Poprad-Tatry Airport , is an airport in the Slovak

Slovakia

The Slovak Republic is a landlocked state in Central Europe. It has a population of over five million and an area of about . Slovakia is bordered by the Czech Republic and Austria to the west, Poland to the north, Ukraine to the east and Hungary to the south...

 ski resort town of Poprad

Poprad

Poprad is a city in northern Slovakia at the foot of the High Tatra Mountains famous for its picturesque historic centre and as a holiday resort. It is the biggest town of the Spiš region and the tenth largest city in Slovakia with a population of approximately 55,000.The Poprad-Tatry Airport is...

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Poprad-Tatry Airport is the airport with highest elevation in Central Europe. Its 718 m is about 150 m higher than in Austria's Innsbruck.

The airport serves schedule and charter airline operations, is a base for search and rescue

MEDEVAC

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 air services, and handles general aviation

General aviation

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Facilities in the airport terminal include a snack bar, car rental desk, travel office and currency exchange.

Regular Flights 2011

Airlines	Destionations
Czech Airlines Czech Airlines Czech Airlines j.s.c. , trading as Czech Airlines , is the national airline of the Czech Republic and temporary in Slovakia with its head office on the grounds of Ruzyně Airport in Ruzyně, Prague...	Prague, London-Gatwick
EuroLOT Eurolot EuroLOT is an airline based in Warsaw, Poland. Established as a wholly owned subsidiary of LOT Polish Airlines, its current main shareholder is the State Treasury with 62.1% of shares, while LOT retains 37.9%. It operates for its parent company as a short-haul operator, as well as ad-hoc charter...	Gdańsk [begins 8 December], Warsaw [begins 8 December]

Charter Flights 2011

Airlines	Destionations
Aerosvit	Kiev-Borispol
Atlant-Sojuz Airlines	Moskow-Vnukovo
Bulgarian Air Charter Bulgarian Air Charter Bulgarian Air Charter is a charter airline based in Sofia, Bulgaria. It operates charter services for tour operators between the two Bulgarian Black Sea airports Burgas Airport, Varna Airport and in winter season to Plovdiv Airport and Sofia Airport to European countries. Its main base is Sofia...	Burgas [seasonal]
Estonian Air Estonian Air AS Estonian Air is Estonia's national carrier, owned by the Estonian state. The airline is based in Tallinn, Estonia. It is a regional airline feeding into the Scandinavian Airlines System network via Stockholm, Oslo and Copenhagen from Estonia....	Tallinn
Polet Airlines Polet Airlines CJSC «Polet Airlines» is an airline based in Voronezh, Russia. It operates a worldwide cargo and domestic passenger charter services from Voronezh, as well as regional passenger and cargo services from Sokol. Its main base is Chertovitskoye Airport, Voronezh.-History:The airline was established...	Moskow-Domodedovo

Charter flights are mainly operated in winter to destinations in Ukraine

Ukraine

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 and Russia

Russia

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. Medical flights, VIP flights, ad-hoc charters and ACMI flight also operate from the airport.

External links

• Poprad-Tatry Airport (official site, English version)