Portorož Airport

Infobox Airport
name = Portorož Airport
nativename = Letališče Portorož
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IATA = POW
ICAO = LJPZ
type = Public
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location = Portorož
elevation-f = 7
elevation-m = 2
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r1-number = 15/33
r1-length-f = 3939
r1-length-m = 1201
r1-surface = Asphalt
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Portorož Airport ( _sl. Letališče Portorož) Airport codes|POW|LJPZ, the third international airport in Slovenia, is located near the village of [http://sl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Se%C4%8Dovlje Sečovlje] , 6 km south of Portorož, a few hundred metres from the Croatian border. Besides Portorož, the airport has a number of tourist destinations in the vicinity, including Piran, Izola, Koper in Slovenia, Trieste in Italy and Umag in Croatia.

The airport is intended for passenger transport, sport, tourist and business flights. It lies at two metres above sea level, the runway measures 1200 × 30 metres, soon to be expanded (to 1800 × 45 metres to accept bigger aircraft like the Boeing 757-200). The whole airport is scheduled to undergo renovation soon.

The airport is one of the bases of Solinair and Preleti Aviation .

In 2007, Jat Airways, a Serbian flag carrier, intended to commence services to Belgrade and Rome but failed to purchase the appropriate aircraft.

External links

* [http://www.portoroz-airport.si/ Portorož Airport] (official site)
*WAD|LJPZ