Pardubice Airport
Pardubice Airport Letiště Pardubice | |||||||||||
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AMSL 741 ft / 226 m | | ||||||||||
Coordinates | 50°00′48″N 15°44′19″E / 50.01333°N 15.73861°E | ||||||||||
Website | airport-pardubice.cz | ||||||||||
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Pardubice Airport (
After the construction of a new terminal building, apron and ground handling facilities in 2017, Pardubice Airport opened up to serve more passengers and handle standard commercial aircraft such as Boeing 737 or Airbus A320 providing better and faster services. The new terminal building bears the name of Jan Kašpar, a Czech aviation pioneer. Airport's 2017 refurbishment and construction costed 256 million CZK and was fully funded by the Pardubice City Council and Pardubice Region through their shared subsidiary company East Bohemian Airport, a.s. that runs the airport.
History
Early years
In 1910
The first flying club in the Czech lands was founded in Pardubice on 26 April 1911. The club, named Pardubice Aviation society (Aviatické družstvo Pardubice) had five hangars but during
During World War II the airport served for training of Luftwaffe pilots, toward the end of the war for combat operations, and was destroyed by bombing.
Development since World War II
Between 1950 and 1995, the airport was used only for the military. A 2,500 m long concrete runway was built and a pilot training centre established. The airport hosted the 4th and 18th Fighter Air
During the 1990s the military role of the airport gradually declined. Since 1994 the airport was used as a training base (34. základna školního letectva) but in 2003 the army reduced the role of the airport to provide maintenance and logistics.
In 1993 the company East Bohemian Airport a.s. aiming to open the airport for civil use was formed. Officially, the airport was opened for civil operation on 18 May 1995. Since 1 November 1996 the airport has been authorised for operation under the Instrument flight rules.
Airlines and destinations
The following airlines operate regular scheduled flights to and from Pardubice:[3]
Airlines | Destinations |
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Air Montenegro | Seasonal charter: Podgorica (begins 10 June 2024)[4] |
Bulgaria Air | Seasonal charter: Burgas (begins 22 June 2024)[5] |
Girona (begins 31 March 2024)[7]
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Rhodes
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Statistics
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Year
|
Passengers
handled |
Passenger
% Change |
Cargo
(tonnes) |
Cargo
% Change |
Aircraft
movements |
% Change |
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2018[12] | 147,572 | 183 | 1,871 | |||
2019[13] | 102,206 | -30.74 | 187 | 2.18 | 1,649 | -11.86 |
2020[14] | 33,901 | -66.83 | 871 | 365.77 | 1,174 | -28.80 |
2021[15] | 80,796 | 138.32 | 203 | -76.69 | 1,539 | 31.09 |
2022[16] | 82,891 | 2.59 | 169 | -16.74 | 1,563 | 1.55 |
Accidents and incidents
- On 1 September 2017, a Eurofighter Typhoon of the Royal Air Force overran the runway on landing at Pardubice.[17]
- On August 1, 2018 a Travel Service Boeing 737 overshot the runway upon landing from Heraklion on a wet runway.[18]
See also
References
- Citations
- ^ "O společnosti". Pardubice Airport.
- ^ "Soviet Bombers in Czechoslovakia". Wilkes-Barre Times Leader. 22 September 1938.
- ^ airport-pardubice.cz - Scheduled flights Archived 11 May 2017 at the Wayback Machine retrieved 26 December 2016
- ^ "Fischer first minute odlety z Pardubic".
- ^ "CK VVVTour Letecká doprava".
- ^ "Ryanair bude létat z Pardubic do španělského Alicante". www.happyfly.cz (in Czech). 14 November 2017. Retrieved 14 November 2017.
- ^ "Ryanair posílí i v Pardubicích, přidá linku do Barcelony Girony" (in Czech). 5 December 2023. Retrieved 5 December 2023.
- ^ "DER Touristik expanduje v Pardubicích, nabídne čtyři nové destinace". www.zdopravy.cz (in Czech). 3 December 2023. Retrieved 3 December 2023.
- ^ "Fischer first minute odlety z Pardubic".
- ^ "Fischer first minute odlety z Pardubic".
- ^ "Fischer first minute odlety z Pardubic".
- ^ "O SPOLEČNOSTI – Letiště Pardubice".
- ^ "O SPOLEČNOSTI – Letiště Pardubice".
- ^ "O SPOLEČNOSTI – Letiště Pardubice".
- ^ "O SPOLEČNOSTI – Letiště Pardubice".
- ^ "O SPOLEČNOSTI – Letiště Pardubice".
- ^ "Typhoon accident during arrival to CIAF". Airshow info. 1 September 2017. Archived from the original on 4 September 2017. Retrieved 4 September 2017.
- ^ "Incident: Smartwings B738 at Pardubice on Aug 1st 2018, overran runway on landing".
- Bibliography
- Journal ZPRÁVY Klubu přátel Pardubicka (Club of Pardubice Patriots News).[1] Articles written by Pavel Sviták and several other authors since the 1980s cover history of aviation in Pardubice.
- Pavel Sviták: První český letec inženýr Jan Kašpar a začátky českého letectví : příběh našeho prvního letce, jeho předchůdců, spolupracovníků a současníků s přihlédnutím k vývoji letectví ve světě (The first Czech pilot Jan Kašpar and the beginning of Czech aviation), 2003, East Bohemian Museum in Pardubice, ISBN 80-86046-65-6.
External links
Media related to Pardubice Airport at Wikimedia Commons
- Official website
- Current weather for LKPD at NOAA/NWS
- Accident history for LKPD at Aviation Safety Network
- ^ "Klub p??tel Pardubicka". Archived from the original on 28 March 2007. Retrieved 18 March 2007.