Airports in Slovakia

Slovakia has got well developed air links with other countries. There are 9 airline companies engaged in an organization. There are 6 international airports that are willing to take on board both passengers and offer the freight service. MR Štefánik Airport Bratislava, Kosice airport, Airport Poprad-Tatry, Sliač airport, Pishtany and Žilina airports are open in Slovakia now.

The most experienced and the largest among its brethren is the airport in Bratislava. It is located in the village of Ivanka that is located to the east from the capital. One can be reached to Amsterdam, Basel, Brussels, Bucharest, Cologne, Kosice, London, Manchester, Milan, Moscow, Munich, Nice, Paris, Prague, Rome, Sofia, Frankfurt and Stuttgart from here.

Poprad-Tatry airport is different in its. History tells that the first military airdrome in Poprad opened in 1938. And the first passengers went on the route Bratislava- Sliač-Tri Duby-Poprad-Prešov in 1943. A concrete strip of a new airport was built in honor of the World Cup Ski Sports in 1970. The planes from Poprad fly to Russia, Ukraine, Germany and Poland.

Sliač Airport is located in central Slovakia between Zvolen and Banská Bystrica. In 1930-ies a military airdrome was located here. It played a crucial role for the Slovak partisans during the popular Slovak rebellion. Since 1947, in parallel with the military airport, it organizes passenger flights, too. Only two airlinesoperate regularly: Sliač - Prague and Sliač-Burgas. Other airlines start working only with the opening of the tourist season.