Lviv International Airport
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Lviv International Airport is an airport in Lviv, Ukraine. In 2010, the airport carried 481,900 passengers. The airport is located 6 kilometres (3.7 mi) from downtown Lviv. Facilities at the airport include a café and shop as well as bus services to the city.
To accommodate this, restrictions have been put into place:
1. The runway will be temporarily shortened, resulting in difficulties for Turkish Airlines' A319 jets and Lufthansa's CRJ's. Lufthansa has switched Summer 2011 flights to ARJ85 jets to compensate. LOT has downgraded the Embraer 175 and Boeing 737-500 jets they planned to fly to Lviv to ATR 42-500 aircraft. Turkish Airlines has not commented.
2. The airport will be closed on Tuesdays to permit expansion. All airlines have cancelled Tuesday flights to/from Lviv.
3. This is considered a driving force behind Wizz air Ukraine's leaving Lviv- their A320 jets cannot take off from the shortened runway. This, along with their transfer to Kiev Airport from Boryspil, has caused them to re-examine their options.
Future expansion
In preparation for Euro 2012, Lviv International Airport is to undergo a $200m expansion project. Of the $200m, it is expected that the Ukrainian government will provide $70m, including $14m in 2008, and $130m will come from private investorshttp://zik.com.ua/en/news/2008/05/27/137795. The expansion project will include a 700 metre extension of the existing runway and a new airport terminal capable of handling up to 1,220 passengers per hour (5.69 million annually) .To accommodate this, restrictions have been put into place:
1. The runway will be temporarily shortened, resulting in difficulties for Turkish Airlines' A319 jets and Lufthansa's CRJ's. Lufthansa has switched Summer 2011 flights to ARJ85 jets to compensate. LOT has downgraded the Embraer 175 and Boeing 737-500 jets they planned to fly to Lviv to ATR 42-500 aircraft. Turkish Airlines has not commented.
2. The airport will be closed on Tuesdays to permit expansion. All airlines have cancelled Tuesday flights to/from Lviv.
3. This is considered a driving force behind Wizz air Ukraine's leaving Lviv- their A320 jets cannot take off from the shortened runway. This, along with their transfer to Kiev Airport from Boryspil, has caused them to re-examine their options.
Passenger numbers
| Year | Passengers |
|---|---|
| 2004 | 100,000 |
| 2005 | 110,000 |
| 2007 | 147,700 |
| 2009 | 452,300 |
| 2010 | 481,900 |
Airlines and destinations
External links
- Official website
- NOAA/NWS current weather observations
- Current weather
- ASN Accident history for UKLL
- Arrivals http://www.flightstats.com/go/FlightStatus/flightStatusByAirport.do?airportQueryTime=-1&airlineToFilter=&y=10&airport=lwo&airportQueryType=1&x=27& and Departures http://www.flightstats.com/go/FlightStatus/flightStatusByAirport.do?airportQueryTime=-1&airlineToFilter=&y=10&airport=lwo&airportQueryType=0&x=27&