Rzeszów–Jasionka Airport

Rzeszów–Jasionka Airport Port Lotniczy Rzeszów-Jasionka
IATA: RZE – ICAO: EPRZ
Summary
Airport type	public
Operator	Spolka Port Lotniczy "Rzeszow-Jasionka" sp. z o. o.
Serves	Rzeszów, Poland
Elevation AMSL	211 m / 690 ft
Coordinates	50°06′36″N 022°01′08″E / 50.11000°N 22.01889°ECoordinates: 50°06′36″N 022°01′08″E / 50.11000°N 22.01889°E
Website	rzeszowairport.pl
Map
Rzesz Location of airport in Poland
Runways
Direction Length Surface m ft 09/27 3,200 10,499 Concrete
Statistics (2015)
Passenger volume 645,214 Aircraft movements 13,723
Sources: Rzeszów Airport[1] Polish AIP at EUROCONTROL[2]

Rzeszów–Jasionka Airport (IATA: RZE, ICAO: EPRZ) is an international airport located in southeastern Poland, in Jasionka, a village 10 km (6.2 mi) from the center of the city of Rzeszów. It is the seventh-busiest airport in Poland.

History

The passenger domestic services to the Rzeszów Airport were started on 30.11.1945 with the opening of the circular domestic airline number 1/2 Warszawa – Łódź –Kraków – Rzeszów – Lublin – Warszawa. The airport was re-built an opened for commercial traffic in 1949 after the first facilities which were built in 1940 were destroyed in 1944.

On 2 June 2007 LOT Polish Airlines commenced seasonal Boeing 767-300ER services to New York City's John F. Kennedy International Airport and Newark's Newark Liberty International Airport which since ceased again.

As of January 2008, the airport has had scheduled international flights to Dublin and London–Stansted, in addition to its domestic connection with Warsaw. It has also become a preferred arrival point for Jews on pilgrimage to the tomb of Rabbi Elimelech of Lizhensk in Leżajsk usually in March.

In 2009–10, it registered 18.66% increase in passenger traffic serving 451720 passengers in 2010.^[1] Coupled with the September 2006 start of the construction on a new passenger terminal, this means that the airport is undergoing a rapid expansion, albeit in fits and starts, owing to delays in setting up the management company and obtaining financing and routes. The new passenger terminal opened in May 2012. Rzeszów Airport has been cited as an airport with below-forecast passenger numbers and an inefficient usage of EU subsidies.^[3] Rzeszow Jasionka Airport, however, was underpassing an ECA (European Court of Auditors) audit ^[4] in 2014 and - among 20 other European airports - its marks were positive in terms of efficiency and legitimacy using EU funds on Airports' modernization.

Facilities

Rzeszów–Jasionka Airport, situated 7.8 km (4.8 mi) north of Rzeszów, features the second-longest runway in Poland: 3,200 m × 45 m (10,499 ft × 148 ft).

Airlines and destinations

Passenger

Airlines	Destinations
Enter Air	Seasonal charter:[5] Antalya, Enfidha
LOT Polish Airlines	Warsaw–Chopin
Lufthansa Regional operated by Lufthansa CityLine	Munich
Ryanair	Berlin-Schönefeld,[6] Bristol, Dublin, East Midlands, London–Luton, London–Stansted, Manchester Seasonal: Corfu

Cargo

Airlines	Destinations
SprintAir	Kraków, Warsaw–Chopin

Statistics

Traffic by calendar year

	Passengers	Movements
2007	279 996	6 112
2008	323 838	9 662
2009	383 184	8 806
2010	454 203	10 919
2011	491 325	12 357
2012	564 992	12 355
2013	589 920	13 508
2014	601 070	10 656
2015	645 214	13 723
Source: Jasionka w Rzeszowie

See also

• List of airports in Poland

References

1. Rzeszow Airport [rzeszowairport.pl/statystyki/operacje_lotnicze/35/0/statystyki_ruchu.html] (Polish)
2. EAD Basic
3. http://www.reuters.com/article/us-poland-airports-specialreport-idUSKBN0JS06K20141214
4. http://www.eca.europa.eu/Lists/ECADocuments/SR14_21/QJAB14021ENC.pdf
5. http://www.enterair.pl/map/show#
6. "Ryanair Expands Berlin Schoenefeld Routes from Nov 2016". airlineroute. Retrieved 12 February 2016.

External links

Media related to Rzeszów-Jasionka Airport at Wikimedia Commons

• Official website (English) (Polish)