Portorož Airport
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| Portorož Airport Letališče Portorož |
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|---|---|---|---|
| IATA: POW - ICAO: LJPZ | |||
| Summary | |||
| Airport type | Public | ||
| Serves | Portorož | ||
| Elevation AMSL | 7 ft (2 m) | ||
| Coordinates | |||
| Runways | |||
| Direction | Length | Surface | |
| ft | m | ||
| 15/33 | 3939 | 1201 | Asphalt |
Portorož Airport (Slovenian: Letališče Portorož) (IATA: POW, ICAO: LJPZ), the third international airport in Slovenia, is located near the village of Sečovlje, 6 km south of Portorož, a few hundred metres from the Croatian border. Besides Portorož, the airport has a number of tourist destinations in the vicinity, including Piran, Izola, Koper in Slovenia, Trieste in Italy and Umag in Croatia.
The airport is intended for passenger transport, sport, tourist and business flights. It lies at two metres above sea level, the runway measures 1200 × 30 metres, soon to be expanded. The whole airport is scheduled to undergo renovation soon, in order to accompany its first scheduled flights.
The airport is one of the bases of Solinair.
[edit] External links
- Portorož Airport (official site)
- World Aero Data airport information for LJPZ
- Map from MultiMap
- Satellite image from TerraServer
- Iz Frankfurta v Portorož z letalom (Slovenian)
- The Royal Air Force BAe 146 CC2 (BAe 146-100 Statesman) at Portorož Airport
