Sliač Air Base
Sliač Air Base Letecká základňa Sliač | |||||||||||
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AMSL 1,043 ft / 318 m | | ||||||||||
Coordinates | 48°38′17″N 19°8′3″E / 48.63806°N 19.13417°E | ||||||||||
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Location of airport in the Banská Bystrica Region | |||||||||||
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Sliač Air Base (IATA: SLD, ICAO: LZSL), historically, Letisko Sliač ("Sliač Airport") or Letisko Tri Duby (literally, "The Three Oaks Airport") is a military airport in central Slovakia situated between the towns of Zvolen and Banská Bystrica and near the spa town of Sliač. The airport has one runway which is 2,400 m long (18/36). The airport is used only by the military since October 2021, when the airport has been closed to all civilian traffic. In 2022, the airport operator company Letisko Sliač a.s. went into liquidation and all airport equipment was sold.[1][2]
History
The "Tri Duby Airport" played an important role during the
The airport changed its name from "Tri Duby" to Sliač in 1945. Following the Prague Spring in 1968, the airfield became a base for the Soviet Union's air forces, which belonged to relations and Sliač as a fighter-bomber and surveillance base here until 1990.
In 2009, it was closed for a major reconstruction project financed in part by NATO and the EU. It was reopened for military use in May 2011, and for civilian use in June 2011. Since October 2021, the airport has been closed to all civilian traffic. The airport operator company Letisko Sliač a.s. went bankrupt in 2022. Sliač Airport operated only summer charter flights to popular sea resort destinations in Bulgaria, Turkey, Greece and Egypt.
According to
Statistics
Passenger throughput and operations 2013 - 2019:[3]
Year | Passengers | Change | Cargo (tonnes) |
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2013 | 24,165 | 63.64 | |
2014 | 23,663 | -2.08% | 296.00 |
2015 | 35,682 | +50.79% | 116.50 |
2016 | 22,511 | -36.91% | 592.20 |
2017 | 34,827 | +54.71% | 485.29 |
2018 | 41,866 | +20.27% | 73.92 |
2019[4] | 39,089 | -6.68% |
References
- ^ "[1]." Sliač Airport. Retrieved on May 9, 2022. "Letisko Sliač, a.s. „v likvidácii“ – zoznam majetku."
- ^ "[2]." Sliač Airport. Retrieved on May 9, 2022. "Verejné ponukové konanie."
- ^ "Výkony letísk".
- ^ "Letisko Sliač má za sebou jednu z najúspešnejších sezón, prepravilo viac ako 39-tisíc cestujúcich". 25 May 2023.
External links
Media related to Sliač Airport at Wikimedia Commons
- Official website
- Airport information for LZSL at Great Circle Mapper. Source: DAFIF (effective October 2006).