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Ivanka Airport
Airport Directory » Slovakia » Bratislava » Ivanka AirportMilan Rastislav Štefánik Airport (Slovak: Letisko Milana Rastislava Štefánika) (IATA: BTS, ICAO: LZIB), also named - particularly in English - Bratislava Airport (Slovak: Letisko Bratislava) or Bratislava-Ivanka, in Bratislava is the independent international airport of Slovakia.
It is named after full general Milan Rastislav Štefánik (since 1993), whose aircraft crashed near Bratislava in 1919. The airport is run by the Letisko Milana Rastislava Štefánika – Airport Bratislava, a.s. (BTS), a public limited corporation. Till May 2004, the airport was run by the state-run entity Slovenská správa letísk (Slovak Airport Administration). In 2008, the airport assisted 2,218,545 riders, corresponding a 9.6% increase compared to 2007 and more than a 700% increase compared to 2001.
Location
It is turn up 9 kilometre (5.59 mi) to the north east from the town centre, covers an area of 4.77 km² (1.84 mi²) and is known for its inordinately good climatical statuses.
Bratislava Airport is turn up within a one-hour drive of Vienna (Austria), Brno (Czech Republic) and Győr (Hungary), covering a catchment area of 4 commonwealths (Austria, Hungary, Czech Republic and Slovakia).
Characteristics
The 1st regular voyage between Prague and Bratislava of the Czechoslovak Airlines was done in 1923, to the Vajnory airport (currently closed). Preparatory works for the current airport set about in 1947 and building set about in 1948, with 2 landing track build (04/22, 1900 m and 13/31, 1500 m) and the airport was opened in 1951.
Today, it assists both scheduled and unscheduled, domestic and international voyages. The current landing track enable the districting of virtually all typewrites of aircraft used in the world currently. The airport is family 4E for aircraft, and family seven or eight on call for in terms of potentiality deliver.
The airport characteristics 2 perpendicular landing track (04/22 and 13/31), both of which underwent a complete reconstruction in the 1980s. Runway 13/31 is fit for ICAO family IIIA go up and districting, while 04/22 is class I.
The airport has 3 depots: Departure depot A, built in 1971, reaching depot B (used for non-Schengen reaches), built in 1994 and reaching depot C (used for Schengen reaches), built in 2006. A new depot installation (B) and control tower was added in the 1990s. A new construction connecting the going depot with reaching depot B has been complete in November 2008 and houses different Slovak travel agency plus a local post office. The figure of riders assisted diminished temporarily in the early 1990s due to competition by the nearby Vienna International Airport (which is only some 55 kilometre/34.5 land mile distant from Bratislava Airport), but it is rapidly increasing since. In 2005, the airport assisted over 1 300 000 riders, and in 2008 merely above 2.2 million riders. Nevertheless, due to the global crisis, the figure of riders in 2009 will likely worsen.
Amenities and installations: bureau de change, 1st help, go forth baggage, luggage wrap up, lost luggage, eating house, bars, cafés, VIP lounges, airport business organisation baseball clubs, duty free store, little stores, local post office, intelligence agents and auto renting installations. There are also installations for the disenabled. The car parking near the depot has 970 locations and is used for short- and long-term parkland. A new depot is being build, with the 1st stage to be finished by 2010 and 2nd by 2012. Once finished, the capacity will duplicate from 2.5 to 5 million riders per annum. Visualisation is able to be see here.
Two deal corporations function at the airport: Airport Bratislava deal, which deals SkyEurope, Ryanair, Air Slovakia, Seagle Air, Nouvelair, Tunisair, Sky Airline, Koral Blue Airlines, Aeroflot, DHL and some advert - hoc charters (e.g. Israir) and about all general aviaton voyages (e.g. VIPWings, NetJets, ABS Jets, Opera Jet etc.), and Slovak Air Services, a girl corporation of Czech Airlines, which deals Czech Airlines, DanubeWings, Bulgarian Air Charter, Sun D'Or, Travel Service and some GAT voyages (e.g. Slovak Government Flying Service).
Statistics
| Year | 1997 | 1998 | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Passengers | 285,983 | 324,219 | 276,092 | 283,714 | 293,326 | 368,203 | 480,011 | 893,614 | 1,326,493 | 1,937,642 | 2,024,142 | 2,218,545 |
| Cargo (t) | 1641 | 1443 | 1605 | 2878 | 3171 | 4831 | 10736 | 6972 | 3633 | 5055 | 1969 | 7054 |
Ground transportation system
Bratislava Airport is able to be hit from the town center, which is by route 9 kilometer off, or from D1 state highway. Public transit line No. 61 links the airport to the town center and the independent railroad terminal during the solar day. Bus No. 96 functions from Petržalka. At nighttime the airport is assisted by coach N61. Terravision ltd, and Blaguss also function from this airport to Vienna, with Slovak Lines in cooperation with Austrian Postbus (together functioned path) also function a few going away a solar day to Vienna. Slovak Lines also functions to destinations around Slovakia. There is a cab stand up merely near the gate to the airport with MB Taxi and Profi Taxi corporations.
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