| Lviv International Airport Міжнародний аеропорт "Львів" |
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| IATA: LWO – ICAO: UKLL
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| Summary | |||
| Airport type | Public | ||
| Serves | Lviv | ||
| Location | Sknyliv, Lviv, Ukraine | ||
| Elevation AMSL | 1,071 ft / 326 m | ||
| Runways | |||
| Direction | Length | Surface | |
| ft | m | ||
| 13/31 | 8,235 | 2,510 | Asphalt (Under Reconstruction) |
| 13/31 | 6,824 | 2,080 | Concrete |
| Statistics (2010) | |||
| Passengers | 481,900 | ||
Lviv International Airport (Ukrainian: Міжнародний аеропорт "Львів") (IATA: LWO, ICAO: UKLL) is an airport in Lviv, Ukraine. In 2010, the airport carried 481,900 passengers.[1] The airport is located 6 kilometres (3.7 mi) from downtown Lviv. Facilities at the airport include a café and shop as well as bus services to the city.
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In preparation for Euro 2012, Lviv International Airport is to undergo a $200m expansion project. Of the $200m, it is expected that the Ukrainian government will provide $70m, including $14m in 2008, and $130m will come from private investors.[2] The expansion project will include a 700 metre extension of the existing runway and a new airport terminal capable of handling up to 1,220 passengers per hour (5.69 million annually).[3]
To accommodate this, restrictions have been put into place:
1. The runway will be temporarily shortened, resulting in difficulties for Turkish Airlines' A319 jets and Lufthansa's CRJ's. Lufthansa has switched Summer 2011 flights to ARJ85 jets to compensate. LOT has downgraded the Embraer 175 and Boeing 737-500 jets they planned to fly to Lviv to ATR 42-500 aircraft. Turkish Airlines has not commented.
2. The airport will be closed on Tuesdays to permit expansion. All airlines have cancelled Tuesday flights to/from Lviv.
3. This is considered a driving force behind Wizz air Ukraine's leaving Lviv- their A320 jets cannot take off from the shortened runway. This, along with their transfer to Kiev Airport from Boryspil, has caused them to re-examine their options.[4]
The new terminal has been put into trial operation since late December 2011; it is to be opened in March 2012.[5]
| Year | Passengers |
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| 2004 | 100,000 |
| 2005 | 110,000 |
| 2007 | 147,700 |
| 2009 | 452,300 |
| 2010 | 481,900 |
| Airlines | Destinations |
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| Aerosvit Airlines | Kiev-Boryspil, Naples |
| Austrian Airlines operated by Tyrolean Airways |
Vienna |
| Carpatair | Timişoara |
| Czech Airlines | Prague |
| Dniproavia | Kiev-Boryspil |
| LOT Polish Airlines | Warsaw |
| Lufthansa Regional operated by Lufthansa CityLine |
Munich |
| Turkish Airlines | Istanbul-Atatürk |
| Ukraine International Airlines | Kiev-Boryspil |
| UTair Aviation | Moscow-Vnukovo |
| Wizz Air Ukraine | Dortmund [resumes 26 March 2012], Treviso [resumes 27 March 2012] |
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