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Rzeszów–Jasionka Airport

Port Lotniczy Rzeszów-Jasionka
Summary
Airport typePublic
OperatorSpolka Port Lotniczy "Rzeszow-Jasionka" sp. z o. o.
ServesRzeszów, Poland
Elevation AMSL211 m / 690 ft
Coordinates50°06′36″N 022°01′08″E / 50.11000°N 22.01889°E / 50.11000; 22.01889 (Rzeszów–Jasionka Airport)
Websiterzeszowairport.pl
Map
Rzeszów is located in Subcarpathian Voivodeship
Rzeszów
Rzeszów
Location of airport in Podkarpackie Voivodeship
Rzeszów is located in Poland
Rzeszów
Rzeszów
Rzeszów (Poland)
Runways
Direction Length Surface
m ft
09/27 3,200 10,499 Concrete
Statistics (2019)
Passenger volume772,238 Increase
Aircraft movements18,806 Increase
Sources: Rzeszów Airport
Polish AIP at EUROCONTROL

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

History

Passenger domestic services to Rzeszów Airport began on 30 November 1945 with the opening of the circular domestic airline route number 1/2 Warszawa – Łódź –Kraków – Rzeszów – Lublin – Warszawa. The airport was re-built and opened for commercial traffic in 1949 after the first facilities built in 1940 were destroyed in 1944.

On 2 June 2007, LOT Polish Airlines commenced seasonal services to New York City's John F. Kennedy International Airport and Newark's Newark Liberty International Airport. Service to JFK has since ceased operations.

As of January 2008, the airport has had scheduled international flights to Dublin and London–Stansted, in addition to its domestic connection with Warsaw.

In 2009–10, it registered an 18.66% increase in passenger traffic serving 451,720 passengers in 2010. Coupled with the September 2006 start of 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[when?] as an airport with below-forecast passenger numbers and an inefficient usage of EU subsidies. Rzeszow Jasionka Airport, however, underwent an ECA (European Court of Auditors) audit in 2014 and - among 20 other European airports - its marks were positive in terms of efficiency and legitimacy using EU funds on airports' modernization.

During the 2022 Russia-Ukraine war, the airport has been used as a trans-shipment hub for Ukraine's civil, NGO and government supporters to resupply Ukraine and its people with medical aid, weapons and supplies. Weapons and medical supplies are flown to the airport and then driven across the Polish-Ukrainian border in trucks. On March 9, 2022, the United States deployed two Patriot surface-to-air missile systems to the airport in what it called a "precautionary defensive move." On 5 March 2022, US Secretary of State Antony Blinken landed in Rzeszów to meet with Ukrainian Minister of Foreign Affairs Dmytro Kuleba in Ukraine. The President of the United States Joe Biden landed in Rzeszów twice, on 25 March 2022 to meet American troops, and on 19 February 2023, on the way to Kyiv. On 22 March 2023 William, Prince of Wales, landed in Rzeszów to meet the troops.

Facilities

Rzeszów–Jasionka Airport, situated 7.8 km (4+78 mi) north of Rzeszów, features the third-longest runway in Poland: 3,200 m × 45 m (10,500 ft × 150 ft).

Airlines and destinations

The following airlines operate regular scheduled and charter flights to and from Rzeszów:

AirlinesDestinations
LOT Polish Airlines Warsaw–Chopin
Seasonal: Gdańsk, Newark, Milan-Malpensa (begins 4 November)
Lufthansa Munich
Ryanair Bristol, Dublin, East Midlands, London–Luton, London–Stansted, Manchester
Seasonal: Zadar
Wizz Air Rome–Fiumicino

Statistics

Apron view
Terminal interior
Annual passenger traffic at RZE airport. See Wikidata query.
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
2016 664 068 12 629
2017 693 564 14 274
2018 771 287 18 164
2019 772 238 18 806
2020 235 190 12 918
2021 255 795 13 470
2022 731 141 14 876
Source: Jasionka w Rzeszowie

See also


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