof by the explosion.[22]
^a.s, Petit Press (20 December 2018). "Czech airlines will stop flights between Prague and Bratislava". spectator.sme.sk. Retrieved 12 November 2019.
^"Contacts 18 November 2012 at the Wayback Machine." Civil Aviation Authority. Retrieved on 1 January 2013. "Letecký úrad Slovenskej republiky Letisko M. R. Štefánika 823 05 BRATISLAVA Slovenská republika"
^ ab"Flight schedule SUMMER 2023". Letisko Bratislava (BTS) - oficiálna stránka. 26 March 2023. Retrieved 17 April 2023.
^"Marsa Matrouh Airport receives 1st charter flight from Slovakia". egypttoday.com. 8 June 2023.
^"AIR MONTENEGRO ADDS BRATISLAVA / BRNO SERVICE IN NS23". AeroRoutes. 5 December 2022. Retrieved 6 December 2022.
^"AIR NOSTRUM NS23 PALMA DE MALLORCA CHARTER NETWORK ADDITIONS".
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M R Stefanik Airport Slovak Letisko M R Stefanika IATA BTS ICAO LZIB also called especially in English Bratislava Airport Slovak Letisko Bratislava or Bratislava Ivanka located approximately 9 km 5 6 mi northeast of the city center of Bratislava spanning over the area of three municipalities Bratislava Ruzinov Bratislava Vrakuna and Ivanka pri Dunaji It is the main international airport of Slovakia Shortly after the independence of Slovakia in 1993 it was named after general Milan Rastislav Stefanik 1880 1919 whose aircraft crashed near Bratislava in 1919 The airport is owned and run by Letisko M R Stefanika Airport Bratislava a s BTS As of September 2014 the company is fully owned by the Slovak Republic via the Ministry of Transport Construction and Regional Development 1 Bratislava AirportLetisko M R StefanikaIATA BTSICAO LZIBSummaryAirport typePublicOperatorAirport Bratislava a s BTS ServesBratislava Slovakia andVienna AustriaOpened1951Hub forAirExploreFocus city forRyanair Smartwings SlovakiaElevation AMSL436 ft 133 mCoordinates48 10 12 N 17 12 46 E 48 17000 N 17 21278 E 48 17000 17 21278Websitebts aeroMapBTSLocation of the airport in SlovakiaRunwaysDirection Length Surfacem ft04 22 2 900 9 515 Concrete13 31 3 190 10 466 ConcreteStatistics 2022 Passengers1 406 284 192 Movements24 283 36 CargoTBASource Bratislava Airport press release 2 Bratislava is a base for the Slovak Government Flying Service as well as Ryanair AirExplore and Smartwings Slovakia During a brief period in 2011 the airport was also a secondary hub for Czech Airlines Two maintenance companies Austrian Technik Bratislava and East Air Company are also based at the airport Air Livery has one painting bay for aircraft at the airport The airport is category 4E for aircraft and category 7 or 8 on request in terms of potential rescue Bratislava is also served by the Vienna International Airport located 49 kilometres 30 4 mi west of the city centre Conversely Bratislava Airport may serve as a low cost alternative for people from Vienna and the neighbouring areas Contents 1 Location 2 History 3 Facilities 3 1 Terminals 3 2 Other facilities 3 3 Runways 4 Airlines and destinations 5 Statistics 6 Image gallery 7 Ground transportation 7 1 Buses and coaches 7 2 Roads 8 Accidents and incidents 9 References 10 External linksLocation EditBratislava Airport is located 9 km 5 6 mi to the north east of the city center covering an area of 4 77 km2 1 84 sq mi It is within a one hour drive of Vienna Austria Brno Czech Republic and Gyor Hungary covering a catchment area of four countries The nearest large international airport is Vienna International Airport approx 50 kilometres 31 mi to the west History EditThe first regular flight between Prague and Bratislava started in 1923 by the newly formed carrier Czechoslovak Airlines At that time the airport for Bratislava was in Vajnory about 3 km away from the current airport That airport is now closed Preparation for the current airport started in 1947 and construction began in 1948 Two runways were constructed 04 22 1900 m and 13 31 1500 m and the airport opened in 1951 The number of passengers served at Bratislava Airport decreased temporarily in the early 1990s due to competition from the nearby Vienna International Airport which is only 55 km 34 mi away from Bratislava Airport but passenger numbers have been quickly increasing since partly since Ryanair started traffic in 2004 marketing it as serving both Vienna and Bratislava In 2005 the airport served 1 326 493 passengers and in 2008 2 218 545 passengers Nevertheless due to the economic downturn and the collapse of Slovak Airlines SkyEurope Air Slovakia and Seagle Air the number of passengers has declined to just over 1 4 million in 2012 increasing again after 2014 and in 2018 the airport recorded the highest number of passengers in its history 2 292 712 In January 2019 the only domestic route of Slovakia Bratislava Kosice and the Prague Bratislava route were closed down by Czech Airlines 2 Facilities EditTerminals Edit nbsp Departures areaThe airport has one terminal serving arrivals and departures completed in July 2012 and replacing the original Terminal A built in 1970 and demolished in January 2011 Terminal B built in 1994 and designated to serve the non Schengen arrivals and departures and Terminal C built in 2006 are both currently out of service The current terminal includes 29 check in desks located on the ground floor of the departures terminal one of them designated for oversized baggage In the non public zones of the waiting area targeted at departing passengers there are 13 gates 8 in the Schengen and 5 in the non Schengen area The airport is also home to the General Aviation Terminal GAT where passengers on private business and VIP flights are handled as well as passengers of emergency flights and crew Other facilities Edit A new control tower was added in the 1990s The parking lot near the terminal has 970 parking spots and is used for short and long term parking The current capacity of the airport is over 5 million passengers per year The offices of the Slovak Civil Aviation Authority are on the airport property 3 Runways Edit The current runways enable the landing of virtually all types of aircraft used in the world today except for Airbus A380 Boeing 747 8 or another aircraft of similar size The airport features two perpendicular runways 04 22 and 13 31 both of which underwent a complete reconstruction in the 1980s Runway 13 31 is equipped for the ICAO category IIIA approach and landing while 04 22 is category I Airlines and destinations EditThe following airlines operate regular scheduled seasonal and seasonal charter flights to and from Bratislava 4 AirlinesDestinationsAegean AirlinesAthens 4 Air CairoHurghada Marsa Alam Seasonal charter Marsa Matruh 5 Air MontenegroSeasonal Podgorica 6 Air NostrumSeasonal charter Palma de Mallorca 7 RyanairBergamo Charleroi Dalaman Dublin Edinburgh Eindhoven Kaunas Lanzarote London Stansted Malta Manchester Rome Ciampino Thessaloniki Seasonal Alghero Burgas Corfu Leeds Bradford 8 Palma de Mallorca Paphos Sofia 9 TrapaniSmartwings 10 Seasonal Bahrain 11 Corfu Dubai Heraklion Larnaca Palma de Mallorca Rhodes ZakynthosSeasonal charter Antalya Hurghada Marsa Alam MonastirTus AirwaysSeasonal Larnaca 12 Wizz AirLondon Luton SkopjeWorld2FlySeasonal charter Phu Quoc begins 26 October 2023 13 Punta Cana begins 25 October 2023 13 Santa Clara begins 24 October 2023 13 Statistics Edit nbsp Control tower nbsp Check in hall nbsp Caproni Ca 33 in the departure hallYear Passengers Change Cargo tonnes 1997 285 983 1 6411998 324 219 13 4 1 4431999 276 092 14 8 1 6052000 283 714 2 8 2 8782001 293 326 3 4 3 1712002 368 203 25 5 4 8312003 480 011 30 4 10 8832004 893 614 86 2 6 9722005 1 326 493 48 4 3 6332006 1 937 642 46 1 5 0552007 2 024 142 4 5 1 9692008 2 218 545 9 6 6 9612009 1 710 018 22 9 11 9032010 1 665 704 2 6 17 7172011 1 585 064 4 8 20 5302012 1 416 010 10 7 22 5632013 1 373 078 3 0 21 2712014 1 355 625 1 3 19 4482015 1 564 311 15 4 21 0982016 1 756 808 12 3 22 895 14 2017 1 942 069 10 6 26 246 15 2018 2 292 712 18 1 16 2019 2 290 242 0 1 20 449 17 2020 405 097 82 24 739 18 2021 480 152 18 5 19 623 19 2022 1 406 284 192 8 20 Image gallery Edit nbsp Bratislava Airport before reconstruction in 2008 nbsp Apron view nbsp General Aviation TerminalGround transportation EditBuses and coaches Edit nbsp M R Stefanik Airport Bratislava bus stop terminalBratislava Public transportation bus No 61 connects the airport to the city centre and the central railway station during the day At night the airport is served by bus N61 from the central railway station Vienna FlixBus 21 and Slovak Lines jointly with Postbus operate bus lines 25 services a day approximately once every 45 minutes to Vienna which stop also at the Vienna International Airport The journey to Vienna city centre takes between 75 minutes and 90 minutes Other destinations Slovak Lines also operates to destinations around Slovakia Roads Edit Bratislava Airport can be reached by private car from the city centre which is 9 km 5 6 mi away or from D1 highway There is also a taxi stand just near the entrance to the airport with Taxi Slovakia company taxi of other companies can be called by telephone but rates for the airport are usually higher Long term and short term car parking is provided at the airport in front of the terminal building Accidents and incidents EditOn 4 May 1919 M R Stefanik crashed on approach to Vajnory Airport the predecessor to M R Stefanik Airport Many rumors about his death exist On 24 November 1966 an Il 18 on multi leg TABSO Flight 101 from Sofia to East Berlin via Budapest and Prague crashed into the forested foothills of the Little Carpathians west of the airport shortly after take off from Bratislava Airport where it had been grounded due to bad weather in Prague All 74 passengers and eight crew members died On 28 July 1976 an Il 18 on CSA Flight 001 from Prague crashed into the Zlate Piesky lake just north west of the airport while executing a go around 69 of 73 passengers and six crew members died in the crash Two passengers later died in the hospital On 7 February 1999 a Boeing 707 aircraft crashed on takeoff from BTS No one was injured On 6 June 1999 a BAE Hawk 200 aircraft crashed during the SIAD 99 air show killing the pilot and one female spectator on the ground who was swept off the roof by the explosion 22 References Edit Bratislava Airport Annual Report 2014 PDF a s Petit Press 20 December 2018 Czech airlines will stop flights between Prague and Bratislava spectator sme sk Retrieved 12 November 2019 Contacts Archived 18 November 2012 at the Wayback Machine Civil Aviation Authority Retrieved on 1 January 2013 Letecky urad Slovenskej republiky Letisko M R Stefanika 823 05 BRATISLAVA Slovenska republika a b Flight schedule SUMMER 2023 Letisko Bratislava BTS oficialna stranka 26 March 2023 Retrieved 17 April 2023 Marsa Matrouh Airport receives 1st charter flight from Slovakia egypttoday com 8 June 2023 AIR MONTENEGRO ADDS BRATISLAVA BRNO SERVICE IN NS23 AeroRoutes 5 December 2022 Retrieved 6 December 2022 AIR NOSTRUM NS23 PALMA DE MALLORCA CHARTER NETWORK ADDITIONS https www aeroroutes com eng 230918 frnw23 https www aeroroutes com eng 230918 frnw23 Official Smartwings website Smartwings com Retrieved 19 January 2023 https www aeroroutes com eng 230927 qsoct23bah Agapiou Gina 16 February 2023 TUS Airways launches direct flights to Slovakia Cyprus Mail Retrieved 17 February 2023 a b c WORLD2FLY NW23 CZECHIA SLOVAKIA CHARTERS aeroroutes com V r 2016 najvyssi pocet cestujucich za poslednych 8 rokov in Slovak Archived from the original on 23 October 2017 Retrieved 19 June 2017 Letisko Bratislava dosiahlo 3 najlepsi vysledok vo svojej historii in Slovak Archived from the original on 11 January 2018 Retrieved 10 January 2018 BTS vybavilo vlani najviac cestujucih in Slovak Retrieved 17 January 2019 Letisko v Bratislave vybavilo vlani 2 29 miliona cestujucich in Slovak Retrieved 23 January 2020 Letisko M R Stefanika vybavilo vlani 405 tisic cestujucich Statisticke udaje PDF Za prvych 9 mesiacov vybavilo Letisko M R Stefanika 1 169 704 pasazierov FlixBus Retrieved 27 January 2015 1 Archived 2 March 2012 at the Wayback Machine External links Edit nbsp Media related to M R Stefanik Airport at Wikimedia Commons Official website Current weather for LZIB at NOAA NWS Accident history for BTS at Aviation Safety NetworkPortals nbsp Slovakia nbsp Aviation Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Bratislava Airport amp oldid 1179932434, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
