Brno–Tuřany Airport

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The airport Brno - Tuřany (IATA: BRQ, ICAO: LKTB ) is a public, international airport. It is located about seven kilometers south-east from the center of the Moravian capital of Brno in Šlapanice.

History

The History of the Brno airport began in 1923, when the Ministry became interested in public works for the construction of an airport. Due to its suitability to the field at Černovice was selected as the site for the airport.

On May 23, 1926 starting at this airport the first passenger aircraft, a Farman Goliath for twelve passengers. The next morning landed the first aircraft, a De Havilland coming from Prague airport, with the registration of L- Bahe with four passengers. This day you can see as the beginning of aviation in Brno.

As early as next year, the regular mail transport began on the airlines Brno - Gliwice -Wroclaw - Berlin and Brno-Vienna. In the years 1927-1939 the importance of the airport grew. From the airport in Brno consisted line connections Prague, Bratislava, Košice, Zlín, Piešťany, Uzhgorod, Klucz, Bucharest, Sarajevo and Zagreb. As a result of the economic crisis that began to affect the Czech Republic from 1931, all foreign airlines are in 1935 has been set for political reasons and the airport Brno, the volume of air traffic after the Prague airport was the largest, lost its importance and dropped back to third place and the Bratislava airport took a second place. In 1938, after the German occupation of the Sudetenland, ended the first stage of civil air transport in Brno. The German Air Force stationed here in each of the groups II Battle Squadron 76 Squadron 77 and the fight

In the postwar years, the regular flight connections with Prague, and later the airport were renewed with the other cities in the former Republic. With the advent of new aviation technology the grass airfield was no longer sufficient in Černovice. Even before the war, negotiated the State Office in Brno for the construction of a new airport in the area Tuřany. With its convenient location Brno should play an important role in aviation and also serve as a reserve airfield for Prague and Bratislava. The construction of the new airfield, the financed the headquarters of civil aviation, began only after 1950. In 1967 the new terminal building was built in 1972 and was started with the extension of the existing airfield. On January 1, 1982, the airport was added to the Ministry of Defence. In this period there were civilian air traffic only in the time of measuring. In 1986, the passenger terminal building and other objects was completed. Because of the growing interest for the aerodrome Brno- Tuřany in connection with the international air traffic that aerodrome, the status of international airport was granted in 1989.

Airlines

The Brno airport is served mainly in scheduled service by low cost airlines and Czech Airlines. These are:

• Onur Air
• Ryanair
• Wizzair
• Travel Service
• Central Connect Airlines
• Smart Wings
• Czech Airlines
• UTair is mentioned on the home page and on the flights, but not with the airlines.