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M. R. Štefánik Airport (Slovak: Letisko M. R. Štefánika; German: Flughafen M. R. Štefánik) (IATA: BTS, ICAO: LZIB), also called – especially in English – Bratislava Airport (Slovak: Letisko Bratislava; German: Flughafen Pressburg or Flughafen 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, 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 Airport

Letisko M. R. Štefánika
Flughafen M. R. Štefánik
Summary
Airport typePublic
OperatorAirport Bratislava, a.s. (BTS)
ServesBratislava, Slovakia and
Vienna, Austria
Opened1951
Hub forAirExplore
Focus city for
Elevation AMSL436 ft / 133 m
Coordinates48°10′12″N 17°12′46″E
Websitebts.aero
Map
BTS
Location of the airport in Slovakia
Runways
Direction Length Surface
m ft
04/22 2,900 9,515 Concrete
13/31 3,190 10,466 Concrete
Statistics (2020)
Passengers405,097 82%
Movements30,366 11.0%
CargoTBA
Source: Bratislava Airport press release

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.


Location


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.


History


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]


Facilities



Terminals


Departures area
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 facilities


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


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


The following airlines operate regular scheduled, seasonal, and seasonal charter flights to and from Bratislava:[4]

AirlinesDestinations
Aegean Airlines Seasonal: Athens (begins 5 June 2023)[5]
Air Cairo Hurghada[4]
AirExplore Seasonal charter: Antalya,[6] Palma de Mallorca,[7] Larnaca,[citation needed] Rhodes,[citation needed] Heraklion,[citation needed] Corfu[citation needed]
Croatia Airlines Seasonal charter: Brač[8]
Corendon Airlines Seasonal charter: Antalya
Freebird Airlines Seasonal charter: Antalya
Ryanair Bergamo, Charleroi, Copenhagen, Dalaman, Dublin, Edinburgh, Eindhoven, Lanzarote, Leeds/Bradford, London–Stansted, Malta, Manchester, Rome–Ciampino[citation needed], Sofia, Thessaloniki
Seasonal: Alghero, Burgas,[4] Corfu, Palma de Mallorca, Paphos, Trapani, Zagreb
SkyAlps Seasonal charter: Brač
Smartwings Seasonal: Antalya, Burgas, Catania, Corfu, Dubai–International,[9] Heraklion, Larnaca, Palma de Mallorca, Rhodes, Zakynthos
Seasonal charter: Almería, Araxos, Aqaba, Dakar-Diass, Dalaman, Djerba, Hurghada, Izmir, Kos, Marsa Alam, Menorca, Monastir, Sal, Salalah,[10] Thessaloniki
Wizz Air London–Luton, Skopje, Sofia

Statistics


Control tower
Control tower
Check-in hall
Check-in hall
Caproni Ca.33 in the departure hall of M. R. Štefánik Airport, January, 2022
Caproni Ca.33 in the departure hall of M. R. Štefánik Airport, January, 2022
Apron view
Apron view
General Aviation Terminal
General Aviation Terminal
Annual passenger traffic at BTS airport. See Wikidata query.
Year Passengers Change Cargo (tonnes)
1997 285,983 1,641
1998 324,219 +13.4% 1,443
1999 276,092 -14.8% 1,605
2000 283,714 +2.8% 2,878
2001 293,326 +3.4% 3,171
2002 368,203 +25.5% 4,831
2003 480,011 +30.4% 10,883
2004 893,614 +86.2% 6,972
2005 1,326,493 +48.4% 3,633
2006 1,937,642 +46.1% 5,055
2007 2,024,142 +4.5% 1,969
2008 2,218,545 +9.6% 6,961
2009 1,710,018 −22.9% 11,903
2010 1,665,704 −2.6% 17,717
2011 1,585,064 −4.8% 20,530
2012 1,416,010 −10.7% 22,563
2013 1,373,078 −3.0% 21,271
2014 1,355,625 −1.3% 19,448
2015 1,564,311 +15.4% 21,098
2016 1,756,808 +12.3% 22,895[11]
2017 1,942,069 +10,6% 26,246[12]
2018 2,292,712 +18,1% -[13]
2019 2,290,242 -0,1% 20,449[14]
2020 405,097 -82% 24,739[15]
2021 480,152 +18,5%  ?[16]
1-9/2022 1,169,704 +%  ?[17]
Busiest routes (2019)[14]
RankAirportCarriers
1 London–Stansted
London–Luton
Ryanair
Wizz Air UK
2 DublinRyanair
3 Kyiv–Boryspil
Kyiv–Zhuliany
Ryanair
Wizz Air
4 Moscow–VnukovoPobeda
5 AntalyaSmartwings

Ground transportation



Buses and coaches



Roads


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



References


  1. "Bratislava Airport Annual Report 2014" (PDF).
  2. a.s, Petit Press (20 December 2018). "Czech airlines will stop flights between Prague and Bratislava". spectator.sme.sk. Retrieved 12 November 2019.
  3. "Contacts Archived 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"
  4. "Letový poriadok LETO 2022". Letisko Bratislava (BTS) - oficiálna stránka. 25 March 2022. Retrieved 9 April 2022.
  5. "Flight schedule".
  6. "AIR EXPLORE SCHEDULES NEW SLOVAKIA - ANTALYA CHARTER ROUTES IN 3Q22". Aeroroutes. Retrieved 8 July 2022.
  7. "AIR EXPLORE ADDS BARCELONA / PALMA DE MALLORCA FLIGHTS IN 3Q22". Aeroroutes. Retrieved 5 July 2022.
  8. "Airport Brač | Timetable".
  9. "Flight Schedule - Smartwings".
  10. "Hydrotour".
  11. "V r. 2016 najvyšší počet cestujúcich za posledných 8 rokov" (in Slovak). Archived from the original on 23 October 2017. Retrieved 19 June 2017.
  12. "Letisko Bratislava dosiahlo 3. najlepší výsledok vo svojej histórii" (in Slovak). Archived from the original on 11 January 2018. Retrieved 10 January 2018.
  13. "BTS vybavilo vlani najviac cestujucih" (in Slovak). Retrieved 17 January 2019.
  14. "Letisko v Bratislave vybavilo vlani 2,29 milióna cestujúcich" (in Slovak). Retrieved 23 January 2020.
  15. "Letisko M. R. Štefánika vybavilo vlani 405-tisíc cestujúcich".
  16. "Štatistické údaje".
  17. "Za prvých 9 mesiacov vybavilo Letisko M. R. Štefánika 1 169 704 pasažierov".
  18. "FlixBus". Retrieved 27 January 2015.
  19. Archived 2 March 2012 at the Wayback Machine.


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На других языках


[de] Letisko Milana Rastislava Štefánika

Der Letisko Milana Rastislava Štefánika (IATA: BTS, ICAO: LZIB) oder Letisko Bratislava ist der internationale Verkehrsflughafen der slowakischen Hauptstadt Bratislava. Der größte und wichtigste Flughafen des Landes liegt 9 km nordöstlich des Stadtzentrums im Stadtteil Ružinov und fertigte im Jahr 2018 rund 2,3 Mio. Passagiere ab.[1]
- [en] Bratislava Airport

[es] Aeropuerto de Bratislava-Milan Rastislav Štefánik

El Aeropuerto Milan Rastislav Štefánik (en eslovaco: Letisko Milana Rastislava Štefánika) (IATA: BTS, OACI: LZIB), también llamado Aeropuerto de Bratislava (eslovaco: Letisko Bratislava), en Bratislava es el principal aeropuerto internacional de Eslovaquia.

[fr] Aéroport M. R. Štefánik

L'aéroport M. R. Štefánik (en slovaque Letisko M. R. Štefánika Bratislava, (code IATA : BTS • code OACI : LZIB) est le plus important aéroport international de Slovaquie, situé à 9 km au nord-est du centre-ville de Bratislava.

[it] Aeroporto di Bratislava-M.R. Štefánik

L'Aeroporto M.R. Štefánik (IATA: BTS, ICAO: LZIB) (in slovacco: Letisko Milana Rastislava Štefánika), più noto come Aeroporto di Bratislava o Aeroporto di Bratislava-Ivanka, situato a circa 9 km a nord-est del centro di Bratislava e posizionato su un'area che copre in parte tre comuni (Bratislava-Ružinov, Bratislava-Vrakuňa e Ivanka pri Dunaji) è il principale aeroporto internazionale della Slovacchia. Nel 1993 fu intitolato al generale Milan Rastislav Štefánik, Ministro della Guerra della Repubblica di Cecoslovacchia, che rimase ucciso in un incidente aereo sopra Bratislava nel 1919.

[ru] Братислава (аэропорт)

Аэропорт имени М. Р. Штефаника (словацк. Letisko M. R. Štefánika) также известный как Братислава-Иванка (словацк. Bratislava-Ivanka; ИАТА: BTS, ИКАО: LZIB) — международный аэропорт Братиславы, столицы Словакии. Крупнейший и старейший аэропорт страны. Располагается в деревне Иванка к востоку от Братиславы. Назван в честь военного и политического деятеля Милана Растислава Штефаника.



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