Ostrava Airport

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Ostrava Airport Leoš Janáček
Letiště Leoše Janáčka Ostrava
Ostrava Airport Logo.svg
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Characteristics
ICAO code LKMT
IATA code OSR
Coordinates

49 ° 41 ′ 47 "  N , 18 ° 6 ′ 40"  E Coordinates: 49 ° 41 ′ 47 "  N , 18 ° 6 ′ 40"  E

Height above MSL 257 m (843  ft )
Transport links
Distance from the city center 20 km southwest of Ostrava
Street D1 D48 S58 464 E462
train S-Bahn :
S4
Basic data
opening 1939 / 1956
operator Letiště Ostrava as
surface 150 ha
Terminals 1
Passengers 377,936 (2018)
Air freight 5,448 t (2018)
Flight
movements
23,942 (2018)
Employees 182 (2016)
Start-and runway
04/22 3500 m × 63 m concrete

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The Ostrava airport Leos Janacek ( IATA : OSR , ICAO : LKMT ; s: Ostrava Leos Janacek Airport , cz: Letiště Leoše Janáčka Ostrava ) is a regional airport in Mošnov , 20 km southwest from Ostrava , the third largest city in the Czech Republic .

Location and transport links

The airport is located about 20 kilometers southwest of the center of Ostrava in the area of ​​the municipality of Mošnov . Junction 336 of Dálnice 1 is about 8 kilometers to the northwest. Approx. There is a junction of Dálnice 48 , the route of which is also part of the E 462 , 6 kilometers south of the airport .

The airport is connected to Ostrava by bus routes 820 150 , 880 670 and 910 333 . The airport also has a terminal station on the Sedlnice – Mošnov railway line , which in turn branches off the Studénka – Veřovice railway line. The station is served exclusively by the Esko line S4 , which runs via Ostrava to Mosty u Jablunkova .

history

In 1939 the airport was created by the Luftwaffe as a military airfield in preparation for the attack on Poland . After the surrender of the Wehrmacht on May 5, 1945 , the airfield was briefly used by the first Czechoslovak air division . After that, flight operations were stopped and the land was used again for agriculture .

In 1956 , construction began on a new airport on the same piece of land. With this the military use had the highest priority from the beginning. Civil operation officially began on 16 October 1959 with the landing of a Tupolev Tu-104 A of ČSA . At the same time, flight operations at Ostrava-Hrabůvka Airport were discontinued because it was in an unfavorable location in the middle of the city's agglomeration . At the new airport there were mainly flights within Czechoslovakia, international flights were the exception. There was also an aero taxi service in the 60s and 70s.

It has been used as a passenger and cargo airport since 1989. In 1993 the military section was closed and responsibility passed to the state airport administration. On July 1, 2004 responsibility was transferred to the Moravian-Silesian Region and the joint stock company Letiště Ostrava a. s. was founded, which has been operating since then. In 2006 the airport previously called Ostrava-Mošnov International Airport was dedicated to the composer Leoš Janáček . In the same year, a new handling terminal was opened.

Due to its distance from the urban agglomeration of Ostrava, there is neither a night flight ban nor other noise restrictions. The airport is open 24 hours a year from June 1 to September 30, and from 5 a.m. to 9 p.m. during the rest of the year. The airport is suitable for all weather conditions according to ILS CAT II / III .

Since 2003, the airport has hosted the annual NATO Days in Ostrava and the Air Force Days of the Czech Republic, which have been held in parallel since 2010 .

In 2014 the airport received a railway connection via the newly built Sedlnice – Mošnov railway line .

Airlines and Destinations

Currently, only Ryanair operates regular scheduled connections, there are flights to Bergamo and London-Stansted . In addition, there are seasonal flights to holiday destinations, especially on the Mediterranean . Star Alliance member LOT Polish Airlines is continuing to grow and will add the city of Ostrava to its flight schedule from March 30, 2020.

Traffic figures

Source: Letiště Ostrava as
Ostrava Airport - traffic figures 2000-2018
year Passengers Flight movements Air freight (t)
2018 377.936 23,942 5,448
2017 324.116 20,639 5,363
2016 258.223 20,746 4.152
2015 308.933 19.002 6,469
2014 297,691 15,069 5,180
2013 259.167 14,889 3,884
2012 288.393 14,485 2,584
2011 273,563 15,243 1,768
2010 279.973 14,319 1.927
2009 307.130 16,152 1,736
2008 353.737 17.167 1,652
2007 332.266 15,944 2,009
2006 300,735 16.096 2,043
2005 265,864 16.306 1,639
2004 216.259 - 1,526
2003 197,439 - 1,291
2002 152.380 - 1,574
2001 124.183 - 1,063
2000 115,363 - -

See also

Web links

Commons : Ostrava airport  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ^ History. Airport-Ostrava.cz, accessed on May 23, 2017 (English).
  2. a b c d e 2018 traffic figures on the airport's Facebook page. Airport-Ostrava.cz, January 24, 2019, accessed January 24, 2019 (in Czech).
  3. a b c Annual reports. Airport-Ostrava.cz, accessed on July 22, 2017 (English).
  4. ^ Reaching the Airport - Car. Airport-Ostrava.cz, accessed on May 23, 2017 (English).
  5. Reaching the Airport - Public transport. Airport-Ostrava.cz, accessed on May 23, 2017 (English).
  6. Timetable - Scheduled Flights. Airport-Ostrava.cz, accessed on January 24, 2018 (English).
  7. Map of Destination. Airport-Ostrava.cz, accessed on January 24, 2019 (English).
  8. a b 2017 traffic figures on the airport's Facebook page. Airport-Ostrava.cz, January 28, 2018, accessed on March 29, 2018 (Czech).