Lviv Danylo Halytskyi International Airport
Lviv Danylo Halytskyi International Airport Міжнародний аеропорт "Львів" імені Данила Галицького | |||||||||||
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Airport type | Public | ||||||||||
Serves | Lviv | ||||||||||
Location | Lviv, Lviv Oblast, Ukraine | ||||||||||
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Elevation AMSL | 1,071 ft / 326 m | ||||||||||
Coordinates | 49°48′45″N 23°57′22″E / 49.81250°N 23.95611°E | ||||||||||
Website | lwo.aero | ||||||||||
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Lviv Danylo Halytskyi International Airport (Ukrainian: Міжнародний аеропорт "Львів" імені Данила Галицького) (IATA: LWO, ICAO: UKLL) is an international airport in Lviv, Ukraine. The airport is located 6 kilometres (3.7 mi) from central Lviv. The airport is named after King Daniel of Galicia, the historical founder of the city in 1256 AD.
History
Early history
Established in 1929 as Lwów-Skniłów Airport. Skniłów was the name of the neighbouring village which today is part of Lviv. Before the Second World War, it operated a domestic route to Warsaw and Krakow. In 1930 the international route to Bucharest was launched which was extended in 1931 to Sofia and Thessaloniki. In 1936 the above route was extended to Athens and Lydda.
Developments since 2010
In 2010, the airport carried 481,900 passengers.[1] In preparation for Euro 2012, Lviv International Airport has undergone a $200m expansion project. Lviv airport's new terminal building has an area of 34,000m² with a capacity of handling 1,000 passengers an hour.[2] Of the $200m, it was expected that the Ukrainian government would provide $70m, including $14m in 2008, and $130m would come from private investors.[3] The expansion project included a 700-meter extension of the existing runway and a new airport terminal capable of handling up to 2,000 passengers per hour (5.69 million passenger annually).[2][4]
The airport used to be a focus city for Wizz Air Ukraine, which served four international routes to Italy (Naples, Bergamo, and Treviso) and Germany (Dortmund) until the airline was dissolved April 2015 (by contrast, routes from Kyiv International Airport continued after being taken over by the parent company).[5] In January 2017, Wizz Air announced that it would be resuming flights to Lviv, initially with the introduction of a route to Wroclaw.[6]
In March 2017, Ryanair announced that it would be launching seven routes to Lviv starting October 2017.[7] These plans were scrapped in July after Ryanair's failure to reach an agreement with Boryspil and its subsequent decision to postpone entry into the Ukrainian market.[8] Immediately the Ukrainian government put pressure on Boryspil and accused Ukraine International Airlines in sabotaging the agreement. This resulted in the continuation of talks with Ryanair and as of March 2018 it was announced that Ryanair would go on to open 10 new routes from Boryspil and 5 new routes from Lviv.
Facilities
Terminal A
The airport has two terminals (1 and A), though only terminal A currently in operation. Terminal A was opened in 2012. It has 29 check-in desks, of which nine are meant for domestic and remaining for international flights.[2] It has nine gates, four of them equipped with jetbridges, and can handle up to 2000 passengers per hour. Facilities at the airport also include four cafés and two duty-free shops, as well as two airport lounges, one in the domestic section and one in the international.
Terminal 1
Opened in 1955, this was the airport's sole terminal until 2012, when terminal A was opened. It can handle 300 departing and 220 arriving passengers per hour.[9] It currently does not handle any flights. There are tentative plans to use it for VIP passengers in the future.[10]
Airlines and destinations
The following airlines operate regular scheduled and charter services to and from Lviv:[11]
Statistics
Passenger figures
Year | Passengers[1][24][25] | Change | Lviv Airport Passenger Totals 2002–2017 (in millions) |
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2002 | 110,200 | - | |
2003 | 144,100 | ||
2004 | 198,200 | ||
2005 | 235,900 | ||
2006 | 278,200 | ||
2007 | 427,100 | ||
2008 | 532,100 | ||
2009 | 452,300 | ||
2010 | 481,900 | ||
2011 | 297,000 | ||
2012 | 576,000 | ||
2013 | 700,800 | ||
2014 | 585,200 | ||
2015 | 570,570 | ||
2016 | 738,000 | ||
2017 | 1,080,000 | ||
2018 | 1,204,700 (January-September) |
Busiest routes
City | Airport(s) | Weekly departures (Summer 2017) | Airline(s) |
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Warsaw | Warsaw Chopin Airport | 23 | LOT Polish Airlines |
Kiev | Boryspil International Airport Kyiv International Airport (Zhuliany) |
18 | Motor Sich Airlines, Ukraine International Airlines |
Istanbul | Istanbul Atatürk Airport Sabiha Gökçen International Airport |
12 | Pegasus Airlines, Turkish Airlines |
Vienna | Vienna International Airport | 10 | Austrian Airlines |
Minsk | Minsk National Airport | 7 | Belavia |
Munich | Munich Airport | 7 | Lufthansa |
Transportation
The airport is served by the 48 bus and the 9 trolleybus, both of which terminate in the city centre. Taxis are also available at the airport, as well as car rental services.
Accidents and incidents
- The airfield was the site of the Sknyliv air show disaster in 2002, which killed 77.[27]
See also
References
- 1 2 "{title}". Archived from the original on 16 July 2011. Retrieved 17 November 2008.
- 1 2 3 "Lviv International Airport". Airport Technology. Retrieved 2018-08-14.
- ↑ Modernization of Lviv airport for Euro-2012 finals to cost $200 million. Government can cough up $70 million, ZIK (27 May 2008)
- ↑
- ↑ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2 April 2015. Retrieved 19 April 2015.
- ↑ "Wizz Air launches flights from Lviv to Wroclaw from April 2017". Interfax-Ukraine. Retrieved 16 March 2017.
- ↑ "Ryanair Launches Low Fares In Ukraine (Country No.34)". Ryanair.com. Retrieved 16 March 2017.
- ↑ "Ryanair Cancels Planned Ukraine Services As Kiev Airport Fails To Honour Commitments". Ryanair. 10 July 2017. Retrieved 10 July 2017.
- ↑ "Термінал № 1 міжнародного аеропорту «Львів» імені Данила Галицького - Wikimapia". wikimapia.org. Retrieved 21 March 2017.
- ↑ "Аеропорт Львова очолила екс-співробітник із "глобальним досвідом"". ТСН.ua. Retrieved 21 March 2017.
- ↑ "{title}". Archived from the original on 18 April 2015. Retrieved 18 April 2015.
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 "freight monitor". online.joinup.ua. 9 July 2018.
- 1 2 3 4 "Flights map". azurair.ua. 30 January 2018. Retrieved 30 January 2018.
- ↑ "Чартерные билеты в Анталию". Chartershop.com.ua. Retrieved 2018-08-14.
- ↑ "Ernest Airlines - Fly with style in great company". Ernest Airlines.
- ↑ "Flight Schedule". Danylo Halytskyi International Airport Lviv.
- ↑ "Bezpośredni lot Poznań - Lwów". www.lot.com. LOT Polish Airlines.
- ↑ Jim, Liu (11 May 2017). "LOT adds Poznan – Lviv service from June 2017". Routesonline. Retrieved 11 May 2017.
- 1 2 3 4 5 "Ryanair plans Ukraine launch in W18". Routesonline. Retrieved 5 June 2018.
- 1 2 "Charter flights timetable". flyuia.com. 30 January 2018. Retrieved 30 January 2018.
- ↑ NewAgeLab. "WindRose. Airline tickets. Book and Buy online. Ticket". windrose.kiev.ua.
- ↑ Liu, Jim (20 November 2017). "WindRose adds Lviv – Sharm el Sheikh service in W17". Routesonline. Retrieved 20 November 2017.
- ↑ "Yanair открыл продажи на прямые рейсы Львов-Батуми". www.avianews.com. Retrieved 1 January 2018.
- ↑ "{title}". Archived from the original on 31 October 2008. Retrieved 17 November 2008.
- ↑ http://www.mfa.gov.ua/data/upload/publication/china/ua/18449/lviv_airport_upgrade_eng.pdf%5Bpermanent+dead+link%5D
- ↑ "Flight Schedule". lwo.aero. Retrieved 15 June 2017.
- ↑ Kirillov, Roman (27 July 2005). "PILOTS CONVICTED FOR DISASTER DURING AIR SHOW". The Current Digest of the Russian Press. 56 (26): 9–10. Archived from the original on 30 March 2012. Retrieved 24 March 2011.
While performing an aerobatic maneuver, an SU-27 jet crashed into a crowd of spectators, leaving 77 dead and another 543 injured. The commander of the plane's crew, Vladimir Toponar, was sentenced Friday to 14 years in prison, and copilot Yury Yegorov got eight years
External links
- Official website
- Airport information for UKLL at World Aero Data. Data current as of October 2006.
- NOAA/NWS current weather observations
- Current weather
- ASN Accident history for UKLL
- Flightradar Lviv Airport