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Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport
AIP of Hungary
Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport (Hungarian: Budapest Liszt Ferenc Nemzetközi Repülőtér, pronounced) (IATA: BUD, ICAO: LHBP), formerly known as Budapest Ferihegy International Airport and commonly called Ferihegy (Hungarian pronunciation:), is the international airport serving the Hungarian capital city of Budapest. It is the largest of the country's four commercial airports, ahead of Debrecen and Hévíz–Balaton. The airport is located 16 kilometres (8+1⁄2 nautical miles) southeast of the center of Budapest (bordering Pest county) and was renamed in 2011 after Hungarian composer Franz Liszt (Hungarian: Liszt Ferenc) on the occasion of his 200th birthday. The facility covers 1,515 hectares (3,744 acres) and has two runways.
Although Ferenc Liszt primarily offers international connections to other European cities, destinations in North America, Africa, the Middle East, and East Asia are also served. In 2024, the airport handled 17.6 million passengers. It is the headquarters of and primary hub for Wizz Air and a base for Ryanair. It was the primary hub of Malév Hungarian Airlines until the airline's bankruptcy on 3 February 2012, which initially caused a significant drop in connecting passengers, flights, and cargo.