Łódź Władysław Reymont Airport
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| Łódź Władysław Reymont Airport Port Lotniczy Łódź im. Władysława Reymonta Łódź/Lublinek Airport |
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| IATA: LCJ – ICAO: EPLL | |||
| Summary | |||
| Airport type | Public | ||
| Operator | Port Lotniczy L¤dz im. Wladyslawa Reymonta Sp¤lka z o.o./L¤dz Wladyslaw Reymont Airport Ltd. | ||
| Serves | Łódź | ||
| Elevation AMSL | 185 m / 607 ft | ||
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| Direction | Length | Surface | |
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| 07L/25R | 2,500 | 8,202 | Asphalt |
| 07R/25L | 700 | 2,297 | Grass |
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| Passengers | 206,511 | ||
| Movements | 3,641 | ||
| Source: EUROCONTROL[1] Statistics from the Civil Aviation Office[2] |
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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 been in operation 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 winner of the 1924 Nobel Prize 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, changing its name in 2007 to Port Lotniczy Łódź im. Władysława Reymonta Sp. z o.o. (LODZ WLADYSLAW REYMONT AIRPORT LLC).
On 31 October 2002 an ILS/DME System (instrument landing system/distance measuring equipment) was installed at the airport.
In September 2005 the runway was extended from 1,443 m to 2,100 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.
On 19 January 2007 the runway extension to 2,500 m was put into use.
[edit] Airlines and destinations
[edit] Terminal 1
- Jet Air (Bydgoszcz)
[edit] Terminal 2
- Jet Air (Berlin [via Bydgoszcz], Copenhagen [via Bydgoszcz], Vienna)
- Ryanair (Dublin, East Midlands, Edinburgh [begins September 23], Liverpool, London-Stansted)
- El-Al (Tel-Aviv)
- operated by Sun d'Or International Airlines
[edit] References
[edit] See also
[edit] External links
- Official website of Łódź Airport (English)
- Official website of Łódź Airport (Polish)
- Lotnisko dla Łodzi Association (The Airport for Łódź Association) (English)
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