Poprad–Tatry Airport (Slovak: Letisko Poprad-Tatry) (IATA: TAT, ICAO: LZTT) is an airport in the Slovak ski resort town of Poprad. It is an airport with one of the highest elevations in Central Europe, at 718 m, which is 150 m higher than Innsbruck Airport in Austria, and 989 m lower than Samedan Airport in Switzerland.
The airport serves schedule and charter airline operations, is a base for search and rescue air services, and handles general aviation. It does not offer any domestic flights. Charter flights are mainly operated in winter. Medical flights, VIP flights, ad hoc charters and ACMI flight also operate from the airport.
Airlines and destinationsedit
The following airlines operate regular scheduled and charter services to and from Poprad–Tatry:
On 20 December 1980, a East German Interflug Flight 302, a Tupolev Tu-134 en route from Berlin Schönefeld to Budapest Ferenc Liszt received a bomb threat, saying that the bomb would go off once the plane descends lower than 600 meters. Since the Poprad Airport is located at 718 meters, the plane was diverted there. Upon landing, a backpack was found which did not belong to any of the passengers.[11]
According to Slovak police, during a routine training exercise involving police dogs at Poprad Airport on 2 January 2010, an officer from Slovakia’s Border and Foreigners’ Police put two pieces of a high explosive, hexogen (RDX), which experts say is more powerful than TNT, among the luggage of passengers travelling on a Danube Wings airline flight from Poprad to Dublin, Ireland. The dogs succeeded in finding both pieces, but the policeman accidentally left one of them, a package containing 95g of the substance, among the luggage. When he realised his mistake, he notified the airport administration but not his superiors, whom he informed only on 4 January 2010.[12]
On 3 August 2012 during the construction works the Mi-8 helicopter of TECHMONT company flew several times to Chata pod Rysmi mountain hut, located at 2250 meters over the sea. When the goods were offloaded there (carried on the rope under the helicopter), during the steep descent through the valley the free end of the rope hit the tail rotor blades, causing damage to it. The crew was able to fly the chopper to Poprad airport, but on approach controlling the helicopter became more and more difficult until it crash-landed within the airport perimeter and rolled to its side with main rotor and tail section destructed. Two from three members onboard received minor injuries.[13]
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Poprad Tatry Airport Slovak Letisko Poprad Tatry IATA TAT ICAO LZTT is an airport in the Slovak ski resort town of Poprad It is an airport with one of the highest elevations in Central Europe at 718 m which is 150 m higher than Innsbruck Airport in Austria and 989 m lower than Samedan Airport in Switzerland Poprad Tatry AirportLetisko Poprad TatryIATA TATICAO LZTTSummaryAirport typePublicServesPoprad Slovakia Zakopane Poland Nowy Targ PolandElevation AMSL2 356 ft 718 mCoordinates49 04 25 N 20 14 28 E 49 07361 N 20 24111 E 49 07361 20 24111Websiteairport poprad skMapTATLocation of airport in SlovakiaRunwaysDirection Length Surface ft m 09 27 8 530 2 600 Concrete 07R 25L 2 493 760 Grass 07L 25R 2 493 760 GrassStatistics 2023 Aircraft11 700Passengers72 500 Contents 1 Services 2 Airlines and destinations 3 Statistics 4 Accidents and incidents 5 References 6 External linksServices editThe airport serves schedule and charter airline operations is a base for search and rescue air services and handles general aviation It does not offer any domestic flights Charter flights are mainly operated in winter Medical flights VIP flights ad hoc charters and ACMI flight also operate from the airport Airlines and destinations editThe following airlines operate regular scheduled and charter services to and from Poprad Tatry AirlinesDestinationsBul AirSeasonal charter Burgas 1 Corendon AirlinesSeasonal charter Antalya 2 RyanairLondon Stansted 3 SmartwingsSeasonal charter Antalya 4 Monastir 5 Wizz AirLondon LutonStatistics editPassenger throughput and operations since 2014 6 7 8 9 Year Passengers Change 2000 12 780 N A 2005 18 335 N A 2010 27 693 N A 2013 24 565 N A 2014 31 694 29 0 2015 85 224 172 7 2016 84 030 1 4 2017 80 605 4 1 2018 88 387 9 7 2019 94 249 6 5 2020 24 189 74 54 2021 15 481 36 0 2022 56 500 264 96 2023 72 500 10 28 31 Accidents and incidents editOn 20 December 1980 a East German Interflug Flight 302 a Tupolev Tu 134 en route from Berlin Schonefeld to Budapest Ferenc Liszt received a bomb threat saying that the bomb would go off once the plane descends lower than 600 meters Since the Poprad Airport is located at 718 meters the plane was diverted there Upon landing a backpack was found which did not belong to any of the passengers 11 According to Slovak police during a routine training exercise involving police dogs at Poprad Airport on 2 January 2010 an officer from Slovakia s Border and Foreigners Police put two pieces of a high explosive hexogen RDX which experts say is more powerful than TNT among the luggage of passengers travelling on a Danube Wings airline flight from Poprad to Dublin Ireland The dogs succeeded in finding both pieces but the policeman accidentally left one of them a package containing 95g of the substance among the luggage When he realised his mistake he notified the airport administration but not his superiors whom he informed only on 4 January 2010 12 On 3 August 2012 during the construction works the Mi 8 helicopter of TECHMONT company flew several times to Chata pod Rysmi mountain hut located at 2250 meters over the sea When the goods were offloaded there carried on the rope under the helicopter during the steep descent through the valley the free end of the rope hit the tail rotor blades causing damage to it The crew was able to fly the chopper to Poprad airport but on approach controlling the helicopter became more and more difficult until it crash landed within the airport perimeter and rolled to its side with main rotor and tail section destructed Two from three members onboard received minor injuries 13 On 26 May 2021 after landing of Aerospool WT 9 Dynamic nose wheel collapsed pilot escaped unhurt 14 References edit Kam sa da odletiet na dovolenku z Popradu Na letisku pripravili aj viacere NOVINKY 27 June 2023 Kam sa da odletiet na dovolenku z Popradu Na letisku pripravili aj viacere NOVINKY 27 June 2023 News for Airlines Airports and the Aviation Industry CAPA Kam sa da odletiet na dovolenku z Popradu Na letisku pripravili aj viacere NOVINKY 27 June 2023 Letisko v Poprade ponukne novinku spod Tatier sa bude lietat uz aj do Afriky NasaDoprava sk 15 November 2023 Airport Poprad Tatry Airport poprad sk Retrieved 23 January 2019 Vykony letisk mindop sk Retrieved 15 September 2020 Vykony za rok 2020 MY Tatry Retrieved 15 February 2021 Vykony za rok 2021 teraz sk 26 January 2022 Popradske letisko 2023 prepravilo o 16 000 cestujucich viac ako v 2022 20 January 2024 Bombe bei Interflug Der Spiegel 1980 1981 Archived from the original on 27 September 2013 Slovak police mistakenly plant explosive on Poprad to Dublin flight The Slovak Spectator 6 January 2010 Retrieved 6 January 2010 Final investigation report on accident Letecky a namorny vysetrovaci utvar in Slovak Retrieved 21 June 2022 Small plane crashed in Poprad nose wheel collapsed Aktuality sk in Slovak 26 May 2021 Retrieved 21 June 2022 External links edit nbsp Media related to Poprad Tatry Airport at Wikimedia Commons 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