Poprad–Tatry Airport
Poprad–Tatry Airport Letisko Poprad-Tatry | |||||||||||||||||||
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| Airport type | Public | ||||||||||||||||||
| Serves | Poprad, Slovakia | ||||||||||||||||||
| Elevation AMSL | 2,356 ft / 718 m | ||||||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 49°04′25″N 20°14′28″E / 49.07361°N 20.24111°E | ||||||||||||||||||
| Website | airport-poprad.sk | ||||||||||||||||||
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Poprad–Tatry Airport (Slovak: Letisko Poprad-Tatry) (IATA: TAT, ICAO: LZTT), is an airport in the Slovak ski resort town of Poprad. It is an airport with one of the highest elevations in Central Europe, at 718 m, which is 150 m higher than Innsbruck Airport in Austria, and 989 m lower than Samedan Airport in Switzerland.
Airlines and destinations[edit]
The airport serves schedule and charter airline operations, is a base for search and rescue air services, and handles general aviation. It does not offer any domestic flights. Charter flights are mainly operated in winter. Medical flights, VIP flights, ad hoc charters and ACMI flight also operate from the airport.
The following airlines serve scheduled services to and from Poprad–Tatry Airport:
| Airlines | Destinations |
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| airBaltic | Seasonal: Riga |
| Bulgaria Air | Seasonal charter: Burgas (begins 26 June 2019)[1] |
| Israir | Seasonal charter: Tel Aviv–Ben Gurion (begins 3 July 2019)[2] |
| SkyUp | Seasonal: Kiev–Zhuliany[3] |
| Wizz Air | London–Luton |
Statistics[edit]
Passenger throughput and operations since 2014:[4]
| Year | Passengers | Change |
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| 2014 | 31,694 | |
| 2015 | 85,224 | +172.7% |
| 2016 | 84,030 | -1.4% |
| 2017 | 80,605 | -4.1% |
| 2018 | 88,387 | +9.7% |
References[edit]
- ^ "Bulgaria Air adds new scheduled charter routes in S19". routesonline.com. 28 March 2019.
- ^ Liu, Jim. "Israir adds Poprad/Tatry scheduled charter in 3Q19". Routesonline. Retrieved 23 January 2019.
- ^ "Sezónne lety v zime 18/19 do Rigy a Kyjeva ukončené". airport-poprad.sk. Retrieved 10 April 2019.
- ^ "Airport Poprad - Tatry". Airport-poprad.sk. Retrieved 23 January 2019.
External links[edit]
Media related to Poprad-Tatry Airport at Wikimedia Commons
- Poprad–Tatry Airport (official site, English version)
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