Lviv Danylo Halytskyi International Airport
| Lviv Danylo Halytskyi International Airport Міжнародний аеропорт «Львів» імені Данила Галицького | |||
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IATA: LWO[1] – ICAO: UKLL
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| Summary | |||
| Airport type | Public | ||
| Serves | Lviv | ||
| Location | Lviv, Ukraine | ||
| Focus city for | Wizz Air Ukraine | ||
| Elevation AMSL | 1,071 ft / 326 m | ||
| Coordinates | 49°48′45″N 23°57′22″E / 49.81250°N 23.95611°E | ||
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| Runways | |||
| Direction | Length | Surface | |
| ft | m | ||
| 13/31 | 10 843 | 3,305 | Concrete |
| Statistics (2013) | |||
| Passengers |  700,800 | ||
Lviv International Airport or officially Lviv Danylo Halytskyi International Airport (Ukrainian: Міжнародний аеропорт «Львів» імені Данила Галицького) (IATA: LWO, ICAO: UKLL) is an airport in Lviv, Ukraine. In 2010, the airport carried 481,900 passengers.[2] The airport is located 6 kilometres (3.7 mi) from central Lviv. Facilities at the airport include a café and shop as well as bus services to the city. The airport is named after King Daniel of Galicia.
The airfield was the site of the Sknyliv air show disaster in 2002, which killed 77.[3]
New terminal
Lviv airport's new terminal building has an area of 34,000m² with a capacity of handling 1,000 passengers an hour.[4] In preparation for Euro 2012, Lviv International Airport has undergone 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.[5] 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 passenger annually).[4][6] The terminal has 29 check-in desks, of which nine are meant for domestic and remaining for international flights.[4]
Airlines and destinations
Statistics
| Year | Passengers |
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| 2003 | 100,000 |
| 2005 | 110,000 |
| 2007 | 147,700 |
| 2009 | 452,300 |
| 2010 | 481,900 |
| 2011 | 297,000 |
| 2012 | 576,000 |
| 2013 | 700,800 |
See also
External links
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Lviv International Airport. |
- Official website
- Airport information for UKLL at World Aero Data. Data current as of October 2006.
- NOAA/NWS current weather observations
- Current weather
- ASN Accident history for UKLL
- Arrivals and Departures
- Flightradar Lviv Airport
References
- ↑ Code IATA «LWO» from polish Lwów
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 http://www.girodivite.it/IMG/doc/UCRAINA.doc
- ↑ Kirillov, Roman (July 27, 2005). "PILOTS CONVICTED FOR DISASTER DURING AIR SHOW". The Current Digest of the Russian Press 56 (26): 9–10. Retrieved 2011-03-24. "While performing an aerobatic maneuver, an SU-27 jet crashed into a crowd of spectators, leaving 77 people dead and another 543 injured. The commander of the plane's crew, Vladimir Toponar, was sentenced Friday to 14 years in prison, and copilot Yury Yegorov got eight years"
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 http://www.airport-technology.com/projects/lviv-airport/
- ↑ Modernization of Lviv airport for Euro-2012 finals to cost $200 million. Government can cough up $70 million, Z I K (27 may 2008)
- ↑
- ↑ "AZAL keeps on flights to Ukrainian cities". Today.Az. 7 October 2013. Retrieved 8 October 2013.
- ↑ "Turkmenistan’s national air company to open new flight to Ukraine". Trend News Agency. 16 July 2013. Retrieved 17 July 2013.
- ↑ L, J (25 September 2013). "Ukraine International to Add Lviv – Tel Aviv and Boeing 737-600 Service in S14". Routesonline / Routes. Retrieved 25 September 2013.
- ↑ "Schedule". Utair Aviation. Retrieved 14 March 2013.
- ↑ 11.0 11.1 11.2 11.3 11.4 11.5 "Timatable". Wizz Air. Retrieved 16 September 2013.
- ↑ http://www.iaae.org/meetings/Budapest2005/Ukrainian_Airport_Overview.doc
- ↑ http://www.mfa.gov.ua/data/upload/publication/china/ua/18449/lviv_airport_upgrade_eng.pdf
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