Łódź Władysław Reymont Airport

Infobox Airport
name = Łódź Władysław Reymont Airport
nativename = Port Lotniczy Łódź im. Władysława Reymonta
nativename-a =
nativename-r = Łódź/Lublinek Airport

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IATA = LCJ
ICAO = EPLL
type = Public
owner =
operator = Port Lotniczy L¤dz im. Wladyslawa Reymonta Sp¤lka z o.o./L¤dz Wladyslaw Reymont Airport Ltd.
city-served = Łódź
location =
elevation-f = 607
elevation-m = 185
coordinates = coord|51|43|19|N|019|23|53|E|region:PL-LD_type:airport|name=Łódź Władysław Reymont Airport
website = [http://www.airport.lodz.pl/index_en www.airport.lodz.pl]
metric-elev = Yes
metric-rwy = Yes
r1-number = 07L/25R
r1-length-f = 8,202
r1-length-m = 2,500
r1-surface = Asphalt
r2-number = 07R/25L
r2-length-f = 2,297
r2-length-m = 700
r2-surface = Grass
stat-year = 2006
stat1-header = Passengers
stat1-data = 206,511
stat2-header = Movements
stat2-data = 3,641
footnotes = Source: EUROCONTROL [ [http://www.eurocontrol.int/ead/public/standard_page/EAD_Basic.html EUROCONTROL basic] ]
Statistics from the Civil Aviation Office [ [http://www.ulc.gov.pl/download/pdf/stat2006.pdf Urzad Lotnictwa Cywilnego of Poland] pl icon]

Łódź Władysław Reymont Airport Airport codes|LCJ|EPLL, formerly known as "Łódź-Lublinek Airport", is a regional airport in central Poland, located approximately convert|6|km|abbr=on southwest of the Łódź city center.

The airport has been in operation since September 13 1925 and has recently undergone a number of upgrades enabling it to handle services by low cost airlines to destinations in Europe.

It has recently been named after the celebrated 20th century Polish writer and the winner of the 1924 Nobel Prize in Literature, Władysław Reymont.

History

The Łódź airport opened on September 13 1925. During World War II, the German occupying forces improved the airport for military use, by building a concrete convert|1200|m|abbr=on|0 runway. In the immediate postwar years the airport was a key transport hub, but that role diminished by the 1950s with the development of Warsaw airport. By the end of the decade, regular passenger connections to Łódź were suspended.

Efforts to restart passenger traffic were undertaken in the 1990s. In 1997 a new passenger terminal (capacity approx. 50,000/year) was opened.

Since 1997 "Port Lotniczy Łódź-Lublinek sp. z o.o." ("Lodz-Lublinek Airport LLC") has been the operator of the airport, changing its name in 2007 to "Port Lotniczy Łódź im. Władysława Reymonta Sp. z o.o." ("LODZ WLADYSLAW REYMONT AIRPORT LLC").

On October 31 2002 an ILS/DME System (instrument landing system/distance measuring equipment) was installed at the airport.

In September 2005 the runway was extended from convert|1443|m|abbr=on|0 to convert|2100|m|abbr=on|0 in order to accommodate larger aircraft such as the Boeing 737.

On October 28 2005 a new passenger terminal (capacity approx. about 300,000/year) was opened.

On October 30 2005 the first Boeing 737 in the history of the Łódź Airport landed.

On January 19 2007 the runway extension to convert|2500|m|abbr=on|0 was put into use.

Airlines and destinations

Terminal 1

*Jet Air (Bydgoszcz)

Terminal 2

*Jet Air (Copenhagen [via Bydgoszcz] , Vienna)
*Ryanair (Dublin, Edinburgh [begins November 5] , Liverpool, London-Stansted, Nottingham, Shannon [begins November 3] , Stockholm-Skavsta [begins October 29] )
*El Al (Tel-Aviv)
** operated by Sun d'Or International Airlines

References

ee also

*List of airports in Poland

External links

* [http://www.airport.lodz.pl/index_en Official website of Łódź Airport] en icon
* [http://www.airport.lodz.pl/index Official website of Łódź Airport] pl icon
* [http://www.lotniskodlalodzi.org/index.php Lotnisko dla Łodzi Association (The "Airport for Łódź" Association)] en icon