Letisko Milana Rastislava Štefánika

Letisko Milana Rastislava Štefánika
Characteristics
ICAO code	LZIB
IATA code	BTS
Coordinates	48 ° 10 '12 " N , 17 ° 12' 45" E Coordinates: 48 ° 10 '12 " N , 17 ° 12' 45" E
Height above MSL	133 m (436 ft )
Transport links
Distance from the city center	9 km northeast of Bratislava , ; 73 km east of Vienna
Street
Local transport	Buses of the DPB
Basic data
opening	1951
operator	Airport Bratislava, as (BTS)
surface	477 ha
Terminals	1 and GAT
Passengers	2,292,712 (2018)
Air freight	26,246 t (2017)
Flight ; movements	30,366 (2018)
Capacity ; ( PAX per year)	5 million
Employees	612 (2016)
Runways
13/31	3190 m × 45 m concrete
04/22	2900 m × 60 m concrete

Terminal building

Entrance area

Departure waiting area

Aircraft of the Slovak Ministry of the Interior

The Letisko Milana Rastislava Štefánika ( IATA : BTS , ICAO : LZIB ) or Letisko Bratislava is the international passenger airport of the Slovak capital Bratislava . The country's largest and most important airport is 9 km northeast of the city center in the Ružinov district and handled around 2.3 million passengers in 2018.

Location and traffic connection

The airport is located in the city of Bratislava, on the D1 motorway , which can be used without a vignette up to this exit from Bratislava. The city bus number 61 connects the airport with the main train station / center of Bratislava, the journey takes about 25 minutes. The airport is 55 km from Vienna-Schwechat Airport and has its catchment area in the four countries Austria , Slovakia , the Czech Republic and Hungary . There is also a direct bus connection between Vienna, Schwechat Airport, Bratislava Bus Station and the airport.

history

The airport was built between 1947 and 1951. Its predecessor was the now closed airport in the Vajnory district with the first regular scheduled flight in 1923. Terminal area A, which has since been demolished and replaced, was built in 1970, and the two runways were extended in the 1980s.

In 1993 the airport was named after the politician Milan Rastislav Štefánik , who was killed in a plane crash near Bratislava in 1919. The main building A was renovated in the 1990s; Area B was opened in 1994 .

In February 2005 ended up at the summit meeting between George W. Bush and Vladimir Putin , the Air Force One at the airport Bratislava. Terminal Part C was completed and opened a year later .

In the course of the privatization of Slovak state enterprises , the airport was also put out to tender in August 2005. At first there were 35 applicants, who were reduced to five in a pre-selection process in the autumn. In January 2006, the Austrian consortium TwoOne , consisting of the Vienna-Schwechat airport in the immediate vicinity , with which there has been a long-term cooperation, Raiffeisen International and the Slovak financial group Penta Investments SR , won the bid and acquired a 66% stake in the airport . After a change of government in the summer of 2006, however, the Slovak competition authority banned the sale to this consortium due to formal deficiencies. In this context, the new Slovak government has decided not to privatize this airport. However, experts do not rule out the future cooperation between the two airports due to the geographical proximity.

On December 17, 2008, construction of a new terminal began. Part of the new terminal was opened on June 9, 2010 and the old Terminal A was demolished by spring 2011.

In 2011 the government planned to win a strategic partner for 30 years through a tender. As before, however, the airport operator is 50.3% owned by the national real estate fund of Slovakia ( Slovak Fond národného majetku Slovenskej republiky ) and 49.7% owned by the Ministry of Transport ( Slovak Slovenská republika v zastúpení Ministerstvom dopravy, výstavby a regionálneho rozvoja Slovenskej republiky )

In July 2012, the last part of the new terminal with a capacity of 5 million passengers was opened. With an investment of 96 million euros, the new terminal is one of the largest infrastructure investments in Slovakia.

Airport facilities

Runways

Bratislava Airport has two intersecting runways . The runway with the identification 13/31 is 3190 meters long and 45 meters wide. It is the most important runway for the airport and can be used by large aircraft up to the size of a Boeing 747 . The second runway is marked 04/22 and is 2900 meters long and 60 meters wide.

terminal

Bratislava Airport has a terminal with two areas and a general aviation terminal . The area, which opened in July 2012, is used to handle flights within the Schengen area . In area B , flights from or to the non-Schengen area are handled. The former Area C has served as the General Aviation Terminal since July 2016.

Airlines and Destinations

Ryanair , which has also had a base here since March 2015, has been flying to Alghero , Bergamo , Birmingham , Brussels-Charleroi , Dublin , Girona , Liverpool , London-Luton , London-Stansted and Rome-Ciampino since 2005 . Bratislava is also a Ryanair destination from Berlin Schönefeld Airport . In summer charter flights are also offered, especially to the Mediterranean .

Bratislava Airport is the home airport of the airlines AirExplore , Go2Sky and Travel Service Slovakia . Air Slovakia had its headquarters at Bratislava Airport until the end of flight operations in spring 2010, and the insolvent Sky Europe also had a base here. The largest local airline is currently Ryanair.

The airport is also the home base of the cargo airline Air Cargo Global, founded in 2013 . ACG flies to Hong Kong and Shanghai , among others . Flydubai has been flying to Dubai since 2014 . A connection between Vienna and Bratislava was also announced, but later withdrawn. This flight would be the shortest international one, with a flight time of around 20 minutes.

Traffic figures

Source: Airport Bratislava, as

Bratislava Airport - traffic figures 2000–2018
year	Passenger volume	Air freight ( tons )	Flight movements
2018	2,292,712		30,366
2017	1,942,069	26,246	27,322
2016	1,756,808	22,895	25,690
2015	1,564,311	21,098	24,622
2014	1,355,625	19,448	21,481
2013	1,373,078	21,271	22,935
2012	1.416.010	22,577	23,412
2011	1,585,064	20,534	25,358
2010	1,665,704	17,717	27,220
2009	1,710,018	11,902	29,481
2008	2,218,592	6,960	34,873
2007	2,024,142	1,969	31,599
2006	1,937,642	5,055	31,149
2005	1,326,493	3,633	30,380
2004	893.614	6,972	27,133
2003	480.011	10,883	21,214
2002	368.203	4,831	17,472
2001	293,326	3,171	15,853
2000	283.714	2,878	16,407

Incidents

On November 24, 1966, an Ilyushin Il-18V of the Bulgarian TABSO ( aircraft registration LZ-BEN) was flown 8 kilometers from Bratislava Airport (Czechoslovakia) into the surrounding mountains after take-off. All 82 people on board were killed.

On July 28, 1976, an Ilyushin Il-18V of the ČSA ( aircraft registration OK-NAB ) crashed into Lake Zlaté piesky northwest of the airport shortly after taking off due to an engine failure . Of the six crew members and 73 passengers, three survived (see ČSA flight 001 ) .

Web links

Commons : MR Štefánik Airport - collection of images

Homepage of the airport Bratislava-MRŠtefánik (English, Slovak)

Individual evidence

↑ ^a ^b ^c ^d Statistical data. BTS.aero, accessed January 29, 2019 .

↑ ^a ^b The 3rd best Bratislava Airport traffic result in history. BTS.aero, January 31, 2018, accessed January 29, 2019 .

↑ ^a ^b BTS handled last year the biggest number of passengers in its whole history. BTS.aero, January 17, 2019, accessed on January 29, 2019 .

^ History of the project. BTS.aero, accessed January 29, 2019 .

↑ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e Annual report. BTS.aero, accessed January 29, 2019 .

↑ Development phases structure. Archived from the original on November 20, 2011 ; accessed on March 2, 2018 .

↑ Private investor to operate Bratislava airport on Radio Slovakia International on March 17, 2011, accessed on April 5, 2011

↑ Annual report. (PDF) 2012. In: bts.aero. Airport Bratislava, as (BTS), December 31, 2012, p. 17 , accessed on March 2, 2014 (English).

↑ Martin Dichler: Commissioning of the new terminal at Bratislava / Pressburg Airport. In: Austrian Wings . July 16, 2012, accessed August 15, 2012 .

↑ Ryanair opens new base at Bratislava Airport ( Memento of the original from February 24, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. dated March 30, 2015, accessed October 27, 2015. @1@ 2

↑ http://www.aerotelegraph.com/niki-stoppt-expansionsplaene-in-bratislava-mini-flug-wien-bratislava

↑ ^a ^b Statistical data. AirportBratislava.sk, accessed on January 29, 2019 .

^ Accident report IL-18V LZ-BEN , Aviation Safety Network (English), accessed on December 28, 2018.

^ Accident report IL-18V OK-NAB , Aviation Safety Network (English), accessed on January 29, 2019.

[statistics-1] Statistical data. BTS.aero, accessed January 29, 2019 .

[stats17-2] The 3rd best Bratislava Airport traffic result in history. BTS.aero, January 31, 2018, accessed January 29, 2019 .

[stats18-3] BTS handled last year the biggest number of passengers in its whole history. BTS.aero, January 17, 2019, accessed on January 29, 2019 .

[terminalhistory-4] History of the project. BTS.aero, accessed January 29, 2019 .

[annualreport-5] Annual report. BTS.aero, accessed January 29, 2019 .

[6] Development phases structure. Archived from the original on November 20, 2011 ; accessed on March 2, 2018 .

[7] Private investor to operate Bratislava airport on Radio Slovakia International on March 17, 2011, accessed on April 5, 2011

[8] Annual report. (PDF) 2012. In: bts.aero. Airport Bratislava, as (BTS), December 31, 2012, p. 17 , accessed on March 2, 2014 (English).

[9] Martin Dichler: Commissioning of the new terminal at Bratislava / Pressburg Airport. In: Austrian Wings . July 16, 2012, accessed August 15, 2012 .