Brno–Tuřany Airport is an airport in
Brno,
Czech Republic
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. It is about from Brno's city center, on the edge of the historical
Austerlitz battlefield. The airport is about from other international airports, such as
Vienna Airport and
Bratislava Airport
M. R. Štefánik Airport ( sk, Letisko M. R. Štefánika; german: Flughafen M. R. Štefánik) , also called – especially in English – Bratislava Airport ( sk, Letisko Bratislava; german: Flughafen Pressburg or Flughafen Bratislava) or ''Bra ...
and smaller international airports in
Ostrava
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and
Pardubice.
In 2022, 471,811 passengers passed through the Brno–Tuřany passenger terminal,
making it the
second busiest airport in the Czech Republic.
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 Center. 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.
Latest developments
At present, the
South-Moravian local government 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.
The regional government of
South Moravia Region
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entered negotiations on new routes, namely to
Rome
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,
Barcelona
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,
Milan
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, and
Lviv
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, in late 2017. 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
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,
Romania
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. However, this was cancelled and the airport was bought by
Accolade Holding.
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
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.
The airport offers some bars, a
duty-free shop
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, car rentals, ATM and exchange office. The airport is covered by a free
WiFi
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.
Cargo airlines such as
ASL Airlines Belgium
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Volga-Dnepr
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, 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:
brno-airport.cz - Flight search
retrieved 26 December 2016
Statistics
Annual passenger and cargo numbers
Ground transport
The airport is located within city limits, next to the D1 highway which runs from Prague
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to Bohumín
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Administrative parts
Bohumín is made up of town parts and villages of Nový 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.
See also
* List of airports in the Czech Republic
This is a list of airports in the Czech Republic, grouped by type and sorted by location.
Passenger statistics
Czech Republic's airports with number of passengers served in 2014 / 2015 years.
Airports
Railway connections
Since 2015, Ostra ...
References
External links
Official website
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Airports in the Czech Republic
Brno
Airport
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Buildings and structures in the South Moravian Region
International airports in the Czech Republic
1954 establishments in Czechoslovakia
Airports established in 1954
20th-century architecture in the Czech Republic