Košice International Airport
Košice International Airport Medzinárodné letisko Košice | |||||||||||
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| Airport type | Public | ||||||||||
| Operator | Letisko Košice - Airport Košice, a.s. | ||||||||||
| Serves | Košice, Slovakia | ||||||||||
| Location | Barca | ||||||||||
| Elevation AMSL | 755 ft / 230 m | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 48°39′47″N 021°14′28″E / 48.66306°N 21.24111°E | ||||||||||
| Website | airportkosice.sk | ||||||||||
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Source: Vienna Airport | |||||||||||
Košice International Airport (Slovak: Medzinárodné letisko Košice) (IATA: KSC, ICAO: LZKZ) is an international airport serving Košice, Slovakia. It is the second largest international airport in Slovakia. It is located 6 km (3.7 mi) to the south of St Elisabeth Cathedral, 230 m (750 ft) above sea level, covering an area of 3.50 km2 (1.35 sq mi). It serves both scheduled and charter, domestic and international flights. Airport capacity is 800,000 passengers a year as of 2012.
Košice Airport operates 6 direct flights to the following destinations - Prague (Ryanair), Warsaw - Fryderyk Chopin Airport (LOT Polish Airlines), Vienna (Austrian Airlines), London - to London Luton Airport (Wizz Air) and London-Stansted Airport (Ryanair), Liverpool (Ryanair). More than 300 destinations are available with a maximum of one change.
On September 13, 2023, the airport announced the arrival of the new airline Swiss International Air Lines, which will operate a direct route from Košice to Zurich starting from June 2024. The start date was later pushed forward to March 27, 2024.
During the summer flight schedule of 2024, the Irish low-cost airline Ryanair will fly from Košice to the Croatian city of Zadar twice a week. Additionally, a direct route to Dublin will also be resumed from the summer flight schedule of 2024.