Bratislava Airport

Bratislava Airport Letisko M. R. Štefánika
IATA: BTS ICAO: LZIB
Summary
Airport type	Public
Operator	Airport Bratislava, a.s. (BTS)
Serves	Bratislava, Slovakia and Vienna, Austria
Opened	1951
Hub for	AirExplore
Focus city for	Ryanair Smartwings Slovakia
Elevation AMSL	436 ft / 133 m
Coordinates	48°10′12″N 17°12′46″E / 48.17000°N 17.21278°E / 48.17000; 17.21278
Website	bts.aero
Map
BTS Location of the airport in Slovakia
Runways
Direction Length Surface m ft 04/22 2,900 9,515 Concrete 13/31 3,190 10,466 Concrete
Statistics (2023)
Passengers 1,813,660 28% Movements 26 386 Cargo 11 082
Source: Bratislava Airport press release [1]

M. R. Štefánik Airport (Slovak: Letisko M. R. Štefánika) (IATA: BTS, ICAO: LZIB), also called – especially in English – Bratislava Airport (Slovak: Letisko Bratislava), located approximately 9 km (5.6 mi) northeast of the city center of Bratislava, spanning over the area of three municipalities (Bratislava-Ružinov, Bratislava-Vrakuňa and Ivanka pri Dunaji). It is the main international airport of Slovakia.

Shortly after the independence of Slovakia in 1993, it was named after general Milan Rastislav Štefánik (1880–1919), whose aircraft crashed near Bratislava in 1919. The airport is owned and run by Letisko M. R. Štefánika – Airport Bratislava, a.s. (BTS). As of September 2014 the company is fully owned by the Slovak Republic via the Ministry of Transport, Construction and Regional Development.^[1]

Bratislava is a base for the Slovak Government Flying Service as well as Ryanair, AirExplore, and Smartwings Slovakia. During a brief period in 2011, the airport was also a secondary hub for Czech Airlines. Two maintenance companies, Austrian Technik Bratislava and East Air Company are also based at the airport. Air Livery has one painting bay for aircraft at the airport. The airport is category 4E for aircraft, and category 7 or 8 on request in terms of potential rescue.

Bratislava is also served by the Vienna International Airport located 49 kilometres (30.4 mi) west of the city centre. Conversely, Bratislava Airport serves as a low-cost alternative for people from Vienna and the neighbouring areas.