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Thalerhof Airport
Airport Directory » Austria » Graz » Thalerhof AirportGraz Airport (IATA: GRZ, ICAO: LOWG), also known as Thalerhof, assists Graz, Austria.
Location and landing track
- Location: 46°59´37"N 15°26´24"E
- Altitude: 337 m
- Runway: 17/35 (HDG 348), 3000x45 m, Asphalt
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Imperial transition
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Transportation
The airport is within walking distance of Flughafen Graz-Feldkirchen railroad terminal (approximately four min. on human foot, outlet to the right of the platform), which lies on the Graz to Spielfeld-Straß line. The travel clip to the airport from Graz briny station is about twelve min. by regional railroad train.
Airport history
The building of the airport set about in 1913 with the building of a grass landing track and the 1st depots; the airport saw its 1st voyage in 1914. It was the location of the stockade, Talerhof, run by the authorities of Franz Joseph I of Austria and Karl I of Austria. The 1st rider domestic voyage in Austria, in 1925, serviced the path Vienna-Graz-Klagenfurt. In 1937, the building of a depot construction set about due to increase in the figure of riders.
After the finish of the Second World War, nevertheless, Austria was disallowed to possess an air power fleet, either armed forces or polite. After reopening of Austrian air space in 1951, a new concrete landing track of 1500m was built in Graz. This landing track was continued to 2000m in 1962. The path web turned rapidly and the 1st international scheduled voyage set about in 1966 with a connexion to Frankfurt. In 1969, the landing track was once again continued, this clip to 2500m, and building of a new, more modern depot construction got necessary. Special play up of the airport were the landings of the Concorde in 1981 and the Boeing 747 on the juncture of its 70th day of remembrance of opening in 1984. Ten yr after, another new construction was build with a capacity of maximal 750,000 riders per yr. The latest extension of the landing track was to 3000m in 1998.
In early 21st century, the figure of riders surpassed the 750,000-mark and in 2004 is merely beneath 900,000. This guided to the final extension of the current depot construction in 2003 and the building of a 2nd depot in 2005.
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