Poprad–Tatry Airport
Poprad–Tatry Airport Letisko Poprad-Tatry | |||||||||||||||||||
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Airport type | Public | ||||||||||||||||||
Serves | Poprad, Slovakia; Zakopane, Poland | ||||||||||||||||||
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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TAT Location of airport in Slovakia | |||||||||||||||||||
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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.
Services[]
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.
Airlines and destinations[]
The following airlines serve regularly scheduled and seasonal flights to and from Poprad–Tatry Airport:
Airlines | Destinations |
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airBaltic | Seasonal: Riga |
Wizz Air | London–Luton |
Statistics[]
Passenger throughput and operations since 2014:[1][2]
Year | Passengers | Change |
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2000 | 12,780 | N/A |
2005 | 18,335 | N/A |
2010 | 27,693 | N/A |
2013 | 24,565 | N/A |
2014 | 31,694 | +29.0% |
2015 | 85,224 | +172.7% |
2016 | 84,030 | -1.4% |
2017 | 80,605 | -4.1% |
2018 | 88,387 | +9.7% |
2019 | 94,249 | +6.5% |
Accidents and incidents[]
On December 20, 1980, a East German Interflug Flight 302, a Tupolev Tu-134 en route from Berlin Schönefeld to Budapest Ferenc Liszt received a bomb threat, saying that the bomb would go off once the plane descends lower than 600 meters. Since the Poprad Airport is located at 718 meters, the plane was diverted there. Upon landing, a backpack was found which did not belong to any of the passengers.[3]
References[]
- ^ "Airport Poprad - Tatry". Airport-poprad.sk. Retrieved 23 January 2019.
- ^ "Výkony letísk". mindop.sk. Retrieved 15 September 2020.
- ^ "Bombe bei Interflug". Der Spiegel. 1980–1981. Archived from the original on 2013-09-27.
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External links[]
Media related to Poprad-Tatry Airport at Wikimedia Commons
- Poprad–Tatry Airport (official site, English version)
- Airports in Slovakia
- Poprad
- Buildings and structures in Prešov Region
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