Łódź Władysław Reymont Airport
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| Łódź Władysław Reymont Airport Port Lotniczy Łódź im. Władysława Reymonta |
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| IATA: LCJ - ICAO: EPLL | |||
| Summary | |||
| Airport type | Public | ||
| Operator | Port Lotniczy Łódź-Lublinek sp. z o.o. | ||
| Serves | Łódź | ||
| Elevation AMSL | 607 ft (185 m) | ||
| Coordinates | |||
| Runways | |||
| Direction | Length | Surface | |
| ft | m | ||
| 07L/25R | 6,890 | 2,100 | Asphalt |
| 07R/25L | 3,281 | 1,000 | Grass |
| Statistics (2005)[1] | |||
| Number of Passengers Change from 2004 |
18,063 +190.12% |
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| Aircraft Movements Change from 2004 |
1,456 -10.84% |
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Łódź Władysław Reymont Airport (IATA: LCJ, ICAO: EPLL), formerly known as Łódź-Lublinek Airport, is a regional airport in central Poland, located approximately 6 km southwest of the Łódź city center.
The airport has operated since 13 September 1925 and has recently undergone a number of upgrades enabling it to handle services by low cost airlines to destinations in Europe.
It has recently been named after the celebrated 20th century Polish writer and the 1924 Nobel Prize-winner in literature, Władysław Reymont.
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[edit] History
The Łódź airport opened on 13 September 1925.
In 1997 a new passenger terminal (capacity approx. 50,000/year) was opened.
Since 1997 Port Lotniczy Łódź-Lublinek sp. z o.o. (Lodz-Lublinek Airport LLC) has been the operator of the airport.
On 31 October 2002 an ILS/DME System (Instrument Landing System) was installed at the airport.
In September 2005 the runway was extended from 1443 m to 2100 m in order to accommodate larger aircraft such as the Boeing 737.
On 28 October 2005 a new passenger terminal (capacity approx. about 300,000/year) was opened.
On 30 October 2005 the first Boeing 737 in the history of the Łódź airport landed.
[edit] Airlines and destinations
- LOT Polish Airlines (Warsaw)
- Ryanair (Dublin, East Midlands, London-Stansted, Shannon)
[edit] See also
[edit] Sources
[edit] External links
- Official website of Łódź Airport (in English, Polish, German, and French)
- An unofficial Łódź Airport website (in English)
- Lotnisko dla Łodzi Association (The Airport for Łódź Association) (in Polish)
- Another unofficial web page about Łódź Airport (in Polish)
- World Aero Data airport information for EPLL (caution: number of runways and runway length info out of date, August 2006)
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