Ohrid Airport
Aerodrome Sv. Apostol Pavle Ohrid Аеродром Св. Апостол Павле Охрид Aeroporti i Ohrit |
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Characteristics | |
ICAO code | LWOH |
IATA code | OHD |
Coordinates | |
Height above MSL | 705 m (2313 ft ) |
Transport links | |
Distance from the city center | 9 km northwest of Ohrid |
Street | |
Local transport | Bus, taxi |
Basic data | |
opening | 1952 |
operator | TAV Airports Holding |
surface | 195 ha |
Terminals | 1 |
Passengers | 317,218 (2019) |
Air freight | 0 t (2019) |
Flight movements |
2,623 (2019) |
Capacity ( PAX per year) |
300,000 |
Start-and runway | |
02/20 | 2550 m × 43 m asphalt |
The airport "Apostle Paulus" Ohrid ( Macedonian Аеродром Св. Апостол Павле Охрид Aerodrom Sv. Apostol Pavle Ohrid , Albanian Aeroporti i Ohrit ) is the second largest international airport in North Macedonia .
history
Ohrid Airport was built in 1952 northeast of Lake Ohrid , it is located between the towns of Gorenci and Orovnik, nine kilometers northwest of Ohrid . At the beginning, the airport only had a grass runway 900 meters long. The first international flight was registered on July 5, 1953. In the meantime, a 2550 meter long asphalt runway has been built.
Airlines and Destinations
There are seasonal flights to Ohrid from Amsterdam , Tel Aviv , London , Brussels and Vienna and weekly from Zurich and Basel .
Incidents
- On November 20, 1993, a Yakovlev Jak-42D of the Russian Saravia ( aircraft registration number RA-42390 ) was flown into a mountain near Ohrid Airport. In this CFIT ( Controlled flight into terrain ) all 116 occupants were killed (see also Avioimpex flight 110 ) .
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c EX-YU airport race 2019. exyuaviation.com, accessed on June 25, 2020 (English).
- ↑ Fact Sheet. In: Official website of Ohrid Airport. Retrieved January 2, 2014 .
- ^ Accident report Jak-42D RA-42390 , Aviation Safety Network (English), accessed on April 3, 2020.