Žilina Airport

"ILZ" redirects here. For other uses, see ILZ (disambiguation).

Žilina Airport Letisko Žilina
File:Zilina Airport.jpg
IATA: ILZ – ICAO: LZZI ILZ is located in Slovakia ILZ Location of airport in Slovakia
Summary
Airport type	Public
Operator	Letisko Žilina a.s.
Serves	Žilina
Location	Dolný Hričov, Slovakia
Elevation AMSL	1,020 ft / 311 m
Coordinates
Website	www.letisko.sk
Runways
Direction Length Surface m ft 06/24 1,150 3,773 Concrete

Žilina Airport (IATA: ILZ, ICAO: LZZI) is an airport serving Žilina, Slovakia. It is located near the village of Dolný Hričov, approximately 10 km west of Žilina itself. The airport is used for both international and domestic flights, as well for private flights, amateur sport flights, air ambulance flights and other special flights. It also serves as primary training airport for students of air transport-related majors at the University of Žilina.

History

The airport was built in the 1970s to replace the old Brezovský Majer airport, to give way to the growing city of Žilina. The first flight to Prague was done on 4 May 1972, and the airport was officially opened on 2 August 1974.

External links

• Žilina Airport
• Airport information for LZZI at World Aero Data. Data current as of October 2006.Source: DAFIF.
• Airport information for LZZI at Great Circle Mapper. Source: DAFIF (effective October 2006).
• Current weather for LZZI at NOAA/NWS
• Accident history for ILZ at Aviation Safety Network