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Hradec Králové Airport is a public domestic and private international airport located about 3 km (1 mi) from
Hradec Králové Hradec Králové (; german: Königgrätz) is a city of the Czech Republic. It has about 91,000 inhabitants. It is the capital of the Hradec Králové Region. The historic centre of Hradec Králové is well preserved and is protected by law as an ...
, in east
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,
Czech Republic The Czech Republic, or simply Czechia, is a landlocked country in Central Europe. Historically known as Bohemia, it is bordered by Austria to the south, Germany to the west, Poland to the northeast, and Slovakia to the southeast. The ...
in the town of
Hradec Králové Hradec Králové (; german: Königgrätz) is a city of the Czech Republic. It has about 91,000 inhabitants. It is the capital of the Hradec Králové Region. The historic centre of Hradec Králové is well preserved and is protected by law as an ...
. There are currently no scheduled commercial flights operating to or from the airport, although it is sometimes visited by private jet traffic. The airport can handle all aircraft categories. In the 2010 was visited by
Boeing 737-300 The Boeing 737 Classic is a series of narrow-body airliners produced by Boeing Commercial Airplanes, the second generation of the Boeing 737 series of aircraft. Development began in 1979 and the first variant, the 737-300, first flew in Febru ...
of Czech Connect Airlines on the VFR base training. For many years is the LKHK base for Open Skies for Handicapped in June and Czech International Air Festival in September.


Project IFR LKHK 2015

The airport is now under certification process to obtain certification for IFR AFIS with RNAV / GNSS non-precision approach.


Statistics

In 2017 had Airport Hradec Kralove about 77 376 movements. * ACFT – 72 763 * ACFT INTL – 785 * ULL – 4 614 * ULL INTL – 134


Ground transportation

DPMHK, the Hradec Hradec Kralove Public Transit Co., operates a bus which stops at the station called "Airport (Letiště)", which is a 10-minute walk from the private area of the airport The airport is a few kilometers away from the highway (D11) to Prague. * To
Prague Prague ( ; cs, Praha ; german: Prag, ; la, Praga) is the capital and largest city in the Czech Republic, and the historical capital of Bohemia. On the Vltava river, Prague is home to about 1.3 million people. The city has a temperate ...
approx. 50 min. * To
Náchod Náchod (; german: Nachod) is a town in the Hradec Králové Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 19,000 inhabitants. It is known both as a tourist destination and centre of industry. The town centre with the castle complex is well preserved ...
approx. 45 min. (border crossing CZ-PL) * To Deštné v Orlických horách approx. 70 min. (Ski resort, Orlické hory - Eagle Mountains) * To
Pec pod Sněžkou Pec pod Sněžkou (; german: Petzer, pl, Pec pod Śnieżką) is a town in Trutnov District in the Hradec Králové Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 600 inhabitants. The village lies at the base of the highest Czech mountain, Sněžka, in ...
approx. 75 min. (Ski resort,
Krkonoše The Giant Mountains, Krkonoše or Karkonosze (Czech: , Polish: , german: Riesengebirge) are a mountain range located in the north of the Czech Republic and the south-west of Poland, part of the Sudetes mountain system (part of the Bohemian Massif ...
- Giant Mountains) * To
Kvasiny Kvasiny (German: ''Kwasney'') is a municipality and village in Rychnov nad Kněžnou District in the Hradec Králové Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 1,500 inhabitants. Economy Kvasiny is home to the Volkswagen Group-owned Škoda Auto ...
approx. 50 min. (
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a.s. factory)


Events

* Czech International Air Festival * Open Skies for Handicapped * European Festival of Aviation (European Helicopter Show) The
Rock for People Rock for People (RfP) is a large open-air summer rock festival in the Czech Republic. The festival began in 1995 in the town of Český Brod, and in 2007 it was moved to an unused airport in Hradec Králové. Headlining acts have included Muse, ...
and Hip Hop Camp festivals are held in the public area of airport in the festival park. * In 2010, UK band
Muse In ancient Greek religion and mythology, the Muses ( grc, Μοῦσαι, Moûsai, el, Μούσες, Múses) are the inspirational goddesses of literature, science, and the arts. They were considered the source of the knowledge embodied in the ...
touched down at the airport in a
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Information

*Fire category 2. CAT 3 - 7 on request 24hrs before. * VFR day/night, fuelling: on request 24 hours in advance
Avgas Avgas (aviation gasoline, also known as aviation spirit in the UK) is an aviation fuel used in aircraft with spark-ignited internal combustion engines. ''Avgas'' is distinguished from conventional gasoline (petrol) used in motor vehicles, w ...
100LL,
Jet fuel Jet fuel or aviation turbine fuel (ATF, also abbreviated avtur) is a type of aviation fuel designed for use in aircraft powered by gas-turbine engines. It is colorless to straw-colored in appearance. The most commonly used fuels for commercial a ...
-A1 (pressure and gravity) * Flying schools operated from this airport: DSA a.s., HELI Czech s.r.o., Lion Helicopters s.r.o. etc. * Aircraft and helicopter maintenance services are located here too. * Aircraft manufacturer
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Gallery

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to
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File:Beech Super King Air Medical flight.jpg, Medical flight (
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) File:Departure in the rainy weather to Belgium.jpg, Departure in the rainy weather to
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File:Cessna_750_Citation_X_EI-LEO_in_Hradec_Kralove.jpg, Arrival from
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References


Photos from Airport Hradec Králové on planes.czWeb of airport (Ground handling request, weather, AIP, etc.)Project LKHK IFR started (Czech language)Czech International Air Festival (CIAF)


External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Hradec Kralove Airport Airports in the Czech Republic
Airports An airport is an aerodrome with extended facilities, mostly for commercial air transport. Airports usually consists of a landing area, which comprises an aerially accessible open space including at least one operationally active surface ...
1929 establishments in Czechoslovakia Airports established in 1929 20th-century architecture in the Czech Republic