Łódź-Lublinek Airport
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{| class="infobox bordered" style="width: 220px; font-size: 95%;" |- ! colspan="4" style="text-align: center; background-color: #4682B4; color: white;" |Łódź-Lublinek Władysław Reymont Airport
Port Lotniczy Łódź-Lublinek im. Władysława Reymonta
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!colspan="4" style="text-align: center; background-color: #4682B4; color: white;" |Runways
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!bgcolor="lightgrey" rowspan="2"|Direction
!bgcolor="lightgrey" colspan="2"|Length
!bgcolor="lightgrey" rowspan="2"|Surface
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!bgcolor="lightgrey"|ft
!bgcolor="lightgrey"|m
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!align="left" valign="top"|07L/25R
|valign="top" align="right"|4,733
|valign="top" align="right"|1,443
|valign="top"|Asphalt
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!style="text-align: center; background-color: #4682B4; color: white;" colspan="4"|Statistics (2005)[link]
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! colspan="3"|Number of Passengers
Change from 2004
|18,063
+190.12%
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! colspan="3"|Aircraft Movements
Change from 2004
|1,456
-10.84%
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Łódź-Lublinek Władysław Reymont Airport is a regional airport in central Poland, located approximately 6km southwest of the Łódź city center.
The airport has operated since 13 September 1925 and has recently undergone a number of upgrades enabling it to handle services by low cost airlines to destinations in Europe.
It has recently been named after the celebrated 20th century Polish writer and the 1924 Nobel Prize-winner in literature, Władysław Reymont.
History
Łódź-Lublinek Airport opened on 13 September 1925.In 1997 a new passenger terminal (capacity approx. 50,000/year) was opened.
Since 1997 Port Lotniczy Łódź-Lublinek sp. z o.o. (Lodz-Lublinek Airport LLC) has been the operator of the airport.
On 31 October 2002 an ILS/DME System (Instrument Landing System) was installed at the Airport.
In September 2005 the runway was extended from 1443 m to 2100 m in order to accommodate larger aircraft such as the Boeing 737.
On 28 October 2005 a new passenger terminal (capacity approx. about 300,000/year) was opened.
On 30 October 2005 the first Boeing 737 in the history of Lodz-Lublinek Airport landed.
Airlines and destinations
- Under future consideration:
- * Frankfurt Hahn Airport
- * Shannon Airport
- * Kiev
- * Lviv
See also:
External links
- [Official website of Lodz-Lublinek International Airport] (in English, Polish, German, and French)
- [An unofficial Lodz Lublinek Airport website] (in English)
- [Lotnisko dla Lodzi Association (The Airport for Łódź Association)] (in Polish)
- [Another unofficial web page about Lodz Lublinek International Airport] (in Polish)
- [World Aero Data on this airport (EPLL)]
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