Hradec Králové Airport is a public domestic and private international airport located about 3 km (1 mi) from Hradec Králové, in east Bohemia, Czech Republic in the town of Hradec Králové. 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.
Hradec Kralove Airport Letiště Hradec Králové | |||||||||||||||
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Airport type | Public | ||||||||||||||
Owner | Hradec Králové city | ||||||||||||||
Operator | Letecké služby Hradec Králové a.s. | ||||||||||||||
Serves | Hradec Králové | ||||||||||||||
Location | Hradec Králové | ||||||||||||||
Elevation AMSL | 791 ft / 241 m | ||||||||||||||
Coordinates | 50°15′20″N 15°50′43″E / 50.25556°N 15.84528°E | ||||||||||||||
Website | http://www.lshk.cz/en | ||||||||||||||
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In the 2010 was visited by Boeing 737-300 of Czech Connect Airlines on the VFR base training.
For many years the airport has hosted Open Skies for Handicapped in June and the Czech International Air Festival in September.
Project IFR LKHK 2015
editThe airport is now[when?] under certification process to obtain certification for IFR AFIS with RNAV / GNSS non-precision approach.
Statistics
editIn 2017 had Airport Hradec Kralove about 77 376 movements.
- ACFT – 72 763
- ACFT INTL – 785
- ULL – 4 614
- ULL INTL – 134
Ground transportation
editDPMHK, 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 approx. 50 min.
- To Náchod 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 approx. 75 min. (Ski resort, Krkonoše - Giant Mountains)
- To Kvasiny approx. 50 min. (Škoda Auto a.s. factory)
Events
edit- Czech International Air Festival
- Open Skies for Handicapped
- European Festival of Aviation (European Helicopter Show)
- The Rock for People and Hip Hop Camp festivals are held in the public area of the airport in the festival park.
- In 2010, UK band Muse touched down at the airport in a Fairchild Dornier 328JET
Information
edit- Fire category 2. CAT 3 - 7 on request 24hrs before.
- VFR day/night, fuelling: on request 24 hours in advance Avgas 100LL, Jet fuel-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 TL Ultralight
Gallery
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Evening departure of Cessna Citation Excel to Moscow
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Early morning departure to Denmark
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Medical flight (Air medical services)
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Departure in the rainy weather to Belgium
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Arrival from United Kingdom
References
editExternal links
edit- Media related to Hradec Králové Airport at Wikimedia Commons