Brno Airport
| Brno-Turany Letiště Brno-Turany Airport |
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| Characteristics | |
| ICAO code | LKTB |
| IATA code | BRQ |
| Coordinates | |
| Height above MSL | 237 m (778 ft ) |
| Transport links | |
| Distance from the city center | 7.8 km southeast of Brno |
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| Local transport | Bus route 76 / night bus route N89 in the direction of Brno central station |
| Basic data | |
| opening | 1954 |
| operator | Letiště Brno as |
| Terminals | 1 and GAT |
| Passengers | 500,727 (2018) |
| Air freight | 3,750 t (2018) |
| Flight movements |
41,172 (2018) |
| Runways | |
| 10/28 | 2650 m × 60 m concrete |
| 10/28 | 1000 m × 30 m grass |
The Brno-Turany airport ( Czech Letiště Brno-Turany , IATA : BRQ , ICAO : LKTB ) is a public, international airport . It is located about seven kilometers southeast of the center of the Moravian capital Brno near Šlapanice .
Location and transport links
The airport is located southeast of Brno city center in the Tuřany district. Junction 201 of Dálnice 1 is about one kilometer away. This is also part of European routes 50 and 462 .
With the public transport , there are links to some seven kilometers from the main railway station Brno . During the day the bus line 76 runs on the route and at night the night bus line N89 .
history
The history of Brno Airport began in 1923 when the Ministry of Public Works took an interest in building an airport. Because of its suitability, the area near Černovice was chosen as the location for the airport.
On May 23, 1926, the first passenger aircraft , a Farman Goliath for twelve passengers , took off from this airport . The next morning, the first landing aircraft , one from Prague Airport upcoming De Havilland , with the air vehicle registration number L-Bahe with four passengers. This day is seen as the beginning of air traffic in Brno.
As early as the next year, regular mail transport began on the Brno- Gliwice - Wrocław - Berlin and Brno- Vienna airlines . Between 1927 and 1939 the airport grew in importance. From the airport in Brno there were regular connections to Prague , Bratislava , Košice , Zlín , Piešťany , Užgorod , Klucz, Bucharest , Sarajevo and Zagreb . As a result of the economic crisis , which began to affect the Czech Republic from 1931 , all international airlines were suspended for political reasons in 1935, and Brno Airport, which had the largest air traffic after Prague Airport, lost its importance and fell back to third place and Bratislava Airport took second place. In 1938, after the German occupation of the Sudetenland, the first stage of civil aviation ended in Brno. The German Air Force stationed the II. Group of Kampfgeschwader 76 and Kampfgeschwader 77 here .
In the post-war years, the regular flight connections with Prague Airport and later with other cities in the then republic were renewed. With the advent of new aviation technology , the grass airfield in Černovice was no longer sufficient. Before the war, the regional office in Brno was negotiating the construction of a new airport in the Tuřany region . With its favorable location, Brno should play an important role in aviation and at the same time serve as a reserve airfield for Prague and Bratislava. The construction of the new airfield, which was financed by the Central Administration of Civil Aviation, did not begin until after 1950. In 1967 the new terminal hall was built, and in 1972 the expansion of the existing airfield began. In 1978 the runway was extended to 2,650 m. On January 1, 1982, the airport was handed over to the Ministry of Defense. During this period there was civil aviation only during the time of the fairs. In 1986 the check-in hall and the other objects were completed. From 1989 to 1992 the runway and the power grid were renovated.
In 1991 military aviation was completely discontinued. In 1992 the military handed the airport over to the Czech Civil Aviation Authority. In August of the same year the airport received the license for international flights. This stopped the airport's decline, and in 1995, for the first time since the 1970s, more than 100,000 passengers were carried. 1997 saw the first international air show in the airport's modern history. At this air show, a Boeing 747 landed at the airport for the first time .
The first scheduled flights were carried out in 2000. Czech Airlines first flew to Prague ; these flights were discontinued on March 30, 2001. Since July 1, 2002, the airport has been operated by the private operator Letiště Brno as; the buildings remained in the possession of the state. On July 1, 2004, the airport became the property of the South Moravian Region . Ryanair has been flying to London-Stansted since March 23, 2005 . In the same year, the foundation stone for the new airport terminal was laid. The building was partially financed by the European Union and was completed on September 18, 2006 after a construction period of 364 days.
The old terminal was refurbished in 2008, and in the same year the airport was able to pass the 500,000 passenger mark for the first time. 2011 saw the highest number of passengers to date with 557,952 passengers.
In the meantime (2019) the airport has now lost Lufthansa as the penultimate regular airline and Ryanair is the last airline to offer scheduled flights there all year round, once a day to London and twice or three times a week to Berlin and Bergamo. The airport often seems deserted for hours. Most of the passengers are guests on charter flights .
Special events
- On March 28, 1996, the British Queen Elizabeth II used Brno Airport as part of her state visit.
- In May 2007 the delegations of the CEI countries landed at the airport.
- In April 2009 a flight demonstration of the Red Arrows took place at the airport.
- In September 2009 Pope Benedict XVI. flown in with an Airbus A319 of the Czech government. A stage was set up on a field north of the runway, on which a mass of the Pope then took place. It was visited by around 150,000 Catholics.
- In March 2009, Prince Charles landed at the airport to visit Masaryk University . Your flight was a BAe 146 of the Royal Air Force used.
- Children's days were held at the airport in 2014, 2015 and 2016.
Flight plan
Permanent destinations winter 2019/20
| airline | aims |
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| Ryanair | Bergamo , Berlin-Schönefeld , London Stansted |
Seasonal scheduled flights winter 2020
| airline | aims |
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Travel Service Smart Wings |
Traffic figures
| year | Passengers | Flight movements | Air freight (t) |
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| 2018 | 500,727 | 41,172 | 3,750 |
| 2017 | 470.285 | 44,294 | 3,893 |
| 2016 | 417.725 | 40,073 | 4,150 |
| 2015 | 466.046 | 38.264 | 4,613 |
| 2014 | 486.134 | 32,216 | 4,530 |
| 2013 | 463.023 | 27,803 | 4,078 |
| 2012 | 534.968 | 29,885 | 3,828 |
| 2011 | 557,952 | 26,837 | 4,625 |
| 2010 | 396,589 | 25,027 | 5,326 |
| 2009 | 440,850 | 30,513 | 9,679 |
| 2008 | 506.174 | 29,303 | 6,273 |
| 2007 | 415.276 | 22,893 | 3,055 |
| 2006 | 393,686 | 20,105 | 3,144 |
| 2005 | 315,672 | 16,126 | 3,063 |
| 2004 | 171,888 | 17,823 | 5,200 |
| 2003 | 171,200 | 17.053 | 5,786 |
| 2002 | 157.257 | 12,620 | - |
| 2001 | 128,583 | 8,136 | - |
| 2000 | 112,797 | 6,289 | - |
| 1999 | 127,954 | 7,899 | - |
| 1998 | 110.036 | 8,150 | - |
| 1997 | 138,000 | 9,300 | - |
| 1996 | 123,000 | 8,500 | - |
| 1995 | 87,000 | 8,000 | - |
Web links
- Brno-Tuřany Airport website (English, Czech)
Incidents
- On November 2, 2014, Ryanair flight 8403 coming from London Stansted Airport suffered a bird strike during the landing phase . A new Boeing 737-800 had to be flown in for flight 8404, the return flight to Stansted .
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b About the airport. Brno-Airport.cz, accessed on October 28, 2018 (English).
- ↑ a b c d e Traffic Figures. Brno-Airport.cz, accessed December 7, 2019 (English).
- ↑ Transport by car. Brno-Airport.cz, accessed on July 3, 2016 (English).
- ↑ Public Transport. Brno-Airport.cz, accessed on May 22, 2017 (English).
- ^ The Queen in the Czech Republic. Welt.de , March 29, 1996, accessed December 8, 2015 (German).
- ↑ Scheduled flights. Brno-Airport.cz, accessed December 7, 2019 (English).
- ↑ Seasonal scheduled flights. Brno-Airport.cz, accessed December 7, 2019 (English).
- ↑ a b Statistics. Airport-Brno.cz, accessed on October 28, 2018 (English).
