Brno-Tuřany Airport

Brno-Tuřany Airport

Letiště Brno-Tuřany
Summary
Airport typePublic
OwnerSouth Moravian Region
OperatorAirport Brno Ltd.
ServesBrno, Czech Republic
Opened1954
Elevation AMSL770 ft / 235 m
Coordinates49°09′05″N 16°41′40″E / 49.15139°N 16.69444°E / 49.15139; 16.69444
Websitebrno-airport.cz
Map
BRQ is located in Czech Republic
BRQ
BRQ
Location of airport in Czech Republic
Map
Runways
Direction Length Surface
ft m
09/27 8,694 2,650 Concrete
08/26 2,624 800 Grass
Statistics (2023)
Passengers686 867
Passenger change 22–23Increase46%
Cargo11 653 t
Cargo change 22–23Increase4%

Brno-Tuřany Airport (IATA: BRQ, ICAO: LKTB) is an airport in Brno, Czech Republic. It is about 7.5 km (5 mi) from Brno's city centre, on the edge of the historical Austerlitz battlefield. The airport is about 120 km (75 mi) from other international airports, such as Vienna Airport and Bratislava Airport and smaller international airports in Ostrava and Pardubice.

In 2023, 686,867 passengers passed through the Brno-Tuřany passenger terminal,[1] making it the second busiest airport in the Czech Republic.[2]

History

Early years

The airport was built during the 1950s as a replacement for the old Brno airport located in Slatina (northeast of Tuřany airport). In 1967, a new departure hall construction began. During the 1980s, the airport was handed over for use by the Czechoslovak air force, and civil operations were reduced to a minimum. Civil flights were operated during exhibitions and fairs taking place at Brno Exhibition Centre. In 1986, the new departure hall and related facilities were completed. After the fall of communism in 1989, the airport returned to civil use, and was operated by the state-owned Czech Airport Authority.[3]

Latest developments

At present, the regional government of the South Moravian Region owns the airport, and it is operated by a private company, Brno Airport Ltd. In November 2017, Brno Airport Ltd. was bought by the investment group Accolade.[4]

The regional government of the South Moravia Region entered negotiations on new routes, namely to Rome, Barcelona, Milan, and Lviv, in late 2017.[5] As a result, a new airline company, Blue Air Moravia, was established owned jointly by city of Brno and the regional authority (35%) and the parent company Blue Air (65%), headquartered in Bucharest, Romania.[6][7][8] However, this was cancelled and the airport was bought by Accolade Holding.[9][10]

Facilities

The terminal consists of two concourses. The new departure hall that opened in 2006 is capable of handling 1,000 passengers per hour. The building was designed by architect Petr Parolek and is considered to be one of the most significant projects of Czech contemporary architecture and a striking example of the growing trend of organic architecture.

The airport offers some bars, a duty-free shop, car rentals, ATM and exchange office. The airport is covered by a free WiFi.[11]

Cargo airlines such as ASL Airlines Belgium, Volga-Dnepr, or Antonov Design Bureau often use Brno Airport as one of their stopover points. The airport handled 9,679 tons of freight in 2009. Plans for building a new cargo terminal and industry zone are in talks of realization, which could take place in the near future.

Airlines and destinations

The following airlines operate flights to and from Brno:[12]

AirlinesDestinations
Aegean Airlines Seasonal charter: Thessaloniki[13]
AeroItalia Seasonal: Rome–Fiumicino (begins 23 March 2025)[14]
Air Montenegro Seasonal: Tivat[15]
Seasonal charter: Tirana[16]
Bul Air Seasonal charter: Burgas[17]
Bulgaria Air Seasonal charter: Burgas[18][19]
Freebird Airlines Seasonal charter: Antalya[20]
Neos Seasonal charter: Mauritius,[21] Phuket[22]
Ryanair[23] London–Stansted
Seasonal: Bergamo,[24] Málaga (begins 31 March 2025)[25]
Smartwings[26][27][28] Seasonal: Burgas, Corfu, Fuerteventura, Heraklion, Hurghada, Kos, Lamezia Terme, Marsa Alam, Palma de Mallorca, Rhodes, Tenerife–South,[29] Varna, Zakynthos
Seasonal charter: Almería,[16] Bodrum, Comiso,[16] Dalaman,[30] Djerba, Enfidha, Funchal, İzmir,[16] Kavala, Larnaca,[30] Marsa Matrouh,[30] Monastir, Murcia, Preveza/Lefkada, Taba, Thessaloniki, Tirana, Volos
Tailwind Airlines Seasonal charter: Antalya[31]

Statistics

Traffic figures

Annual passenger traffic at BRQ airport. See Wikidata query.
Middle apron
Entrance hall of Terminal 1
Year
Passengers
handled
Passenger
% Change
Cargo
(tonnes)
Cargo
% Change
Aircraft
movements

% Change
2006[1] 393,686 3,144 20,105
2007[1] 415,276 Increase10.55 3,055 Decrease-2.87 22,893 Increase13.87
2008[1] 506,174 Increase21.89 6,273 Increase105.34 29,303 Increase28.00
2009[1] 440,850 Decrease-12.90 9,679 Increase54.30 30,513 Increase4.13
2010[1] 396,589 Decrease-10.04 5,326 Decrease-44.97 25,027 Decrease-17.98
2011[1] 557,952 Increase40.69 4,625 Decrease-13.16 26,837 Increase7.23
2012[1] 534,968 Decrease-4.12 3,828 Decrease-17.23 29,885 Increase11.36
2013[1] 463,023 Decrease-13.45 4,078 Increase6.53 27,803 Decrease-6.97
2014[1] 486,134 Increase4.99 4,530 Increase11.08 32,216 Increase15.87
2015[1] 466,046 Decrease-4.13 4,613 Increase1.83 38,264 Increase18.77
2016[1] 417,725 Decrease-10.37 4,150 Decrease-10.04 40,073 Increase4.73
2017[32] 470,285 Increase12.51 3,893 Decrease-10.84 48,337[33] Increase20.62
2018[34] 500,727 Increase6.47 3,750 Decrease-3.67 41,172 Decrease-17.40
2019[34] 543,633 Increase8.56 3,529 Decrease-5.89 34,388 Decrease-16.47
2020[34] 86,089 Decrease-84.16 4,147 Increase17.51 26,666 Decrease-22.45
2021[34] 186,368 Increase116.48 12,890 Increase210.82 23,626 Decrease-11.40
2022[34] 471,811 Increase153.16 11,222 Decrease-12.94 24,315 Increase2.91
2023[34] 686,867 Increase45.58 11,653 Increase3.84 25,064 Increase3.08

Ground transport

The airport is located within city limits, next to the D1 highway which runs from Prague to Bohumín through Brno. It is connected to the public transport network by daytime bus route E76, and night route N89, which both run to Brno hlavní nádraží (main railway station). The journey takes 16 minutes.[35]

See also

References

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