Rzeszów–Jasionka Airport

Rzeszów–Jasionka Airport
Port Lotniczy Rzeszów-Jasionka
IATA: RZE – ICAO: EPRZ
Summary
Airport type public
Operator Spolka Port Lotniczy "Rzeszow-Jasionka" sp. z o. o.
Serves Rzeszów, Poland
Elevation AMSL 211 m / 690 ft
Coordinates 50°06′36″N 022°01′08″E / 50.11000°N 22.01889°E / 50.11000; 22.01889 (Rzeszów–Jasionka Airport)Coordinates: 50°06′36″N 022°01′08″E / 50.11000°N 22.01889°E / 50.11000; 22.01889 (Rzeszów–Jasionka Airport)
Website rzeszowairport.pl
Map
Rzesz

Location of airport in Poland

Runways
Direction Length Surface
m ft
09/27 3,200 10,499 Concrete
Statistics (2015)
Passenger volume 645,214 Increase
Aircraft movements 13,723 Increase
Sources: Rzeszów Airport[1]
Polish AIP at EUROCONTROL[2]

Rzeszów–Jasionka Airport (IATA: RZE, ICAO: EPRZ) is an international airport located in southeastern Poland, in Jasionka, a village 10 km (6.2 mi) from the center of the city of Rzeszów. It is the seventh-busiest airport in Poland.

History

The passenger domestic services to the Rzeszów Airport were started on 30.11.1945 with the opening of the circular domestic airline number 1/2 Warszawa – Łódź –Kraków – Rzeszów – Lublin – Warszawa. The airport was re-built an opened for commercial traffic in 1949 after the first facilities which were built in 1940 were destroyed in 1944.

On 2 June 2007 LOT Polish Airlines commenced seasonal Boeing 767-300ER services to New York City's John F. Kennedy International Airport and Newark's Newark Liberty International Airport which since ceased again.

As of January 2008, the airport has had scheduled international flights to Dublin and London–Stansted, in addition to its domestic connection with Warsaw. It has also become a preferred arrival point for Jews on pilgrimage to the tomb of Rabbi Elimelech of Lizhensk in Leżajsk usually in March.

In 2009–10, it registered 18.66% increase in passenger traffic serving 451720 passengers in 2010.[1] Coupled with the September 2006 start of the construction on a new passenger terminal, this means that the airport is undergoing a rapid expansion, albeit in fits and starts, owing to delays in setting up the management company and obtaining financing and routes. The new passenger terminal opened in May 2012. Rzeszów Airport has been cited as an airport with below-forecast passenger numbers and an inefficient usage of EU subsidies.[3] Rzeszow Jasionka Airport, however, was underpassing an ECA (European Court of Auditors) audit [4] in 2014 and - among 20 other European airports - its marks were positive in terms of efficiency and legitimacy using EU funds on Airports' modernization.

Facilities

Rzeszów–Jasionka Airport, situated 7.8 km (4.8 mi) north of Rzeszów, features the second-longest runway in Poland: 3,200 m × 45 m (10,499 ft × 148 ft).

Airlines and destinations

Passenger

AirlinesDestinations
Enter Air Seasonal charter:[5] Antalya, Enfidha
LOT Polish Airlines Warsaw–Chopin
Lufthansa Regional
operated by Lufthansa CityLine 		Munich
Ryanair Berlin-Schönefeld,[6] Bristol, Dublin, East Midlands, London–Luton, London–Stansted, Manchester
Seasonal: Corfu

Cargo

AirlinesDestinations
SprintAir Kraków, Warsaw–Chopin

Statistics

Traffic by calendar year
Passengers Movements
2007 279 996 6 112
2008 323 838 9 662
2009 383 184 8 806
2010 454 203 10 919
2011 491 325 12 357
2012 564 992 12 355
2013 589 920 13 508
2014 601 070 10 656
2015 645 214 13 723
Source: Jasionka w Rzeszowie

See also

References

  1. 1 2 Rzeszow Airport [rzeszowairport.pl/statystyki/operacje_lotnicze/35/0/statystyki_ruchu.html] (Polish)
  2. ↑ EAD Basic
  3. ↑ http://www.reuters.com/article/us-poland-airports-specialreport-idUSKBN0JS06K20141214
  4. ↑ http://www.eca.europa.eu/Lists/ECADocuments/SR14_21/QJAB14021ENC.pdf
  5. ↑ http://www.enterair.pl/map/show#
  6. ↑ "Ryanair Expands Berlin Schoenefeld Routes from Nov 2016". airlineroute. Retrieved 12 February 2016.

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