Žilina Airport
Encyclopedia
Žilina Airport is an airport serving Žilina
, Slovakia
. It is located near the village of Dolný Hričov
, approximately 10 km west of Žilina itself. The airport is used for both international and domestic flights, as well for private flights, amateur sport flights, air ambulance flights and other special flights. It also serves as primary training airport for students of air transport-related majors at the University of Žilina
.
was done on 4 May 1972, and the airport was officially opened on 2 August 1974.
Žilina
Žilina is a city in north-western Slovakia, around from the capital Bratislava, close to both the Czech and Polish borders. It is the fourth largest city of Slovakia with a population of approximately 85,000, an important industrial center, the largest city on the Váh river, and the seat of a...
, Slovakia
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...
. It is located near the village of Dolný Hričov
Dolný Hricov
Dolný Hričov is a village and municipality in Žilina District in the Žilina Region of northern Slovakia.-Geography:The municipality lies at an altitude of 316 metres and covers an area of 12.451km². It has a population of about 1496 people.-External links:...
, approximately 10 km west of Žilina itself. The airport is used for both international and domestic flights, as well for private flights, amateur sport flights, air ambulance flights and other special flights. It also serves as primary training airport for students of air transport-related majors at the University of Žilina
University of Žilina
Žilinská univerzita is a modern university providing a full range of technological, economics, management and a limited range of humanistic and natural science education at under-graduate, graduate and post-graduate levels in Žilina, Slovakia.University has been formerly known as University of...
.
History
The airport was built in the 1970s to replace the old Brezovský Majer airport, to give way to the growing city of Žilina. The first flight to PraguePrague
Prague is the capital and largest city of the Czech Republic. Situated in the north-west of the country on the Vltava river, the city is home to about 1.3 million people, while its metropolitan area is estimated to have a population of over 2.3 million...
was done on 4 May 1972, and the airport was officially opened on 2 August 1974.