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Debrecen International Airport[2] (IATA: DEB, ICAO: LHDC) is the international airport of Debrecen in the Hajdú-Bihar County of Hungary. It is the second largest airport in Hungary, after Budapest and ahead of Hévíz–Balaton. Debrecen is the second largest city in Hungary, after Budapest and ahead of Szeged. DEB is located 5 km (3.1 mi) south southwest[1] of the city center and also easily accessible to adjacent regions of Romania and Ukraine.

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Debrecen International Airport Debreceni nemzetközi repülőtér
IATA: DEB ICAO: LHDC
Summary
Operator	Airport Debrecen Kft.
Serves	Debrecen, Hungary
Elevation AMSL	110 m / 361 ft
Coordinates	47°29′20″N 021°36′55″E
Website	debrecenairport.com
Map
DEB Location of the airport in Hungary
Runways
Direction Length Surface m ft 04R/22L 2,500 8,202 Concrete
Helipads
Number Length Surface m ft H1 40 131 Asphalt
Statistics (2018)
Passengers 381 391 Passenger change 16–17 19.87%
Source: Hungarian AIP at EUROCONTROL[1]

History

The history of Debrecen Airport goes back to the early 20th Century. The first official regular flight carrying mail took off in 1930. Subsequently, the Airport served sport and military purposes. From 1930, it had remarkable domestic traffic serving flights from Debrecen to Budapest and to other major cities in Hungary. During World War II it was the base of a Hungarian bombing squad.

Between 1946 and 1968, Debrecen Airport functioned also as an emergency airfield for Budapest Airport. Following World War II, the Soviet air force had control over the airport until 1990. The political transition brought the revival of the airport and international civilian traffic was launched together with sports aviation.

In May 1991, Soviet troops vacated the airport and handed it over to the Hungarian government. In 1994, the Debrecen Municipal Government realized the need to develop the airport and included it in its development plan. The city purchased the airport and has been steadily developing it.

By 2004, the city of Debrecen had invested 3.5 billion forints to purchase, operate, and continually develop Debrecen Airport.

On 18 June 2012, Wizz Air launched its scheduled service between Debrecen and London-Luton, initially with 3 weekly flights. In 2012–2013, Tatarstan Airlines operated a bi-weekly flight to Moscow-Domodedovo. After the disaster of Tatarstan Airlines Flight 363 which forced Tatarstan Airlines into bankruptcy, the route was taken over by UTair Aviation. In 2014, due to souring Russia–European Union relations, a number of punitive sanctions were implemented vice versa that forced UTair to cancel the flight.

In 2015, Wizz Air established a cadet pilot school at the airport[3] under the company Pharma-Flight Kft which also researches and produces pharmaceutical products for flight staff. Wizz Air in 2015 announced they would base one Airbus A320 at Debrecen.[4]

The construction of a new "innovation and incubation centre" at the airport which would host the new terminal on its ground floor began in June 2015.[5] and scheduled to open in 2017.

Airlines and destinations

The following airlines operate regular year-round and seasonal services at the airport:[6]

Airlines	Destinations
Aeroexpress Regional[7]	Cluj-Napoca,[8] Târgu Mureș[8]
Corendon Airlines	Seasonal charter: Antalya
FlyEgypt	Seasonal charter: Hurghada
Lufthansa	Munich
Smartwings	Seasonal charter: Antalya, Corfu, Zakynthos
Wizz Air	Beauvais, Eindhoven, Larnaca, London–Luton, Tel Aviv Seasonal: Burgas,[9] Corfu, Palma de Mallorca

Statistics

Top destinations

Busiest routes (2019)

Rank	Airport	Passengers handled 2018/19
1	London-Luton	154,819
2	Eindhoven	48,743
3	Tel Aviv	44,671
4	Paris-Beauvais	44,154
5	Dortmund	38,234
6	Barcelona	33,801
7	Doncaster/Sheffield	32,703
8	Moscow-Vnukovo	31,659
9	Milan-Malpensa	30,562
10	Basel/Mulhouse	28,769

Annual passenger numbers

	Passengers handled[lower-alpha 1]	Passenger % Change
2004	14,476	n/a
2005	33,119	0128.78%
2006	36,939	011.53%
2007	42,900	016.13%
2008	42,650	0−0.58%
2009	25,060	0−41.24%
2010	24,415	0−2.57%
2011	19,135	0−21.62%
2012	47,746	0149.52%
2013	129,231	0170.66%
2014	145,709	012.75%
2015	172,212	018.19%
2016	284,965	065.47%
2017	318 184[10]	011,01%
2018	381 391	019,87%
Source: KSH,[11] OpenPR[12]

Ground transportation

Bus

Buses Airport1 and Airport2 are operated by the local public transport company, called Debreceni Közlekedési Vállalat (DKV). Airport1 runs between the airport and the main train station of Debrecen, where connections are available to local, regional and international buses, trams and trains, while Airport2 runs between the Airport and the northern end of the city. The schedule of the buses are matched with the departure and arrival times of the planes at the airport, serving all inbound and outbound flights and can be used with any of the regular DKV tickets or passes.[13]

A direct bus connection was established in March 2016 between Nagyvárad (Oradea) and Debrecen International Airport. The schedule is matched with the arrival and departure times of the planes.

Road

The street leading to the airport terminal is accessible from Route 47 only. Passengers arriving at the airport can get to their destinations by taxi for a fix tariff within city limits.

Train

The airport has a recently reconstructed direct rail connection, but it is used for freight moving only. It will be made suitable for passenger traffic only if there will be a reasonable demand for the construction sometime in the future.[14]

See also

• List of airports in Hungary
• Transport in Hungary

Notes

References

External links

Media related to Debrecen International Airport at Wikimedia Commons

• Official website
• Current weather for LHDC at NOAA/NWS
• Accident history for DEB at Aviation Safety Network

На других языках

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[de] Flughafen Debrecen

Der Flughafen Debrecen (IATA: DEB; ICAO: LHDC; ungarisch: Debreceni nemzetközi repülőtér) ist der internationale Verkehrsflughafen der ungarischen Stadt Debrecen. Der Flughafen fertigte im Jahr 2020 122.742 Passagiere ab.[1] Er dient seit Dezember 2015 als Basis für die ungarische Billigfluggesellschaft Wizz Air.

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- [en] Debrecen International Airport

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[es] Aeropuerto Internacional de Debrecen

El Aeropuerto Internacional de Debrecen (IATA: DEB, OACI: LHDC) es uno de los tres aeropuertos internacionales de Hungría, ubicado cerca de Debrecen. Es el segundo aeropuerto más transitado del país, sólo superado por el Aeropuerto Internacional de Budapest Ferenc-Liszt.

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[fr] Aéroport international de Debrecen

L’aéroport international de Debrecen (code IATA : DEB • code OACI : LHDC) dessert Debrecen, ville à 230 kilomètres à l'est de Budapest. Il fait partie des cinq aéroports de Hongrie, et est après l'aéroport de Budapest-Ferenc Liszt le deuxième plus grand aéroport de Hongrie. Il se trouve à 5 kilomètres au sud centre-ville. Ouvert en 1930, il accueille 284 965 voyageurs en 2016.

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[it] Aeroporto di Debrecen

L'aeroporto internazionale di Debrecen (IATA: DEB, ICAO: LHDC) è un aeroporto situato nell'Ungheria orientale a 5 km a sud-ovest dalla città di Debrecen.

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[ru] Дебрецен (аэропорт)

Международный аэропорт Дебрецена (венг. Debreceni nemzetközi repülőtér) (ИАТА: DEB, ИКАО: LHDC) — один из пяти международных аэропортов Венгрии, расположен в 5 км к юго-западу от Дебрецена, второго по величине города Венгрии.

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